All articles by Chris Curtis – Page 47
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NewsNutopia behind C4 & PBS Algerian terrorist doc
Nutopia and the Bafta-winning director behind Our War are making a doc about the terrorist attack on Algeria’s In Amenas gas facility for Channel 4 and PBS in the US.
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NewsOfcom clears Utopia in child violence investigation
Utopia, the controversial Channel 4 drama that featured a shooting in a school, has been cleared by an Ofcom investigation.
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NewsOfcom mulls increasing C4 nations quota
Ofcom is considering whether to increase Channel 4’s nations production quota from 3% to 9% by 2020.
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The Broadcast InterviewJulian Bellamy, DNI
From Latin America to Asia Pacific, via the UK, Julian Bellamy’s global content push is gathering pace.
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NewsNUJ rejects improved BBC offer
The NUJ has rejected the BBC’s revised pay offer after its members’ views were “coloured” by the corporation’s recent exec pay-offs and failed DMI project.
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NewsBroadcast and Edinburgh TV Festival team up for commissioning survey
Broadcast has teamed up with the Edinburgh International TV Festival to launch a major health check on the state of commissioning in British television.
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NewsJohn Kaye Cooper to leave ITV at end of the year
John Kaye Cooper’s long-standing association with ITV is to come to end after the entertainment commissioner decided to go freelance.
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NewsThe Garden boosts development team
The Garden has hired execs from Dragonfly and Princess Productions, reshaping and adding firepower to its development team in the process.
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NewsC4's Jen Topping joins Xbox's Soho Productions
Channel 4’s Jen Topping is joining Soho Productions, the company created by Microsoft to make content for the Xbox platform.
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NewsSri Lanka's Killing Fields filmmaker threatened by diplomat
A Sri Lankan diplomat has launched an attack on Callum Macrae, the filmmaker behind Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, threatening to bar him from entering the country.
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NewsFrow: ‘no formats, no twists, no nonsense’
Director of programmes Ben Frow is to radically overhaul the Channel 5 schedule, shifting acquisitions to 10pm and playing new kinds of original commissions at 8pm and 9pm.
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NewsYouTube to stop funding original UK channels
YouTube’s investment in UK-based original content channels is effectively over because the videosharing platform believes it has proved that it can support sustainable content businesses.
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NewsBBC & C4 combine for Scottish push
The BBC has teamed up with C4 to bolster the indie factual community in Scotland, as part of a number of new Network Supply Review initiatives.
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NewsSteve Morrison steps back at All3Media
Steve Morrison will step back from his management role at All3Media to become the super-indie’s non-executive chairman next month.
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NewsDavid Baddiel developing C4 comedy
David Baddiel is working on his first major TV project for many years – a single-camera sitcom for Channel 4.
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CommentBroadcasters catch the DIY bug
Moves into production are shifting the balance of power in TV, says Chris Curtis.
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NewsTern hires a ‘game changer’
Former Bullseye Productions managing director Ed Crick is to join Glasgow’s Tern TV to work as joint creative director alongside Harry Bell.
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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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NewsBBC to share Connected Studio insights
BBC Online is preparing to share some of the work from its Connected Studio initiative at a briefing for partners and suppliers this week.
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NewsC4 content spend pushes it into red
Channel 4 boosted its investment in original UK content by £15m in 2012 as the broadcaster posted an operating loss of £29m.