All Factual-entertainment articles – Page 86
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NewsNorway ramps up global ambitions
Seven years after Norway kicked off the slow-TV phenomenon, a raft of the country’s producers are creating interactive formats with an eye on the international market.
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NewsMaverick reveals genre plans
Maverick is bidding to become a cross-genre operator, building on the commission of its ambitious Channel 4 specialist factual entertainment format, Escape.
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NewsThis Time Next Year heads to US
US cable network Lifetime has ordered a remake of Twofour format This Time Next Year.
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NewsBetty hires director of programmes
Discovery’s Helen Hawken is to replace Duncan Coates as Betty’s director of programmes.
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NewsTLC bolsters Brideday with Big Brides
TLC has ordered a 20 x 30-minute series on plus-size brides from The Secrets of the Tea Chimps indie Angel Eye Media.
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RatingsGogglebox returns to form
FRIDAY: Gogglebox returned to form without competition from I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here – winning the slot in its final 30-minutes.
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NewsCelebs get C5 makeover
John McCririck and Celebrity Big Brother star Lauren Harries are among the celebrities set to receive makeovers as part of a celebrity remake of 5Star’s 100% Hotter.
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NewsC4 commissions crash site challenge
A group of engineers will be challenged to escape from a variety of “catastrophic” crash sites in Channel 4’s latest factual entertainment order.
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RatingsWho Do You Think You Are? slips to 3.3m
THURSDAY: Who Do You Think You Are? continued to slide despite the lack of competition from I’m A Celebrity, while The Apprentice added nearly 1m viewers to last week’s all-time low audience.
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NewsLightbox duo look beyond docs
Lightbox, the Channel 4-backed indie set up by Searching For Sugar Man producer Simon Chinn and his cousin Jonathan Chinn, is planning to leverage its feature documentary pedigree and move into small-screen drama and entertainment formats.
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NewsChannel 4 orders 'provocative' A+E relationship format
A+E Networks’ relationship format Seven Year Switch is headed to Channel 4 after the international versions aired on All 4.
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NewsCelebrity barging sets sail on C5
Barging novices are taking to British waterways with Great Canal Journeys indie Spun Gold in a four-part series for Channel 5.
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NewsAsia TV Forum: Deal Round-up
TCB Media Rights and Studiocanal have sold a raft of programming to Asian broadcasters ahead of this week’s Asia TV Forum (ATF).
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NewsFrench indie scores C5 immigration order
French indie Pernel Media has scored its first UK commission after Channel 5 ordered a documentary unpacking the impact of immigration law on family life.
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NewsSky non-scripted commissioner exits
Sky commissioning editor Richard Ackerman is leaving the broadcaster after two years.
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NewsCNBC serves up Pop Up Start Up
NBCUniversal-owned network CNBC International has ordered business entertainment show Pop Up Start Up from London video agency The Hub.
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RatingsThe Apprentice stumbles to low
THURSDAY: The Apprentice fell to its lowest audience on record as it struggled against fierce competition from I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here.
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NewsSuper-indies eye China deals
China’s crackdown on foreign format adaptations could lead to an explosion of local entertainment hits co-developed with British super-indies such as Endemol Shine Group (ESG), Fremantle Media and ITV Studios.
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NewsChinese formats gain momentum
Ninja Warrior UK indie Potato has struck a deal to remake Chinese physical gameshow Super Combat Teams – a move that could land a Chinese format on British TV for the first time.