All Fremantle articles – Page 56
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NewsTalkback splits ent team
Talkback Thames is splitting its entertainment arm in two, creating one division to focus on its Syco co-production hits and another to handle its own formats.
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NewsITV offers X Factor fans dual-screen interactivity
ITV and Talkback Thames Digital are to use the dual-screen ITV Live platform that was debuted for the World Cup for the live shows of The X Factor, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsTalkback defends X Factor care
Talkback Thames has hit back over criticisms that it failed to protect the welfare of ejected X Factor contestant Shirlena Johnson.
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NewsX Factor exclusive unveiled on Facebook
Fresh footage from this year’s X Factor is to debut on Facebook, as ITV moves to connect with fans on the social network ahead of the new series.
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RatingsIT Crowd ends on 2.3m high
The IT Crowd cemented its place as Channel 4’s most bankable sitcom on Friday night after series four bowed out on a 2.3m high.
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NewsFremantle strikes £1m deal for X Factor app
Fremantle Media has struck a deal with Nokia, understood to worth £1m, that will see it develop an exclusive The X Factor mobile app for the handset manufacturer.
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NewsThe X Factor to get spin-off magazine
The X Factor has joined forces with Tesco to launch a branded magazine that will initially be sold exclusively in the retail giant’s stores.
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NewsTalkback’s Bondy joins Princess to bolster fact ent
Princess Productions has poached a Talkback Thames executive as part of efforts to boost its factual entertainment development.
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NewsTake Me Out gets second date
ITV1’s Saturday night speed-dating gameshow Take Me Out is set to return “bigger and better than ever”, according to host Paddy McGuinness.
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NewsTalkback includes all 150 staffers in redundancy talks
All 150 staff at Talkback Thames will go into consultation over redundancy as part of the super-indie’s restructure.
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NewsTalkback Thames to cut 20% of staff
After the cancellation of The Bill and the shock departure of chief executive Lorraine Heggessey, super-indie Talkback Thames is planning to shed around 30 jobs as part of a restructure designed to cope with “very tough market conditions”.
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NewsBacon to chew the fat with pub guests for ITV4
ITV4 viewers are to get an insight into male pub-talk in a Richard Bacon-fronted chatshow from Talkback Thames.
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NewsTalkback staff braced for further cuts after review
Talkback Thames staff are bracing themselves for further job cuts as management consultants complete their review of the company.
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NewsITV to mark The Bill’s passing with behind scenes doc
The final months of production on The Bill are being filmed in a special behind-the-scenes documentary for ITV1.
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FeaturesTalkback’s rapid revolution
More questions than answers as Talkback Thames suddenly faces up to life after Lorraine.
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CommentA jaw-dropping departure
Nobody expected it - but lack of growth helps explain Heggessey’s exit.
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NewsHeggessey exit shocks TV
Talkback Thames’ failure to find successors to its long-standing hits prompted chief executive Lorraine Heggessey’s shock departure, sources have claimed.
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NewsHeggessey leaving Talkback Thames
Lorraine Heggessey is leaving Talkback Thames, a shock move that sees her exit her chief executive post after five years at the helm.
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NewsBBC hires Talkback's Hancock
The BBC has hired its second TalkbackThames entertainment exec in a week – recruiting producer/director Sean Hancock as executive producer.
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NewsThe IT Crowd gets fifth series and new writers
The IT Crowd creator Graham Linehan plans to pull together a team of writers for a planned fifth series of the Channel 4 comedy.