All articles by Chris Curtis – Page 55
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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.
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NewsComedy Central launches South Park VoD
Comedy Central UK is launching a dedicated micropayment VoD service for South Park.
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NewsBroadcast Digital Awards 2012 shortlist revealed
BBC3, BBC4 and E4 will go head to head with Discovery Channel, History and MTV for Channel of the Year at the Broadcast Digital Awards 2012.
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NewsEmails reveal Hunt / News Corp relationship
Emails shown to the Leveson inquiry suggest Jeremy Hunt and the DCMS was providing News Corp with the inside track on its thinking about the proposed takeover of BSkyB.
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NewsMurdoch: I didn't ask Cameron for BSkyB bid favours
James Murdoch has told the Leveson inquiry that he had just one conversation with both David Cameron and George Osborne about News Corp’s proposed takeover of BSkyB, and that he did not ask for “assurances” or “favours” as to whether the bid would be referred to the Competition Commission.
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NewsBBC warned it could lose the Open
The organiser of the the Open Championship has warned the BBC that it is on course to lose the rights to broadcast world’s oldest golfing major in 2017.
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NewsPeriod drama leads Bafta Craft nominations
Period drama could dominate this year’s Bafta Craft Awards after seven nominations for BBC1’s Great Expectations and multiple appearances on the shortlist for Birdsong, Downton Abbey and The Crimson Petal and the White.
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NewsSpalding joins Leggo to head up interactive specialist Yummi
Former Fremantle Media exec Simon Spalding has been drafted in to lead interactive entertainment specialist Yummi Media, joining entertainment veteran Michael Leggo at the company.
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NewsSky News admits - and defends - email hacking
Sky News has admitted to two incidents of email hacking – but has defended both as “editorially justified and in the public interest”.
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NewsFox orders Take Me Out
US broadcaster Fox has ordered a series of ITV1 dating show Take Me Out, which will debut in June in a Thursday night slot.
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NewsITVS to adapt Audience for the US
MIPTV: Innovative new Channel 4 format The Audience is set to be remade for audiences in France, Australia and the US.