All Broadcast articles in 10 October 2008 – Page 6
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Passion to take Bremner shows to the market
Satirical impressionist Rory Bremner is to be introduced to international audiences for the first time following a deal between Vera Productions and Passion Distribution.
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Outright signs Singing Priests
Outright Distribution has picked up the international rights to Northern Ireland-based indie Waddell Media's new ITV1 special The Singing Priests.
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ITV Global inks deal with Blink Films
ITV Global Entertainment has agreed its first exclusive output deal since rebranding, signing up former Five head of programmes Dan Chambers' indie, Blink Films.
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3,000 hours of history go online
Colleges are to get free online access to more than 3,000 hours of film and TV news from the past 100 years following a collaboration between academia and the broadcast industry.
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Hat Trick to produce its first online drama
Hat Trick's multimedia and drama departments have teamed up for the first time to produce the indie's first online drama, commissioned by car manufacturer Ford's media agency MindShare.
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Little Sunshine for BBC1
BBC1's new drama comedy Sunshine managed to just win the slot at 9pm but could only bring in 3.7m (16.7%).
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Blog: Local TV is the very definition of PSB
Local TV is PSB. The rest of Europe gets it - but the UK, apparently, still doesn't, argues Peter Williams.
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Top brass reshuffle at Kudos
Kudos' 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.
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Tranter bids emotional farewell
Jane Tranter bid a tearful farewell to the UK drama industry last night, at the screening of Little Dorrit - expected to be her last major speech before she steps down as BBC director of fiction.
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Discovery to delve into desserts
The world's most delicious desserts will be featured in a new 10-part advertiser-funded series for Discovery Network Europe.
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White men still dominate boards
Broadcasters are making modest improvements in their employment of minorities, but boards are increasingly dominated by white men.
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Branson's next adventure to air on Virgin 1
Virgin 1 will follow Sir Richard Branson as he attempts his next record-breaking adventure, speeding across the Atlantic - with his children.
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At-a-glance: Virgin 1's autumn/winter schedule
Browse the biggest shows coming to Virgin 1 this autumn and winter in our complete overview of the forthcoming season.
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Virgin 1 autumn/winter '08: Documentary
Overview of forthcoming documentary programming on Virgin 1 this autumn/winter.
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Virgin 1 autumn/winter '08: Factual entertainment
Overview of forthcoming factual entertainment programming on Virgin 1 this autumn/winter.
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Virgin 1 autumn/winter '08: US comedy/drama
Overview of forthcoming US comedy/drama on Virgin 1 this autumn/winter.
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Grade: Scrap the indie quota
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has branded its 25% indie quota an “utter nonsense” and demanded it be scrapped.
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100,000 watch Richard and Judy
Richard and Judy's debut outing for new digital channel Watch launched in peaktime last night with 100,000 viewers (0.53%) at 8pm.
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Worst Driver steers toward US
Mentorn has set its Worst Driver format on the road to the US after accelerating a deal with the LA-based indie behind Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen USA.
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Speech: Michael Grade 8 October '08
RTS Patron breakfast speech by Michael Grade, executive chairman of ITV, on 8 October, 2008.