All Broadcast articles in 13 January 2017 – Page 5
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NewsHungry Bear lands Mrs Brown’s spin-off
Brendan O’Carroll’s indie BocPix has teamed up with Hungry Bear Media on a Mrs Brown’s Boys spin-off for Saturday nights on BBC1.
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NewsITV Hub hosts refugee football film
A documentary about a refugee football tournament is to feature on ITV Hub following a tie-up between the broadcaster and youth brand Copa90.
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NewsOff The Fence appoints distribution boss
International producer and distributor Off The Fence has promoted Ludo Dufour to managing director of its distribution division as part of an executive reshuffle.
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NewsBrook Lapping makes senior hires
Former creative director of Silver River Emma Hindley is to join Inside Obama’s White House indie Brook Lapping as creative director.
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NewsApple cues up Carpool Karaoke
Apple is to feature pairs of celebrities rather than a single host in its version of Carpool Karaoke as the first details of the revamped format emerge.
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RatingsC5's Week We Went Wild struggles
MONDAY: Channel 5 survival format The Week We Went Wild got off to a rocky start after failing to capitalise on its sizeable inheritance from Celebrity Big Brother.
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NewsMidnight Oil strikes investment deal
Specialist factual indie Midnight Oil Pictures has secured an investment deal from tech investor Richard Green, following last year’s inaugural Indielab programme.
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NewsTV3 adds Avid GFX kit in Studio One overhaul
Ireland’s TV3 has installed a new graphics system from Avid’s Studio Suite as part of a refresh of its daily studio output.
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NewsIn brief: Clementi, RTS, BBCW
Sir David Clementi is expected to become chairman of the BBC, while the RTS is is bringing back its careers fair.
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CriticsThe Week We Went Wild; The Halcyon; The Undateables; The Great Indoors
“It was lazy, corrupt, exploitative of damaged, vulnerable people and altogether shameful.”
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NewsAll3Media backs fledgling drama firm
All3Media has invested in Two Halves Pictures, the fledgling indie set up by AD: The Bible Continues producers Gina Cronk and Richard Bedser.
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VideoGuerrilla, Sky Atlantic
Fifty Fathoms and ABC Signature co-production starring Idris Elba, Freida Pinto and Rory Kinnear.
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VideoApple Tree Yard, BBC1
Kudos production of Amanda Coe’s adaptation of the best-selling thriller novel.
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NewsSmith takes CEO role at TMD
Carlton Smith has been appointed chief executive of asset management systems provider TMD.
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NewsdB Broadcast appoints Whelan
Systems integrator dB Broadcast has appointed Chris Whelan as business development manager.
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NewsITV Encore drama snares all-female team
Alison Owens and Debra Hayward’s forthcoming brothel drama for ITV Encore is to offer a “female gaze”, helped by its all-female writing and directing team.
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NewsBBC3 explores Trump assassination attempt
The failed assassination of Donald Trump is to be the subject of a BBC3 documentary, released on the day of the incoming president’s inauguration.
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VideoIdris Elba: Fighter, Discovery
Shine North and Green Door Pictures’ series on Elba’s attempts to become a professional kickboxer.