Entertainment – Page 78
-
NewsNational Lottery draw to end on BBC1
BBC1 is to drop the National Lottery draw from its Saturday night schedule and will air it on iPlayer after the corporation extended its contract with Camelot for a further three years.
-
NewsE4 orders confessional cab format
VH1’s confessional cab ride format Walk Of Shame Shuttle is headed to E4.
-
NewsMoore on hunt for next big entertainment idea
BBC director of content Charlotte Moore is stepping up her search for the next generation of entertainment formats after the broadcaster lost The Voice and The Great British Bake Off.
-
NewsITV reveals entertainment plan
ITV is hunting for entertainment formats with the potential to go viral as it seeks to change the tone of the channel with a raft of new weekday and Saturday teatime shows.
-
NewsToby Gorman joins A. Smith & Co
Tinopolis Group-owned producer A. Smith & Co. has tapped FremantleMedia North America’s Toby Gorman to lead its entertainment division.
-
NewsNaked lands E4 makeover pilot
E4 is piloting a makeover format from Simon Andreae’s indie Naked Entertainment.
-
NewsWinkleman pilots C4 podcast remake
Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkelman has fronted a non-TX pilot adaptation of hit podcast Do the Right Thing for Channel 4.
-
NewsAnt and Dec extend ITV deal
Presenting duo Ant and Dec have signed a three-year golden handcuffs deal with ITV that will extend their relationship with the broadcaster to 21 years.
-
NewsC4 doubles Naked Attraction order
Channel 4 has supersized its risqué dating show Naked Attraction for a second series.
-
NewsFremantle eyes ‘mixed reality’
Fremantle Media has partnered with one of the creatives responsible for the special effects in The Matrix trilogy to create an ‘interactive mixed-reality’ gameshow.
-
NewsBrexageddon duo return to BBC2
BBC2 has ordered a hybrid satirical sketch and prank series starring The Revolution Will Be Televised and Brexageddon duo Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein.
-
NewsKate Maddigan leaves ITV
ITV entertainment commissioning editor Kate Maddigan has left the broadcaster after her role was made redundant as part of Brexit-related cost savings.
-
NewsFremantle takes Banijay to court
FremantleMedia-owned Israeli indie Abot Hameiri has lodged a High Court complaint about Banijay as a format dispute between the two firms escalates.
-
NewsLip Sync Battle returns to C5
Lip Sync Battle is to return to Channel 5 after the broadcaster commissioned a second outing of the celebrity karaoke format.
-
NewsStudio Lambert eyes entertainment
Studio Lambert is moving into shiny floor entertainment for the first time with the launch of a label run by a former series producer of The X Factor and Celebrity Big Brother.
-
NewsITV plans Late Late-style show dry run
ITV is setting up a two-week dry run of its multi-million pound late-night stripped comedy show.
-
NewsSesame Street returns to TV
Turner-owned pre-school channel Cartoonito is bringing iconic childrens’ series Sesame Street back to linear TV after a 15-year hiatus.
-
NewsIP dispute the talk of Mipcom
A major formats dispute between Banijay and Fremantle Media-backed Israeli indie Abot Hameiri was the talk of Mipcom, with the row shining a light on an “increasing” issue around international format theft.
-
NewsBBC tender prompts questions
Producers have raised questions about the value of securing a BBC format after A Question Of Sport and Holby City became the first shows to be put out to tender since the in-house guarantee was scrapped.
-
NewsBBC releases Question Of Sport tender
Regional producers could be best placed to scoop the £4m contract to produce A Question of Sport after the BBC released its first tender document since scrapping its in-house guarantee.