All articles by Balihar Khalsa – Page 81
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NewsBoldface debuts on UTV
Boldface Productions, an indie that focuses on working with disadvantaged youth, has had a series of shorts picked up by Northern Irish broadcaster UTV.
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NewsHistory Girls win BBC online series
Sketch troupe The History Girls will star in a new comedy series for BBC online, made by the indie behind Peep Show.
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NewsC4 orders more Celebrity Five
Channel 4 has ordered two new series’ of daytime reality show Celebrity Five Go To, including Apprentice star Stuart ‘the brand’ Baggs.
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RatingsBBC4's Women in Love pulls 570,000
THURSDAY: BBC4’s drama adaptation of DH Lawrence’s controversial novels The Rainbow and Women in Love stirred more than half a million viewers for the first of two parts.
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NewsRemarkable hires Blakeson in hunt for ent formats
Endemol-owned Remarkable Television has boosted its entertainment team by drafting in Tom Blakeson.
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NewsC4 looks to Fresh One for a different take on dance
Channel 4 plans to bring a different approach to dance competitions on TV with a three-part Fresh One documentary about the Street Dance XXL UK Championships.
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NewsBBC and C4 back opt-out system for rights holders
The BBC and Channel 4 have recommended introducing a new rights management model that has been rejected by ITV and Sky, as part of an independent review into the current IP framework.
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NewsBBC and BSkyB to sit on creative industries board
The BBC and BSkyB are to sit on a new board that will aim to advocate and enable growth in the creative industries.
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NewsC4's Matt Locke confirms departure
Matt Locke, Channel 4’s acting head of cross-platform, has revealed he has left the broadcaster - via Twitter.
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RatingsITV2 returns to Essex with record figures
SUNDAY: Constructed reality show The Only Way is Essex returned to ITV2 with its biggest ever audience.
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NewsC4 orders Japan quake docs
Channel 4 has ordered a number of “quick turnaround” programmes following the devastation that hit Japan last week.
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RatingsSkins bows out to 380,000
THURSDAY: Long running E4 drama Skins finished with its second lowest audience of the series last night, with just 380,800 viewers (2.2% share) watching at 10pm.
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NewsCrufts coverage questioned again
TV’s coverage of Crufts has come under scrutiny again after the RSPCA wrote a critical letter to the Kennel Club that is also understood to have been sent to Channel 4.
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NewsKeo takes Landshare to US
Keo digital has secured another international licensing deal for its Landshare website in the US.
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NewsC4 leaps to defence of Ten O’Clock Live as ratings plummet
Ten O’Clock Live commissioner Darren Smith has defended the Channel 4 show’s live ratings and hailed its young-skewing audience.
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NewsScott Free UK plans co-pro adaptation of Mosse’s Labyrinth
Scott Free UK has secured the option to adapt Kate Mosse’s bestselling novel Labyrinth as a four-hour TV series with Germany’s Tandem Communications.
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NewsBetty to hijack holiday makers for Channel 4
Betty is to send groups of people who are expecting a free luxury holiday on an authentic working experience instead, in a series for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 names first show to go global on 4oD
Channel 4 series Unreported World will become the first programme to be made available to audiences outside the UK through the broadcaster’s online catch-up service, 4 on Demand (4oD).
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RatingsSeries high for Junior Doctors
TUESDAY: Junior Doctors continued to set pulses racing for BBC3 with another series high for the fly on the wall series.
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NewsC4 lines-up transgender films
Channel 4 is to broadcast a week of short films focussed on transgender issues as part of a drive to improve their portrayal in the media.