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More in-house production coming to TEN

TEN's James Warburton is establishing a new development unit to create more programs in-house.

The Australian reports that TEN CEO James Warburton is establishing a new development unit to create more programs in-house.

Warburton’s former home, Seven Network, has been very successful at in-house productions in Drama, including Home and Away, City Homicide, Packed to the Rafters, All Saints and Winners and Losers.

Executive search firm Hourigan International is on the hunt to find an executive to run the new development unit.

Meanwhile news chief Anthony Flannery has taken responsibility for The Project and The Circle, previously under the direction of Programming Chief David Mott.

Warburton recently told guests at the launch of Young Talent Time he believed Mott to be the best in the business. While YTT has not lived up to expectations, Mott’s gambles on shows such as The Biggest Loser, Australian Idol and MasterChef have been very successful for TEN -but all are outsourced to independent producers.

After losing Big Brother to Nine, The Shire is the network’s next big format pitch, produced by Shine Australia.

Warburton is expected to make one more executive appointment to complete his new line-up.

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  1. Speaking of Channel Ten, what the hell is with their new “watermark”? It’s not even a watermark anymore.. Was watching Medium on Wed 11 and the bloody things Bright White!!…

  2. Bring back Rush a great aussie show.
    Ratings might have been a bit low last year but you didn,t do a great job advertising it. A lot of people didn,t know it had started back on TV last year until it was to late, you can,t start watching a show with one story line half way through the season hence poor ratings the show was left up in the air with unfinished story lines

  3. Wanting to own copyright of the shows you broadcast matters little if nobody wants to watch them. Then again maybe people would if you stop moving them around so much.

  4. God Ten when are you going to wake up and realise that Mott is the problem here? He is the one that is the one constant in all of this and things have gone from bad to worse. Get rid of him already.

  5. Hello!!! Rush….. Remember that? Brilliant show, great cast, great scripts, great acting, great action. Won awards. And you axe it. And what do you replace it with….The Shire and Lara Bingle. Ten’s idea of local product is bogan trash.

    “Warburton recently told guests at the launch of Young Talent Time he believed Mott to be the best in the business.” Lol As long as he keeps believing that, Ten will keep struggling. Mott is terrrible and responsible for the position Ten’s in.

  6. Seriously? What’s brought that on? That’s a major strategic shift for Ten – “in house” production. I’m surprised the Board has signed off on increasing the cost base so markedly, particularly when revenue has fallen off a cliff. The only shows I’m looking forward to watching on Ten after Easter are the dramas – all of which are commissioned from “content suppliers”. It’s a model that’s worked well – there just needs to be much more of it, and more diverse. Why don’t they just beef up the commissioning team – more diversity in the management team might lead to a greater diversity of shows commissioned. Ten’s sked is feeling a bit same/same. Even a third season of Offspring is more of a risk than it seems.

  7. “Mott’s gambles on shows such as.,,Australian Idol…have been very successful for TEN” – and yet they treated the last season like dirt with terrible timeslots which caused less viewers and it’s cancelation. I hope Nine’s The Voice and the new season of Seven’s The X Factor gets terrific ratings so TEN will regret ever canceling Australian Idol.

  8. Maybe they could pick up rescue from channel9 there’s a good fan base out there to be had and they could improve it and put their own mark on it!!

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