All articles by Chris Curtis – Page 94
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NewsHardy & Sons in Left Bank/BBCW deal
Relief of Belsen producer Hardy & Sons is poised to sell a combined 30% stake to BBC Worldwide and Andy Harries' Left Bank Pictures, with the latter planning similar deals with other emerging indies.
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NewsBBC fights back over Scottish shows
The BBC has defended its position on commissioning from Scotland after the Scottish Broadcasting Commission warned that some broadcasters' Scottish output actually had little to link it to the country.
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NewsSBC attacks fake 'Scottish' shows
The Scottish Broadcasting Commission has called on the BBC and Ofcom to address the practice of network programmes being labelled Scottish productions despite having very little connection with the country.
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NewsITV orders modern-day Ripper drama
Rupert Penry-Jones will play a detective hunting for a modern-day Jack the Ripper in one of three ITV drama commissions for autumn.
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News3i buys 40% of Spain's biggest domestic indie
UK-based private equity firm 3i has bought a 40% stake in Spain's biggest independent producer and has predicted a wave of consolidation across Europe.
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NewsTarget hires Simple Life exec
Target Entertainment has appointed its first chief creative officer for the US.
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NewsEntertainment Rights in takeover talks
Under-pressure kids producer Entertainment Rights has admitted it is in takeover talks.
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NewsKatz named Box TV boss
Emap and Channel 4 music TV venture Box Television has appointed Gidon Katz as its managing director.
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NewsCarnival parent looks for buyer
Hotel Babylon producer Carnival Film & Television is up for sale.
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NewsPSB legislation may be accelerated
Channel 4 boss Andy Duncan has called for the PSB debate to be accelerated and culture secretary James Purnell seems to agree, suggesting that planned legislation will be brought forward.
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NewsPurnell: BBC licence fee could be shared
The prospect of the next BBC licence fee being shared with other broadcasters has edged closer after culture secretary James Purnell said that public sector broadcasting needed to change radically to survive after switchover.
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NewsHell's Kitchen escapes Ofcom rap
Ofcom has cleared Hell's Kitchen of breaking its broadcasting code despite receiving almost 200 complaints about the ITV1 show in September.
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NewsBBC boosts Salford staff numbers
The BBC is to move 10% more posts to Salford than originally planned, boosting the total of relocations from under 1500 to more than 1620.
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NewsRDF stabilises after share tumble
RDF Media Group's share price seems to have bottomed out after a torrid run that has seen it lose more than 11% of its value over the last week.
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NewsCarter gets Downing St role
Former Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter has been appointed to the new post of chief of strategy and principal advisor to the Prime Minister
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CommentDrama the key to ITV1 overhaul
Forget the return of News at Ten - Echo Beach, Honest and The Palace will be the real benchmark for ITV1's new schedule, writes Chris Curtis.
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NewsBoaden: integrity crucial to regain trust
BBC News director Helen Boaden has claimed “good old-fashioned integrity” will be the key to the corporation reviving viewers' “battered” trust in the BBC in 2008.
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NewsPSB review to kick start Ofcom's year
Ofcom will kick off a busy 2008 with phase one of its crucial public service broadcasting (PSB) review, before publishing its findings on participation TV and competition in the pay TV market.
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Discovery to join Sky's Picnic
Sky has signed Discovery Networks UK as a programming partner for its proposed pay DTT service, Picnic.
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NewsBroadcast parent sold to Apax/GMG
Emap Communications, the company that publishes Broadcast, is to be bought by venture capitalist Apax Partners and Guardian Media Group for£1.2bn.