All Arrow Media articles – Page 11
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RatingsC4 music pilot struggles to hit the right notes
Channel 4’s latest music pilot, fronted by Nick Grimshaw, struggled to find viewers on Friday night, while viewers swarmed to BBC2’s Horizon special on bees.
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NewsJames Grant sells PR firm Franklin Rae
Former DRG boss Jonathan Jackson is to take a seat on the board of Franklin Rae after the TV industry PR firm was sold by James Grant Group to lawyer Tessa Laws.
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NewsEdit producer role comes under scrutiny at Doc/Fest
The increasing power of the edit producer was again under the spotlight at a heated Directors UK session debate at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsC4 explores Terror in the Skies
Channel 4 and US cable network Smithsonian Channel have ordered a documentary series examining the reasons there are so many near misses in air travel.
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NewsKlein’s move intrigues indies
Richard Klein’s appointment as ITV director of factual has been greeted with genuine anticipation, with producers intrigued to see how the former BBC4 controller adapts to a role in which his populist sensibilities will be tested.
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NewsInvestigation Discovery orders Waco doc
Investigation Discovery will mark the 20th anniversary of the Waco Siege, the stand-off between the FBI and a cult, with a one-off documentary.
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FeaturesWho’s top of the class?
Which indies are winning the biggest orders and who is the most prolific commissioner? Robin Parker delves into the latest data from commissioning index Greenlight to find out
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NewsPBS orders Neanderthal doc from Arrow Media
Arrow Media, the fledgling production company formed by John Smithson, has been commissioned by US broadcaster PBS to produce a one-off science doc detailing the disappearance of Neanderthal man.
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NewsMilitary Channel calls up Ultimate Warfare from Arrow
Discovery’s Military Channel has ordered a series tracking the greatest battles fought from World War II to today’s Middle East skirmishes from Arrow Media.
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The Broadcast InterviewJulian Ware and Ben Bowie, Darlow Smithson Productions
Creative directors Julian Ware and Ben Bowie are seeking to build on Darlow Smithson’s reputation by broadening its creative bandwidth and diversifying. Balihar Khalsa reports
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NewsDrama is the star at Mipcom
Mipcom: High-end TV drama took a starring role at Mipcom 2012 as the feature film community and factual producers and broadcasters outlined major plans for the genre.
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NewsArrow Media engineering doc first for TCB Media
Mipcom: Arrow Media is making a Group M factual series for Channel 5 that will be the first title to be distributed by Paul Heaney’s new TCB Media Rights.
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NewsNGC sends Vinnie Jones to Russia in first order
The first shows to come out of National Geographic’s new international commissioning hub include a series in which Vinnie Jones will be sent to Russia and a doc on Dubai airport.
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NewsProf Cox and Hairy Bikers help BBC2 celebrate British inventors
Professor Brian Cox is to reveal his icons of British science as part a year-long BBC2 celebration of inventiveness and ingenuity.
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The Broadcast InterviewArrow Media: From super-indie to start-up
Having tasted life at a super-indie, John Smithson and his partners are going back to their programme-making roots with start-up Arrow Media. Catherine Neilan hears their plans.
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NewsDSP trio go back to roots with start-up Arrow
John Smithson, Tom Brisley and Iain Pelling are going back to their specialist factual and docu-drama roots for their new venture, which will be called Arrow Media.