All Blink Films articles – Page 4
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NewsBlink recruits for popular factual push
Blink Films has hired former Boomerang executive producer Jon Lloyd as its first popular factual creative director to expand its output.
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NewsBlink gears up for US push with high-end factual
Blink Films will push into bluechip factual after setting up shop in the US and hiring Brad Kohlenstein, senior vice-president of development at Discovery’s Science Channel.
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NewsTin Roof Media backs Blink
Blink Films has received financial backing from Tin Roof Media, an investment group of which Twofour founder Charles Wace is a non-exec director.
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NewsBBC4 acquires Blink brain doc
BBC4 has acquired Blink Films biggest-budget show, a six-part series exploring the human brain hosted by neuroscientist David Eagleman.
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NewsBlink lands Korean doc deal
Blink Films has struck a landmark partnership with Korean broadcaster EBS after working closely with Argonon-backed business enabler The Bridge.
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NewsOrangutans swing onto Animal Planet
Animal Planet has ordered Meet The Orangutans, an eight-part follow up to its hit series Meet The Sloths.
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NewsC4’s Gill Wilson overhauls features
North One, Blink Films and Red House are among the indies to have won business as Channel 4 head of features Gill Wilson overhauls her slate.
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NewsDiscovery orders Blink nature series
Discovery has commissioned a four part natural history series from Blink Films about relationships struck up between humans and animals.
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NewsBlink explores sloths for Animal Planet, DNI
US cable network Animal Planet is to air Blink Films’ wildlife documentary series Meet The Sloths.
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CommentBlink and you’ll miss it
The perils of natural history filmmaking came into focus at UKTV’s showcase of coming programmes, where David Attenborough revealed the patience required of his cameramen.
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NewsC4 serves up sex season
Docs about a psychosexual therapist and a Loaded editor’s decision to leave the soft porn industry will form part of a five-part real sex season due to air next month on Channel 4.
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NewsDNI Lat Am scouts UK indies
Discovery Networks International’s (DNI) Latin American commissioning hub has placed several orders with UK-based producers and its boss plans to come to the UK to scope out further opportunities.
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NewsDNI recommissions over 50 hours
Discovery Networks International has ordered 54 hours of original content from UK producers as it recommissions five series for 2013.
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NewsViewers outrage at Sky Arts' IoW coverage
Sky Arts has apologised to viewers after receiving hundreds of complaints about its coverage of the Isle Of Wight Festival which featured just four songs from headliners Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam.
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NewsDiscovery orders amateur experiments series
Discovery Networks International has ordered a brace of science series from October Films and Blink Films.
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NewsMassive Moves rolls to Oz
New doc series Massive Moves, which debuted on UKTV’s Home last night, has been picked up by broadcasters in Australia, France and Canada.
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NewsC5 goes Inside the Titanic with Dangerous Films
Channel 5 has picked up the UK rights to Inside the Titanic, a big-budget factual drama from producer Dangerous Films.
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NewsC5 doc season to examine war and disaster
The story of how the Nazis tried to spin the sinking of the Titanic as a tale of German courage is among Channel 5’s March season of four hour-long Revealed docs.
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NewsC4 unveils autumn line-up
Channel 4 has revealed the new programmes that will populate its autumn schedules including a series about gender reassignment, a new live game show and a Big Fat Gypsy Wedding spin-off.