All Banijay articles – Page 81
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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
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NewsITV ‘to relaunch Stars in Their Eyes’
ITV looks set to continue its revival of entertainment classics by bringing back Stars in Their Eyes with comedian Harry Hill, according to a report.
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NewsThe Weakest Link set for French makeover
BBC quiz The Weakest Link is to be remade for a second time in France, seven years after originally ended.
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NewsUK indies pick up Nat Geo orders
Nat Geo is to follow a space mission, meet the 9/11 emergency teams and take a nostalgic trip back to the 1990s in a slew of commissions from UK indies.
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NewsBodyshockers gets second run
Channel 4 will revisit the debate about body modification after commissioning another series of Bodyshockers.
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RatingsC4’s Auction House outbids slot average
TUESDAY: The opening episode of The Auction House was above Channel 4’s slot average despite competition from the World Cup.
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CommentSet voters free - or pay the consequences
Paid voting should be killed off in favour of free interaction, says Tom McDonnell.
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NewsC4 orders real-time voting show
Channel 4 is planning to steal a march on ITV by launching an interactive singing contest that hands viewers real-time voting power.
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NewsBBCW hands sales team £5m
BBC Worldwide has made a £5m investment in its international sales force as it bids to beef up its global distribution business.
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RatingsCelebrity Masterchef serves 4.4m
TUESDAY: Celebrity Masterchef cooked up an audience of 4.4m viewers, slipping by 300,000 from last year’s debut.
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NewsPrincess finalises management restructure
Princess Productions has completed a senior management restructure as it plans for its next stage of growth.
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NewsShine snaps up ITV & C5 series
Shine International has snapped up the international rights to two series including forthcoming ITV drama Code of a Killer.