All Broadcast articles in 2 March 2012 – Page 3
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News
Wife Swap grows reach with seven further deals
Wife Swap is continuing to prove popular around the world with seven new deals for the format throughout Eastern Europe and Korea.
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John de Mol planning UK indie
John de Mol, creator of Big Brother and The Voice, is looking to launch his own UK indie.
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Comment
Off Cuts: Jesus saves... the day
After weeks of 10th birthday celebrations, getting talent to come to a CBeebies/CBBC press launch proved hard.
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News
UK loses out on drama cash
The UK economy lost out on nearly £12m from BBC1’s Parade’s End and Sky 1’s Strike Back because the lack of a UK tax credit for high-end drama drove both productions overseas.
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Gambling Commission to call for tighter control
The Gambling Commission (GC) is to recommend a tightening up of TV game show regulations as ITV prepares to ditch the giant roulette wheel that forms the centrepiece of Simon Cowell’s Red Or Black?.
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Features
Tax breaks clamour grows
The UK’s foremost high-end drama producers and directors have joined the call to arms for the TV tax break campaign.
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Ex-VMTV boss resurfaces at Branson indie
Former Living TV Group managing director Johnny Webb is returning to the TV industry, heading a factual indie start-up founded by Richard Branson’s son.
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Horrocks: relocation will give BBCW influence
World Service staff could start feeding into network productions at the BBC, as its 1,400 London-based team members relocate to join the rest of the corporation.
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Henson in talks with BBC for puppet show
The Jim Henson Company is creating a set of puppets for BBC1 to appear in what is hoped will become a new Saturday teatime series.
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Animation UK steps up fight for tax credits
Animation UK has been keeping up the momentum of its tax credits campaign with an eleventh-hour meeting with the Treasury.
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BBCW agrees Polish co-pro for Spies of Warsaw
BBC Worldwide has secured its first drama co-production deal in Poland for thriller Spies Of Warsaw.
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Features
Documentary strands: adapting to a new era
Strands like Cutting Edge and Storyville are bywords for quality, but how do they stay relevant in a multichannel world?
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News
FM acquires Canadian cookery format
FremantleMedia has acquired the format and licensing rights to Recipe to Riches, a cookery competition from Canada’s Temple Street Production.
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C5 orders upbeat Twofour business show
Channel 5 is to put ambitious chefs and estate agents through stunt job interviews for an upbeat Twofour business show.
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C4 News and Sky News sign pledge
Channel 4 News and Sky News have become the first organisations to sign Broadcast’s pledge to try to improve the ratio of male-to-female experts appearing on screen in news and current affairs shows.
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C4 briefs for Hollyoaks app
Channel 4 is looking for a company to create a companion app for youth drama Hollyoaks, but has ditched plans for a playalong game to accompany a comedy panel show.
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Objective format moves into C4’s property slot
Objective Scotland has secured an order from Channel 4 daytime for the broadcaster’s 11am property slot.
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Sky/Nat Geo serve up 3D storms
Sky 3D and National Geographic US have ordered a four-part 3D series that will recreate the devastating power of nature and its impact on people and infrastructure.
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ITV1 seeks ‘escapist’ ideas for teatime slot
ITV1 has called for ideas for its weekday 4pm slot following the success of in-house shows such as Ade in Britain.
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O’Grady explores love of dogs in return to ITV1
Paul O’Grady is to front a six-part ITV1 series on the Battersea Dogs & Cats Home just months after his talk show was axed by the channel.