All articles by Alex Farber – Page 131
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Newsi-D lands first commission from C4
Vice Media’s fashion magazine i-D has landed its first TV series, weeks after hiring Ravi Amaratungara as its head of video.
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NewsLeftfield hires Optomen exec
Leftfield Entertainment has established a production company which will produce “smart and authentic” digital programming.
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NewsC4 News creates GIF wall
Channel 4 has launched a news site that features short stories supported by shareable animated GIFs.
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NewsC4 sets out model to grow games business
Channel 4’s freshly launched games publishing arm is to take around a 15% share of revenue from developers’ apps to engineer a “win-win” situation in which it drives more traffic to its own titles.
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RatingsAlmost 1m vote for Ballot Monkeys
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s quick-turnaround political comedy Ballot Monkeys narrowly failed to break the 1m mark for its opening episode.
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NewsTurner UK managing director departs
Turner UK general manager Anthony Lukom has left the broadcaster, handing his responsibilities to Northern Europe managing director Ian McDonough.
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Behind The ScenesUK Election Debate, CNN
CNN has ambitions for McLaren’s ‘Thought Leadership’ hub beyond its election debates. Alex Farber paid a visit
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NewsComedy from Him & Her creator amid BBC2 slate
BBC2 controller Kim Shillinglaw has unveiled a raft of commissions, including fresh comedy from the writer of BBC3’s Him & Her, a new Hugo Blick drama and a Great British Bake Off-style pottery format.
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RatingsSafe House hosts 5.6m
MONDAY: ITV’s latest drama, Safe House, got underway with a larger audience than recent Monday night crime shows Arthur & George and Code Of A Killer.
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NewsSky delivers 'stand-out' third quarter
Sky’s UK and Ireland subscribers surged by 127,000 in its third quarter, its best performance during the period in 11 years.
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RatingsWeekend Escapes with Warwick Davis returns with 2.6m
FRIDAY: Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis returned with a stable 2.6m, helping it beat the out of sequence Griff Rhys Jones’ Slow Train Through Africa.
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NewsWall to Wall to evolve Voice UK app for 2016
Wall to Wall Television is drawing up plans to evolve its HomeCoach app after more than 10 million virtual cards were traded over the course of The Voice UK series.
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NewsSky Living to fix identity issues
The decision to row back from original commissions on Sky Living is a result of the channel struggling to find its identity under Sky ownership, according to executives close to the channel.
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RatingsChampions League coverage scores 3m
TUESDAY: ITV’s Champions League coverage dipped to 3m as My Big Fat Asian Wedding failed to outperform its gypsy rival for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 Growth Fund indie hires Jonathan Boseley
Fledgling indie Renowned Films has hired former London Live commissioner Jonathan Boseley following its Growth Fund investment from Channel 4.
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NewsJon Snow to receive Bafta Fellowship
Channel 4 news anchor Jon Snow is to be awarded a Bafta Fellowship for a career which has spanned 40 years.The veteran broadcaster, renowned for his selection of ties, will collect the award during the Bafta Awards at London’s Theatre Royal on 10 May.Awarded annually in ...
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NewsFremantle launches digital indie Shotglass
Fremantle Media UK has relaunched its digital arm as Shotglass Media, which will produce an array of innovative digital content.
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NewsEndemol Shine to restructure digital divisions
Endemol Shine Group is sizing up how to integrate its separate standalone digital divisions as it emerged Channelflip boss Claire Tavernier has stepped down and the multichannel network is to relocate to west London.
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NewsBattle for Number 10 tops Twitter chat
The upcoming general election helped boost TV-related political conversation on Twitter, as The Battle For Number 10, Question Time and coverage of the budget all performed well.
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RatingsPoldark slips with Vera return
SUNDAY: Vera returned to ITV on a low but still managed to dent Poldark.