All articles by Balihar Khalsa – Page 12
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Robert Downey Jr picks up Black Mirror movie rights
The film rights to Jesse Armstrong’s Black Mirror episode, The Entire History of You, have been picked up by Robert Downey Jr.
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BBC greenlights Jamaica Inn
Origin Pictures has had a three-part adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s gothic romance, Jamaica Inn, greenlit by BBC1 - along with PD James’ Death Comes to Pemberley.
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Baftas peak up by 350k for BBC1
The British Film Academy Awards peaked with 6.2m viewers, outperforming last year’s ceremony, on a night that saw multiple wins for Argo, Les Miserables and Skyfall.
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C4 wins battle for Paralympics rights
Channel 4 has beaten the BBC to retain rights to the Paralympic games in a historic double award of the event’s TV rights.
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Mr Selfridge returns for second series
A second series of ITV period drama Mr Selfridge has been ordered, and it will return to coincide with the WWI centenary in 2014.
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More microwaves and meeting rooms: BBC reacts to NBH complaints
Additional meeting rooms are being installed on the sixth floor of the BBC’s New Broadcasting House, as part of a number of changes that have been made to the corporation’s new building.
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DRG back on the block
Ingenious Media has renewed its push to sell distributor Digital Rights Group (DRG), with DCD emerging as a potential front-runner.
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12 Yard boosts comedy ent team
ITV Studios owned indie 12 Yard Productions has appointed Paul McGettigan as comedy entertainment executive producer.
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Bionic Man assembles audience of 1m
Channel 4’s ambitious attempt to create the first completely ‘bionic man’ struggled against the competition, coming second to last in the 9pm slot.
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Alison Sharman to exit ITV
ITV director of factual and daytime Alison Sharman is leaving the broadcaster after seven years at the end of February as it plans to re-organise the department.
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England's victory over Brazil nets 9m
England’s 2-1 win over Brazil, for the first time in nine matches, peaked with a huge 8.96m on ITV demolishing all its competitors.
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BT Sport reveals logo
BT Sport has unveiled its logo as it invites viewers to register their interest with the channel.
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Screen Yorkshire primed to invest in TV content
Screen Yorkshire is calling for high-end TV projects to bid for investment from its £3.5m content fund as it seeks to capitalise on the forthcoming tax credits.
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Dragons and Supernanny fly to China for pilot
Anglo-Chinese firm IPCN will pilot Secret Millionaire, Supernanny and Dragons’ Den with Chinese national satellite channels in 2013.
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Kids in TV back on agenda
The role of children as TV contributors is back on the agenda, with political and regulatory interest in the issue growing after working parties discussed it last year.
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C4 offers brands targeted spots on 4oD
Channel 4 advertisers will be able to demographically target online audiences via on-demand service 4oD for the first time, as the broadcaster starts to make use of the audience data it has collected.
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C4's Amaratunga exits to Dazed & Confused
Channel 4 Random Acts editor and creative diversity project manager Ravi Amaratunga is leaving the broadcaster to join youth culture magazine, Dazed and Confused.
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ITV to meet Britain's Smallest Families
ITV is set to explore the lives of small families in a one-off documentary being made by Sony joint venture Victory Television.
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ITV unveils high-profile cast for Love and Marriage
Comedy drama Love and Marriage has been greenlight by ITV and gone into production.
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IBT: Shift current affairs focus from quantity to quality
The International Broadcasting Trust has called for current affairs to be assessed on quality rather than quantity to maintain the distinctiveness of the genre.