All Fremantle articles – Page 57
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NewsBBC hires Talkback's Brereton
BBC in-house entertainment has hired TalkbackThames development exec Andy Brereton to inject more comedy into its slate.
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NewsGood Food pilots Ronnie Corbett cookery show
Good Food has ordered a high profile pilot featuring Ronnie Corbett and Rob Brydon that will tap into the comedians’ passion for food.
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NewsBGT iPhone app to tie-in with live show
Talkback Thames Digital’s Britain’s Got Talent iPhone app has gained almost 500,000 downloads ahead of extra interactive features being added in preparation for the live shows.
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NewsHarman takes top entertainment role at Talkback
Talkback Thames has promoted Gail Harman to head of entertainment development to boost its catalogue of primetime formats.
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NewsGive Us a Clue poised for return
MIPTV: Popular eighties game show Give Us a Clue looks set to make a return to UK screens, with a new pilot in development.
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NewsTV training ground The Bill is ‘huge loss’
ITV’s decision to axe The Bill will see the industry lose one of its most important training grounds for on-and off-screen talent, according to people close to the show.
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NewsITV axes The Bill; 90 jobs to go
Around 90 jobs are set to go at Talkback Thames as a result of ITV axing The Bill.
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NewsFive plunges into the red
RTL Group has cut the value of Five by €22m (£20m) after the broadcaster reported a total loss of €41m (£37m) for 2009.
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NewsITV tries comedy trio for primetime slots
ITV is trialling three comedy entertainment shows across the network as part of a new push to find primetimeformats.
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The Broadcast InterviewRichard Holloway, Talkback Thames
Talkback Thames head of entertainment Richard Holloway has been at the top of his game for 40 years, but that hasn’t quelled his appetite to be the best, writes Lisa Campbell
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NewsThe X Factor team mulls key format changes
The X Factor executive producer Richard Holloway has revealed that major changes to the show are under consideration at a powwow in LA in a fortnight.
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NewsTalkback chief urges regulatory rethink to safeguard indies
Talkback Thames chief executive Lorraine Heggessey has called for a widespread review of broadcasting red tape, claiming the rules on everything from CRR to product placement need to be “loosened up”.
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NewsITV greenlights Trevor Eve drama
Trevor Eve is to star as an international hostage negotiator in new ITV1 drama Kidnap and Ransom.
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RatingsTake Me Out tops 5m
ITV1 dating show Take Me Out topped 5 million viewers for the first time on Saturday night, while BBC1’s dance show So You Think You Can Dance inched forward from its performance last week.
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NewsSeeSaw tests hunger for indie VoD content
Talkback Thames and Shed Media are planning a phased launch on VoD platform SeeSaw using flagship shows that have not previously been available on any ‘long-tail’ catch-up service.
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NewsSeeSaw signs broadcaster and indie deals
Broadcasters Channel 4 and Five, plus indies Talkback Thames and Shed Media, have joined Arqiva’s video-on-demand service SeeSaw.
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NewsTalkback launches web opera spoof
The comedy team behind spoof boyband Toyboize has launched a second pop parody, this time pastiching pop-opera groups such as G4 and Il Divo.
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NewsX Factor put epileptics at risk
Laser lighting effects used in Westlife’s performance on this year’s The X Factor put epileptics at risk by flashing five times faster than permitted, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsHeggessey distances herself from C4 role
Talkback Thames boss Lorraine Heggessey moved to distance herself from the C4 chief executive role a day ahead of David Abraham’s appointment to the job, telling senior staff she was never part of the recruitment process.
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NewsSuBo is YouTube's star of 2009
Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle was officially the biggest star on YouTube this year with more than 120 million views worldwide.