All Banijay articles – Page 80
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NewsComic Relief hits the bullseye with Zeppotron
Charity event Comic Relief is to include pro-celebrity darts next year after the BBC ordered a tournament from Zeppotron.
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NewsCharlie Brooker and Annabel Jones launch Endemol indie
Former Zeppotron managing director Annabel Jones has joined forces with long term collaborator Charlie Brooker to launch an Endemol-owned scripted indie.
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NewsCurtis Brown agent strikes Endemol indie deal
Former Curtis Brown agent Tally Garner has set up an indie and struck a distribution partnership with Endemol.
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RatingsUtopia settles at 450,000
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s audience for thriller Utopia remained steady although it was outperformed by Sarah Millican on BBC2 and Channel 5’s Big Brother.
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NewsC4 launches Singer Takes It All app
Channel 4 has launched the playalong app for its forthcoming entertainment format The Singer Takes It All ahead of the show’s August debut.
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CommentBuyout fever strikes online
MCNs are hot property, but market is fragmenting, says Kate Bulkley
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NewsTime Warner rejects $80bn Fox takeover
Time Warner has rejected an $80billion takeover bid from Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox.
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NewsSimon Shaps exits Core Media
Simon Shaps has left Core Media as the American Idol owner reins in its international business to focus on the US market.
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RatingsUtopia returns on low
MONDAY: Channel 4’s conspiracy drama Utopia returned with its lowest audience yet, as Long Lost Family was back with 4.9m.
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NewsIWC Media hires formats boss
Matchlight creative director Paul Murray has stepped down after less than a year to join IWC Media as head of formats.
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NewsTigress cooks up new food format for BBC1
Endemol-backed Tigress Productions will go into the kitchens of multi-cultural Britain in a new documentary series for BBC1.
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NewsVictory options Mum of the Week format
Sony-backed Victory Television is to produce a UK version of French format Mum of the Week after striking a deal with Matthieu Porte’s Can’t Stop Media.
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NewsInitial wins ITV factual pilot
ITV will pilot an Initial-made factual format that sees households test and rate different products each week.
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NewsMasterChef travels to Brazil
Shine TV’s MasterChef is to be served up in Brazil after a deal was struck with local broadcaster Bandeirantes Network.
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RatingsCelebrity MasterChef trumps The Betrayers
WEDNESDAY: ITV’s hard-hitting documentary The Betrayers fell well short of slot average and was beaten by Celebrity MasterChef on a football-free night.
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Behind The ScenesUtopia, C4
Utopia flashes back to the 1970s for series two’s opener. Olly Grant reports from behind the scenes
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NewsBBC3 orders supernatural drama
BBC3 has turned to Being Human producer Touchpaper Television and All3Media-owned South Pacific Pictures for its first drama since plans emerged to move the channel online.
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RatingsAuction House draws 1.7m average
TUESDAY: The final episode of Channel 4’s The Auction beat BBC2’s Shop Girls – as the World Cup coverage peaked with 8.6m.
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RatingsC5 doctors outperform C4 beauty queens
THURSDAY: Channel 4 doc Beauty Queen or Bust was outperformed by the final part of Channel 5 medical doc Trauma Doctors.
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Behind The ScenesMarvellous, BBC2
Peter Bowker’s BBC2 drama Marvellous gave young trainees from a range of backgrounds a chance to gain experience alongside the crew on a real TV production


















