All articles by Balihar Khalsa – Page 13
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NewsRed or Black? heads to Italy as ITVS inks Magnolia deal
ITV Studios and Simon Cowell format Red or Black? has been sold into Italy as part of a new partnership with Zodiak-owned indie Magnolia.
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RatingsMonty Don's French fancy draws 1.6m
Monty Don’s latest travelogue exploring French gardens bloomed with 1.6m for BBC2.
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NewsOfcom rejects Big Fat Quiz of the Year complaints
Ofcom has thrown out 180 complaints made about Channel 4’s Big Fat Quiz of the Year at the end of last year.
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NewsSplash! set for second run
Celebrity diving series Splash! has been recommissioned for a second run after becoming one of ITV’s best rating entertainment series launches in seven years.
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NewsThunderbirds to blast off on CITV from 2015
Iconic kids show Thunderbirds is returning to CITV 50 years after the original series made its debut on TV.
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NewsITV gets Breathless over 60s gynaecologists
ITV is planning to build on its slate of period dramas with a series following a group of gynaecologist in the 1960s.
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NewsITVS gives Lygo greater international focus
ITV Studios boss Kevin Lygo is to increase his focus on the producer’s international interests, resulting in its UK-based creative directors reporting directly to Denise O’Donoghue.
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RatingsITV2's Big Reunion scores record 1.2m launch
The reunion of major 90s pop acts including Atomic Kitten, 5ive and Liberty X drew more than 1m viewers to ITV2, making The Big Reunion the channel’s highest new series launch since 2008.
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NewsC4 to trace history of De Havilland Comet
The creation and demise of the world’s first passenger jet airliner will be explored in a one-off Channel 4 documentary.
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NewsBBC News shake-up continues
Fran Unsworth has landed the additional role of BBC deputy director of news on a permanent basis, as contenders emerge to take on the head of news programmes role previously held by Stephen Mitchell.
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NewsITV orders comedy entertainment pilots
Matt Lucas, Alexander Armstrong and Dave Berry are among the talent lined up for a series of ITV pilots as the broadcaster steps up its search for comedy entertainment formats.
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NewsNat Geo orders Kumbh Mela fast turnaround doc
National Geographic has ordered a fast-turnaround documentary about the Kumbh Mela, thought to be the world’s largest religious festival and gathering.
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NewsSainsbury's backs C4 lunchtime show
Celebrity Masterchef winner Lisa Faulkner and presenter Ben Shephard will front a Channel 4 lunchtime cookery programme that is being brought to air through an extensive advertiser-funding and product placement deal with Sainsbury’s.
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RatingsDerek starts with 1.5m
Ricky Gervais sitcom Derek launched with over 1.5m outperforming Channel 4’s slot average.
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NewsBectu survey highlights ‘exploitation’ in factual
Working conditions are the most pressing concern for people working in factual TV, according to a Bectu survey, with 11-hour plus days cited as a major concern.
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NewsITV plans to raise CDN profile
ITV is planning to boost the profile of the Creative Diversity Network (CDN) and achieve greater clarity of purpose in its first year chairing the initiative.
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NewsOnline radio listening tops 50m hours
Rajar: Online digital radio listening hit 51m hours for the first time in the last quarter of 2012, a year-on-year increase of 43%.
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RatingsThe Following swells by 100k on Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic series The Following, starring Kevin Bacon continued with a strong performance - adding over 100k viewers to its series debut.
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NewsITVS GE and Cineflix hire key staff
Cineflix Rights has hired Kate Laffey as its director of acquisitions as ITV Studios Global Entertainment appoints a new vice president of sales.
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RatingsDallas flops on return
The second series of Dallas returned to Channel 5 with an underwhelming audience, failing to attract 1m viewers.