All articles by Chris Curtis – Page 54
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NewsESPN loses Premier League rights as Sky wins £3bn battle
ESPN will air no Premier League games between 2013 and 2016 after BSkyB won rights to 116 of the 154 available matches.
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NewsNutopia MD Franses departs
Managing director Laura Franses has left Nutopia, the mega-doc producer she co-founded with Jane Root in 2008.
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The Broadcast InterviewJane Root, Nutopia
Former BBC2 controller and Nutopia founder Jane Root tells Chris Curtis about widening the indie’s scope – and why history documentaries can have broad appeal.
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NewsBigger Picture hires head of development
Bigger Picture Films, the indie behind BBC4’s Grand Prix the Killer Years, has appointed its first head of development.
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NewsCohen hails Voice UK a success despite ‘teething problems’
Controller Danny Cohen has hailed The Voice UK as a Saturday night “game-changer” for BBC1 and expects to make progress with its live show “teething problems” in series two.
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NewsDe Mol eyes UK-based indie
Big Brother and The Voice creator John de Mol has lifted the lid on the creativity at the heart of Talpa Media and revealed his ambitions to establish a UK-based production company – either with or without Endemol.
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NewsDe Mol plans global brainstorm to re-tune The Voice
John de Mol is to lead a brainstorming session with The Voice creatives from around the world in a bid to improve the singing format’s live shows.
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NewsAdam Smith: getting News Corp bid through was not Hunt's ulitmate aim
The special advisor to Jeremy Hunt, who resigned over his relationship with News Corporation, has denied feeding the company an inside line on government thinking.
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CommentEntertainment’s tough time
Broadcasters struggle to make an impact in ‘market failure genre’.
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NewsVictory for news alliance in Dale Farm footage case
The UK’s biggest TV news organisations have won a landmark High Court decision that means they will not have to hand over unbroadcast footage of the Dale Farm evictions to police
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FeaturesThe balancing act facing C4
Channel 4 appears to be succeeding with its pledge to air edgy programming – but faces a challenge to restock its schedules with its take on bread-and-butter programming and returning staples.
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NewsC4 slate to tackle social issues
Channel 4 is asking Gordon Ramsay to rehabilitate prisoners and help run a hotel staffed by talent and the young unemployed as part of a PSB-heavy slate that includes a mental health season.
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NewsNeal Street eyes Flavia de Luce as Midwife successor
Neal Street Productions hopes to follow the success of its Call the Midwife adaptation for BBC1 by creating a TV series based on the Flavia de Luce mystery novels .
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NewsRoly Keating named British Library chief exec
Roly Keating is to leave the BBC after 29 years to become chief executive of the British Library.
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NewsBlast! lifts lid on 999 services
Channel 4 has revealed full details of an ambitious Blast! Films series designed to provide a comprehensive inside view of all the emergency services across a 10-week period.
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NewsRed Bee chief steps down
Red Bee Media chief executive Bill Patrizio is stepping down after three and a half years because of the “fire in his belly” to take on a new challenge.
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NewsBSkyB launches Sky News Arabia
24-hour Arabic news channel Sky News Arabia has begun broadcasting to more than 50 million homes across the Middle East and North Africa.
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NewsAl Jazeera English forced to close China bureau
News channel Al Jazeera English (AJE) has closed its Beijing bureau after the Chinese authorities refused to renew its correspondent’s press credentials and visa, or allow a replacement journalist.
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NewsZeebox teams up with Showcaster on live content
Zeebox has partnered with online interactive TV platform Showcaster to deliver live TV content into a second-screen app following a trial with Sky 1 show Got To Dance.
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NewsStuart Murphy gets expanded role at Sky
Sky has bumped up Stuart Murphy’s role across its entertainment channels, giving him overall responsibility for Sky Atlantic, Sky Living and Sky Arts as well as Sky 1.