All Broadcasters articles – Page 485
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NewsBob Bakish tipped to become Viacom boss
Viacom International Media Networks boss Bob Bakish is tipped to become interim chief executive of parent company Viacom as the company inches closer to a merger with CBS.
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NewsBBC serves up Saturday Kitchen tender
The BBC is tendering long-running weekend cooking format Saturday Kitchen – a £5m deal unconnected to the scrapping of in-house guarantees.
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NewsJeff Pope pens Rhys Jones murder drama
Jeff Pope is to explore the aftermath of the tragic killing of 11-year old schoolboy Rhys Jones in a four-part factual drama for ITV.
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NewsAttenborough: too much cooking on TV
TV has become saturated with cooking and gardening shows, according to former BBC2 controller David Attenborough.
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NewsNat Geo opens doors to UK producers
US cable network National Geographic is looking for British producers to follow up its big-budget Mars mission and is already in development with a major UK-originated unscripted project.
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NewsViceland US courts indies
Viceland in the US is opening its doors to independent producers for the first time as it eyes a move into formats.
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NewsVice plots global expansion
Vice is set to close almost a dozen global distribution deals for linear channel Viceland in the next 12 months and expects to strike agreements with Sky’s pay-TV rivals in the UK.
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NewsBBC and ITVS changes hit Northern drama
Drama in the north came under the spotlight this week, with ITV Studios disbanding its northern drama hub and BBC head of drama for the north Hilary Martin moving to the indie sector.
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NewsTUPE clouds tender process
Question marks over TUPE staff transfers and whether BBC Studios will include a production margin loom over the BBC’s first round of tendered shows.
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NewsRadio 4 continues to ride high
Radio 4 continued its upward trajectory in the wake of Brexit, the only BBC station to make year-on-year gains, according to the latest Rajar results.
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NewsChannel 4 resolution edges closer
The future of Channel 4 is edging closer towards resolution after culture secretary Karen Bradley publicly outlined options for the first time and revealed that she hopes to come to a decision in the “near-ish future”.
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NewsBBCW & Cohen eye £50m drama deal
BBC Worldwide is closing in on an estimated £50m funding deal with Danny Cohen’s Access Entertainment to supercharge its drama pipeline.
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NewsDoc duo launch indie to ‘blur lines’ with drama
The award-winning directors of The Murder Detectives and My Son The Jihadi have joined forces to launch a production business that aims to blur the lines between drama and documentary, and have already picked up two commissions from Channel 4.
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NewsBBC unveils £12m Songs of Praise tender
Retaining loyal BBC1 audiences should be a key aim of indies hoping to land a £12m contract to produce Songs of Praise, according to the BBC’s tender document.
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NewsBBC boots up Gold Rush game maker
The BBC is launching a Gold Rush ‘game maker’ to tie in with Dan Snow’s forthcoming BBC2 show – enabling audiences to create their own adventure.
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NewsEleventh Hour teams with Luti
New Blood indie Eleventh Hour Films has teamed up with Luti Media to develop a slate of dramas.
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RatingsC5's New Lives in the Wild matches ITV
TUESDAY: The fifth series of Channel 5’s Lives in the Wild launched on a par with ITV’s vehicle-towing format The New Clampers: Where’s My Car.
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NewsITV plans Late Late-style show dry run
ITV is setting up a two-week dry run of its multi-million pound late-night stripped comedy show.
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RatingsWalking Dead shocks 800k
MONDAY: The Walking Dead roared back onto Fox with 800,000 viewers – outperforming Channel 5 in the 9pm slot.
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NewsCulture secretary sets out C4 options
Culture secretary Karen Bradley has laid out four different options around the privatisation of Channel 4 but declared that a decision is not imminent.