All Broadcast articles in 10 October 2008 – Page 4
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New joint MDs at Kudos
Kudos Film and Television director of drama Simon Crawford Collins and commercial director Daniel Isaacs have taken over from Jane Featherstone and Stephen Garrett as the Shine-owned indie's joint managing directors. Featherstone becomes creative director, and Garrett becomes executive chairman, leading strategic and international development. He also runs Shine Pictures, ...
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Comment
Off Cuts - 10 October 2008
Funny stories, gossip and general off-the-record, wicked whispers from the broadcast industry.
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NewsTarrant signs for ITV1 cash quiz
ITV director of television Peter Fincham has secured Chris Tarrant to host 12 Yard's ITV1 gameshow The Colour of Money.
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Buyers' Guide: Hot Picks
As viewers seek an entertaining escape from reality during tougher times, buyers will be targeting light-hearted content and shiny floor shows. Maria Esposito looks at what’s on offer at Mipcom.
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Zig Zag eyes orders from BBC and ITV
Zig Zag Productions has hired two “big hitters” from the BBC and ITV as part of a strategy to win more commissions from the two largest broadcasters.
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NewsImpossible founder quits to start WEE
Impossible Pictures co-founder Jasper James has left the Primeval producer to set up a media firm backed by Red Vision VFX, the company behind the Headcases CGI.
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Features
Ratings Focus: Richard and Judy
Tuesday night's (7 October) figures for Richard and Judy's new talk show on new digital channel Watch suggested it could take a while to build up its audiences.
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NewsAll3M names Wrigley ent boss
All3Media has appointed Ruth Wrigley as its first group-wide entertainment executive to help its indies fast track Saturday night entertainment formats.
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NewsStudio Lambert to send bosses undercover for C4
Channel 4 is planting bosses in the workplace in a factual format from the team behind the first series of The Secret Millionaire.
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NewsUKTV bids to ‘do a Dave' with launch of Blighty
UKTV's next attempt to “do a Dave” will see it rebrand UKTV People as Blighty.
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NewsBuyers' Guide: Entertainment
Ten years on, the global appetite for Big Brother and its brand of increasingly twisted reality shows may finally be waning.
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NewsBuyers' Guide: Drama
The US writers' strike may seem like a distant memory but the full force of the dispute is only now being felt worldwide.
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FeaturesDigital Focus: BBC4
Last month I wrote a list of hints and tips for candidates applying to run BBC2.
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FeaturesReevell's Ratings: UK shows cash in globally on domestic success
Little Britain has outgrown its domestic market and travelled to the US. On Friday, Little Britain USA launched on BBC1 at 9.30pm with 4.7 million/22% share, which is a bit disappointing considering the heights scaled by previous UK series.
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ITV3 tells forensic history
Matthew Kelly is to trace the history of forensic science in the police force in an eight-part factual series for ITV3. Forensic Case Book will revisit the crimes that led to key developments in the field. The co-production by ITV London, ITV Central and ITV3 was commissioned by ITV features ...
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Five goes wild with cheetahs
Five has ordered a 60-minute film from Gecko Productions about Olivier Houalet, a modern day Tarzan with an affinity for big cats. Cheetah Man is directed by Giovanni Ulleri and executive produced for Gecko by chief executive Vivian McGrath. The co-production with Granada was commissioned by Five commissioning editor of ...