All Broadcasters articles – Page 624
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NewsIn brief: RTS; Bafta
The RTS Scotalnd Awards nomines have been unveiled, as Tim Hincks prepares to deliver the Bafta TV Lecture. Read on for more.
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NewsBBC4 acquires Icelandic thriller
BBC4 has expanded its international drama slate with a 10-part Icelandic series, produced by Baltasar Kormakur, the director of Denzel Washington film 2 Guns.
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NewsWingspan explores bohemia for BBC4
Wingspan Productions is to explore what it means to be bohemian in a three-part series for BBC4.
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RatingsPeter Kay races off with 5.7m
WEDNESDAY: Peter Kay’s Car Share raced ahead of ITV comedy The Delivery Men, adding significantly to the 1m views it had already picked up on iPlayer.
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NewsAdam Richman to front ITV BBQ series
Man v. Food presenter Adam Richman has been lined up to present a five-part BBQ series for ITV, produced by Stand Up To Cancer producer Whizz Kid Entertainment.
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NewsBritespark unearths engineering blunders for Discovery
Sinking skyscrapers and back-to-front bridges are to feature in a BriteSpark Films documentary series for Discovery Networks International.
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NewsFilmmakers' fledgling indie secures ITV investment
ITV Studios has acquired a minority stake in Monumental Television, the fledgling indie set up by film producers Alison Owen and Debra Hayward.
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NewsRevealed: top US acquisitions
Superheroes, supernatural surgeons and sleuthing spin-offs are some of the characteristics helping to make acquired US network shows successful on British TV.
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NewsTop Gear: what happens now?
The BBC is beginning to pick up the pieces of £50m mega-brand Top Gear after executive producer Andy Wilman resigned and Richard Hammond and James May pledged loyalty to their co-host Jeremy Clarkson.
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NewsTV’s election plans analysed
Broadcasters line up giant touch screens, fixed-rig cameras and a former director general
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NewsJamie Oliver serves up healthy-eating docs for C4
Jamie Oliver is back on the campaign trail with two Channel 4 healthy-eating documentary projects.
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Ratings24 Hours in the Past transports 3.8m
TUESDAY: BBC1’s latest reality documentary format 24 Hours In The Past failed to uncover more than 4m viewers as Channel 4’s political comedy Ballot Monkeys climbed higher.
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NewsITV pilots Stephen Mulhern daytime show
ITV is shooting a pilot for a daytime format fronted by Catchphrase host Stephen Mulhern.
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NewsNigel Farage slams ‘arrogant, lackadaisical’ BBC
Ukip leader Nigel Farage has lashed out at the BBC, blasting its left-wing bias and “arrogant, lackadaisical attitude” in a column for The Independent.
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NewsC4 prepares party-planner pilot
Remarkable Television will follow one of Manchester’s foremost party planners in a TX pilot for Channel 4.
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NewsSky Arts 2 to close
Sky is to merge its two arts channels and hand the newly created Sky Arts an improved slot on its EPG.
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NewsChris Brogden leaves Sky for Tinopolis entertainment role
Sky commissioner Chris Brogden is to join Tinopolis as the super-indie’s first creative director for entertainment in June.
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NewsNutopia to co-pro Civilisation revival
Jane Root’s Nutopia is to co-produce landmark BBC series Civilisation, with former BBC1 controller Michael Jackson acting as executive producer.
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NewsSky airs targeted Enfield Haunting trailers
Sky has kicked off a targeted trailer campaign aimed at north London households for the launch of forthcoming supernatural series The Enfield Haunting.
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NewsDavid Hasselhoff returns to UKTV
David Hasselhoff is to return to Dave sooner than expected after the channel ordered a second series of his comedy show before the debut run has aired.