All Banijay articles – Page 80
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NewsShine launches Roku channel
Shine has launched a VoD channel on streaming service Roku that offers access to shows including Educating Essex and Got To Dance.
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NewsRichard III reinterment to air live on C4
Channel 4 is to broadcast the reburial of Richard III live from Leicester Cathedral after the former King’s descendants lost a High Court battle to have him laid to rest in York.
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NewsC4 heads back to The Island
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of survival show The Island with Bear Grylls, although it is yet to decide if it will return as an all-male format.
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RatingsFrom There to Here makes solid debut
Pete Bowker’s BBC1 drama about the fallout from the 1996 IRA Manchester bombing debuted with more than 4.5m viewers on Thursday.
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RatingsDel Boys and Dealers takes in 4m
BBC1 ob-doc Del Boys and Dealers pulled in almost 4m viewers on Wednesday, while Episodes’ audience shrunk by around 100,000.
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RatingsThe Island grows audience to 2.5m
The Island with Bear Grylls grew its audience for a second consecutive week on Monday, securing third place in the key 9pm battleground.
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RatingsMasterchef final peaks with 6.4m
The final of Masterchef peaked with 6.4m viewers for BBC1 on Friday, narrowly beating climax of last year’s competition.
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NewsC4 sets up commercial development team
Channel 4 is creating a new commercial development team headed up by Channel 5 exec Emma Derrick.
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NewsJay Hunt: The Island is not sexist
Jay Hunt has hit back at claims that male-only survival show The Island with Bear Grylls is “inherently sexist”.
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NewsNat Geo orders World War II docs for global slate
National Geographic Channels International has commissioned two big-budget World War II documentaries as part of its latest slate of global programming.
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NewsFormer Lucky Day boss joins Keo
Lucky Day Productions founder Damon Pattison has joined Keo Films to head up factual entertainment and formats.
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NewsZodiak hires formats chief
Zodiak Media has hired former Endemol exec Grant Ross as its new formats chief.
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NewsDavid Frank eyes indie acquisitions
David Frank’s new investment firm Dial Square 86 is eyeing the acquisition of UK indies after it closed a multi-million pound investment round.
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NewsRichard Osman fronts Remarkable quiz
BBC Daytime has commissioned Pointless-indie Remarkable Television to produce a quick-fire quiz show for BBC2.
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NewsUS network Pivot boards Fortitude
US cable network Pivot has come on board Sky Atlantic’s big-budget drama Fortitude as a coproducer after striking a deal with Sky Vision.
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NewsMipTV boosts Educating’s appeal
Channel 4 and Twofour’s Educating… franchise is set to be remade in several new territories after Shine International held a producers’ workshop at last week’s MipTV.
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NewsZodiak Kids boss Nigel Pickard exits
Kids industry veteran Nigel Pickard is to leave Zodiak Media after eight years at the company.
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NewsDragonfly boss Simon Dickson departs
Simon Dickson is to leave Shine-owned indie Dragonfly Film and TV after three years at the business.
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NewsXbox partners C4 on Humans
Xbox has become a co-production partner on a major British TV project for the first time, joining Channel 4 to back Kudos Film & Television’s remake of Swedish sci-fi series Real Humans.
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NewsEmily Dalton named MD of Darlow Smithson
Darlow Smithson Productions has promoted Emily Dalton to managing director to replace Ben Bowie, who is leaving to pursue a new venture.