All Indies articles – Page 628
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NewsKudos absorbs Lovely Day & Shine Pictures
Lovely Day and Shine Pictures are to become absorbed into Kudos following Diederick Santer’s appointment as joint chief executive officer of the Broadchurch producer.
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NewsITV rides out ratings worries with revenues of £2.3bn
ITV weathered continued audience declines to post revenue growth of 13% in the first nine months of the year.
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RatingsX Factor recovers to 6.5m
SATURDAY: The X Factor recovered from last week’s poor performance – adding almost 1m viewers as the live rounds entered their second week.
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NewsObjective builds comedy team
Objective Group has hired two development executives as it starts to build its newly-established comedy label.
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NewsBBC admits defeat in battle for The Voice UK
The BBC has admitted defeat in the battle with ITV to secure The Voice UK from 2017.
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NewsRenegade explores tax avoidance for BBC Black Economy season
Renegade Pictures is to produce a one-off social experiment for BBC2 in which businesses in a small town attempt to adopt the tax avoidance techniques of major corporations.
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NewsYouTube impressionist lands E4 order
Princess Productions’ strategy of working with online talent has helped it land a prank show for E4.
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NewsDave lines up Storage Hunters celebrity special
UKTV has ordered a further two series of US format Storage Hunters, along with a celebrity spin-off featuring Bob Mortimer, Kimberly Wyatt, Ross Noble and Jimi Mistry.
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NewsKayvan Novak to front C4 news spoof
Channel 4 head of entertainment Ben Caudell has ordered his first commission – a Kayvan Novak-fronted satirical format from Objective Productions.
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NewsITV faces federal US trial
ITV may be forced to pay out £65,000 in healthcare liability to writer / producers after being summoned to a federal trial in the US.
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NewsLiberty Global exec joins All3Media
Liberty Global executive Angela McMullen has joined All3Media as chief financial officer.
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NewsLewis to end after decade-long run
Inspector Morse spin-off Lewis will end its decade-long run this year after its stars decided to leave the ITV show.
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NewsGok Wan fronts ITV cookery pilot
Gok Wan is being lined up to front his first ITV show after hosting a non-TX daytime cookery pilot for the commercial broadcaster.
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RatingsThe X Factor live launch hits record low
SATURDAY: The X Factor finals got underway with a record low, as ITV’s entertainment show was thrashed by Strictly Come Dancing.
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NewsThe Garden wins record A&E run
Channel 4 has ordered 50 hours of fixed-rig programming from The Garden, including the single largest commission of flagship brand 24 Hours in A&E.
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CommentAlex Graham: madness to strip BBC of formats
The former Wall to Wall boss responds to ITV’s call for a ban on formats on the BBC.
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NewsOfcom to investigate Jekyll & Hyde
Ofcom is to open an investigation into ITV teatime drama Jekyll & Hyde after the show racked up over 800 complaints.
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RatingsCuffs arrests 4.2m
WEDNESDAY: Cuffs, BBC1’s first new pre-watershed drama series for eight years, started solidly with 4.2m viewers.
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The Broadcast InterviewNick Curwin and Magnus Temple, The Garden
The fixed-rig pioneers talk to Chris Curtis about implementing a growth strategy while holding on to their core creative principles, life under ITV, and taking a ‘box-set approach’ to factual
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FeaturesGlobal formats: scaling the format heights
From naked dating to mountaineering and feel-good prank shows, Peter White provides a rundown of the hottest international properties and the biggest emerging trends.