All articles by Balihar Khalsa – Page 54
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NewsSheffield DocFest gets Creative England cash
Sheffield DocFest has been awarded £40,000 by Creative England in the first round of Film Culture Fund Lottery grants.
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NewsThe River gets UK debut on iTunes
US paranormal thriller series The River will debut on iTunes in the UK just one day after its US premiere.
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NewsMisfits tops 4oD for second month
E4 superhero drama Misfits topped the 4oD chart for the second consecutive month.
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NewsC4 hires Panorama exec for Dispatches role
Panorama deputy editor Daniel Pearl has been appointed as Channel 4 Dispatches commissioning editor.
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NewsEdinburgh to start a day early
The Edinburgh International TV Festival will take place from Thursday to Saturday, for the first time.
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NewsITV1 orders more of The Cube
Two more series of The Cube have been ordered for ITV1 and will include three celebrity specials.
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NewsC4 in life-changing pilot
Former Confused.com boss Carlton Hood will front a Channel 4 pilot offering families the opportunity to change their lives.
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NewsFilms of Record to put life at Cern on YouTube
Films of Record is poised to start making content for the Cern YouTube channel, which will ultimately lead to a feature-length documentary similar in scale to Life In A Day, Broadcast understands.
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NewsC4 to look externally for deputy head of factual
Channel 4 has ruled out internal candidates for its new deputy head of factual role, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsHoarders set for C4 return in home makeover series
Channel 4 has ordered its second series on hoarding, which will follow shopaholics given the opportunity to sell their collections and make over their houses.
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NewsOfcom proposes core principles for digital future
OXFORD: Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards has outlined proposals for regulation in the digital future - but rejected the idea of a “single super regulator”.
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NewsC4 docs get Oscar nominations
Two Channel 4-backed documentaries, Hell and Back Again and Saving Face, have been nominated for Oscars.
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NewsBBC wins praise for dangerous dogs doc
The Pet Education Trust (PET) has praised the BBC1 documentary Death Row Dogs for further highlighting concerns about the Dangerous Dogs Act.
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NewsGypsy Blood sparks 289 complaints
Channel 4 documentary Gypsy Blood has sparked hundreds of complaints from viewers over scenes of dogs attacking deer and cock fighting.
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NewsC4 plans £450m spend on UK commissions
Channel 4 is planning on increasing its budget for UK commissions to £450m this year, chief executive David Abraham is expected to reveal today.
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NewsC4 ideas hunt leads to New Year Revolution
A site encouraging users to stick to their new year’s resolutions and featuring talent from The Fat Fighters and Superscrimpers is the first project from C4’s push for ideas from non-traditional TV sources.
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NewsC4 orders Anna and Katy comedy
Channel 4 has commissioned a full series based on Comedy Lab pilot Anna and Katy.
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NewsJon Snow praises Ofcom in Cudlipp Lecture
Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow has praised Ofcom for its role in regulating TV journalism and backed proposals for a similar regulator of the print industry.
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NewsBBC and C4 reveal PI usage at Leveson Inquiry
The BBC and Channel 4 News have revealed how much they have spent on private investigators at the Leveson inquiry.
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NewsOfcom backs C4's risk-taking
Channel 4’s risk taking programming has been backed by Ofcom, which has cleared Ricky Gervais’ use of the word “mong” and thrown out more than 160 complaints over Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror.