All Banijay articles – Page 88
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      RatingsJack’s back to buoy BBC3
I sometimes think most of my teachers were like Jack Whitehall in BBC3’s Bad Education.
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      NewsRDF hires Twofour features development exec
RDF Television has hired Twofour’s Kirsty Calvert-Ansari to build the indie’s features development.
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      NewsC5 orders Amanda Knox doc
Channel 5 has commissioned Barcroft Productions to investigate the trial of Amanda Knox.
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      NewsEndemol's Jones & Samwell-Smith take on new roles
Endemol UK has created a dedicated commercial director role to grow off screen revenues across all platforms.
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      FeaturesPeaky Blinders, BBC2
Epic, cinematic and set in the criminal underworld of ’20s Birmingham, Peaky Blinders takes period drama to a new place
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      NewsContent Media buys Finnish indie Aito
London-based indie Content Media has acquired a 50% stake in Finnish production company Aito Media, making it the latest media company to move into Scandinavia.
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      NewsThe Foundation co-founder Vanessa Hill exits
The Foundation co-creator Vanessa Hill is leaving the Zodiak-backed kids indie to join Ged Allen’s new indie Jacabo.
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      NewsC5 gives birth to IWC's Animal Maternity
Channel 5 has commissioned a six-part series about the world of animal births from IWC Media.
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      NewsShipwrecked to be remade in Russia
Reality series Shipwrecked and Sky 1 karaoke show Don’t Forget The Lyrics are to be remade in Russia.
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      NewsThe Inbetweeners Movie 2 confirmed
The creative team behind 2011 box office smash The Inbetweeners Movie have confirmed that a second movie is in production and will be released in cinemas across the UK & Ireland early August 2014.
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      NewsFirst-look competition heats up
Competition for British content is intensifying as global distributors put a greater focus on beating their UK counterparts to first-look deals with indies.
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      NewsBanijay indie strikes Charlize Theron deal
Banijay-owned US production company Bunim-Murray has struck a joint venture deal with Hollywood actress Charlize Theron to develop unscripted programming and has inked a number of international format deals.
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      NewsSpotlight falls on Scandinavia
ITV Studios’ potential £90m acquisition of Nordic production group Nice Entertainment could set off a new round of consolidation across Scandinavia.
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      NewsZodiak Active boss Robert Marsh departs
Robert Marsh has left Zodiak Active, the digital and branded content arm of the international producer and distributor.
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      NewsZodiak film to raise cash for children's charity
Zodiak Media has produced a short film about the work of international charity Ubuntu Education Fund, which aims to transform the lives of orphaned and vulnerable children in South Africa.
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      NewsBeeny's Double Your House goes global
Sarah Beeny is heading to Australia and Scandinavia after Zodiak Rights closed a raft of sales for Double Your House For Half The Money.
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      NewsJudgement Day looms for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned RDF Television to produce a daytime series aiming to help country pubs, restaurants and hotels that have suffered from negative online reviews from customers.
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      NewsCBBC tackles bad cooks and drivers
Parents who can’t cook risk being reported by their children to new CBBC series Disaster Chefs, as Lucky Day Productions picks up two commissions.
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      NewsGok back in fashion with live C4 show
Gok Wan is to return to fashion with a new live format for Channel 4.
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      FeaturesHow to make it in America
From All3Media to Zig Zag, a growing number of UK indies are finding success in the US. Peter White and Balihar Khalsa ask them what it takes to get a show off the ground
 



    
    
    














