All Broadcasters articles – Page 703
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NewsDavid Abraham's MacTaggart: rights in his sights
Industry issues, policy debates and producer relations were at the heart of David Abraham’s MacTaggart lecture.
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NewsDavid Abraham takes aim at Sky and US studios
MacTaggart: Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has demanded that Sky pay to carry its services and argued that it should be handed the chance to strike “more flexible deals” with the rapidly consolidating indie sector.
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NewsC4 boss on John Malone, super-indies and big data
The Channel 4 chief executive used his speech to tackle issues including the influx of the US studios, the rise of the super-indies and the importance of data.
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NewsBroadcasters debate racism in TV
The industry’s division over diversity quotas was laid bare in an Edinburgh TV International Festival session that posed the question: ‘Is TV racist?’
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NewsTony Hall backs BBC's Cliff Richard coverage
BBC director general Tony Hall has backed actions taken by BBC reporters covering the raid of Sir Cliff Richard’s home in South Yorkshire.
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NewsITV2 orders Keith Lemon sketch show
ITV2 has ordered a brand new sketch show starring Leigh Francis’ Keith Lemon produced by Fremantle Media’s Talkback.
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NewsMTV starts show sharing talks with C5
MTV UK has kicked off conversations with Channel 5 about projects that can potentially air on both channels after Viacom’s purchase of the free-to-air channel.
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NewsComedy Central hunts Geordie Shore-style shows
Comedy Central is searching for its own Geordie Shore-style unscripted comedy to sit alongside its forthcoming batch of original scripted comedies.
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NewsHBO plots more Sky co-pros
HBO is hunting for dramas which it can co-produce with Sky, as well as looking to order a family-friendly scripted series.
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NewsChannel 5 threat dismissed by Jay Hunt
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt has dismissed the threat of Channel 5, claiming that she is “less worried” about the channel than at any other time in her role.
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NewsDiscovery readies Shocking Love season
Discovery is launching a season investigating rare medical conditions with a number of UK-originated documentaries and a new format from Bear Grylls.
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NewsNorth Korean spy thriller prepped by C4 & Mammoth
Channel 4 has stepped up its international co-production strategy, teaming up with Mammoth Screen on a ten-part political thriller exploring the closed world of North Korea.
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NewsC4 and Renegade take fixed rig to Africa
Renegade Pictures is to use a fixed rig to capture life in an Ethiopian tribe in a 4 x 60-minute series for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 greenlights Nick Clegg drama
Nick Clegg’s rise to become deputy Prime Minister is to be turned into a Channel 4 political drama by Cuba Pictures.
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NewsE4 orders Chewing Gum comedy series
Retort has been commissioned to produce a comedy series for E4 about a God-fearing twenty-something woman dealing with growing up.
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NewsBBC4 bags Belgian drama Cordon
Belgian drama Cordon is to become BBC4’s latest foreign language drama acquisition as it builds on the success of The Killing and Borgen.
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RatingsTrawlermen’s Lives nets 2.4m
WEDNESDAY: Ben Fogle-fronted fishing documentary Trawlerman’s Lives halved ITV’s slot average as BBC1’s The Great British Bake-Off rose to a series high of almost 7.5m.
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NewsBBC2 orders first transgender comedy
BBC2 is preparing to launch what it claims is Britain’s first transgender sitcom and has bagged Jack Whitehall’s Backchat, its second BBC3 comedy.
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NewsITV brings back hypnotism and Harry Hill
ITV is to mix the old with the new by resurrecting Stars In Their Eyes “with a twist” and ordering the first hypnotism format on British TV for several years.
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NewsTV a ruder place to work
Television has become a ruder and more frustrating place to work for UK indies over the past 12 months, with commissioning standards at the BBC in particular going backwards.