All Broadcast articles in 21 October 2011
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NewsGreenlight round-up: Channels play their cards right
This week’s Broadcast Greenlight round-up highlights several new gameshows and documentaries in the works from all the major broadcasters.
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NewsWhittingdale uses Knox trial to justify cameras in court
The televising of the Amanda Knox trial helped John Whittingdale understand the case and sympathise with her, he revealed at a debate about allowing cameras into the court room.
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NewsLinehan turns off The IT Crowd
Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd will not be returning for a fifth series but will wrap up with an extended special, creator Graham Linehan has confirmed.
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NewsAtlantic replaces distribution boss
Atlantic Productions, which picked up three Emmy’s last month, has named a new head of distribution to replace James Taylor and take the indie’s content around the world.
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NewsITV1 secures Westlife's final TV appearance
ITV1 is to capture Westlife’s final TV appearance together in a special celebration of the band’s career.
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NewsSky 1 mixes cooking and business for pilot
Sky 1 has ordered an hour-long cookery pilot from Splash Media which will give amateur cooks the chance to turn their homemade products into business opportunities.
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NewsDLT appoints BBC Comedy exec
DLT Entertainment has appointed Jon Mountague to the newly created role of executive editor and given him the task of growing the indie’s out-of-London production.
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NewsC4 serves up live daytime cookery show
Channel 4 is lining up its first live daytime cookery show since Mel and Sue’s Light Lunch in 1997.
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NewsSky names Hurford-Jones ent commissioner
Sky has appointed Antonia Hurford-Jones as commissioning editor for entertainment to oversee shows such as A League Of Their Own and order fresh content.
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NewsBBC1 orders Citizen Khan sitcom
Comic performer and broadcaster Adil Ray is to take his Down the Line character Mr Khan to BBC1 for a studio sitcom.
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NewsBBC2 goes underground
The BBC is getting unique access to the London Underground for a new documentary series.
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NewsC4 to live stream hippo being eaten
Channel 4 is to reveal the food chain in action by live broadcasting the consumption of a dead hippo in the wild over five days.
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NewsPrincess hires Talkback comedy exec
Princess Productions has poached Talkback Thames’ deputy editor of comedy entertainment to spearhead the company’s push into the genre.
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Comment21 Oct '11
“It is a testimony to the power of Beeny love that anyone has dared to put a second series out in our new era of austerity.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsDoc planned on 100-year-old marathon runner
A British centenarian who recently became the oldest man to run a marathon is to be the subject of a new documentary.
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NewsGrierson to honour John Pilger
John Pilger will be awarded the Honda Grierson Trustees’ Award on 1 November in recognition of his work as a leading documentary producer.
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NewsCurrent TV orders films from Salford youth
Four local youth groups in Salford have been selected to make eight films to be shown on Current TV as part of a new apprenticeship scheme.
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NewsBusinesses get set for connected TV
Connected TV strategies are being developed by almost two-thirds of brands, ad agencies and media owners, according to a survey conducted by The Internet Advertising Bureaux.
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NewsCrowd-sourced Raptured ready for launch
A crowd-sourced web-only series that reimagines Judgement Day will launch on 21 October, just weeks after the project was started.