All Indies articles – Page 707
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NewsBGT striptease cleared by Ofcom
ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent has been cleared by Ofcom on several fronts including the failure of its voting app and the performance of a burlesque dancer.
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NewsMalone to front The Choir US
Choirmaster Gareth Malone is heading to the US for a remake of Twenty Twenty’s BBC2 series The Choir.
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NewsObituary: Ewart Needham
Ewart Needham, award winning film cameraman and former managing director of Teddington Studios has died aged 71.
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NewsKeith Allen expected to feature in Drugs Live
Keith Allen is being lined up to take MDMA on Channel 4 for controversial programme Drugs Live.
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NewsBoundless to secure two-year extension for The Apprentice
BBC1 is reaffirming its commitment to The Apprentice, with YouView chairman Lord Sugar on the brink of signing a two-year extension to front the show.
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NewsKeith Lemon cleared by Ofcom following puppy complaints
Ofcom has cleared Keith Lemon’s Lemonaid of breaching its broadcasting code after it received 237 complaints about a puppy being awarded as a prize.
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NewsBBC3 web strand to test comedy for TV
A string of emerging producers and directors are vying for TV commissions on BBC3 following the launch of seven online comedies.
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NewsWorkers to reveal pay for C4 doc
Employees from Pimlico Plumbers will reveal their salaries to each other in a real pay experiment for Channel 4.
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NewsOfcom investigating Britain’s Got Talent over phone voting
ITV1’s Britain’s Got Talent is being investigated over whether it “misled” viewers over phone voting costs.
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NewsBGT producer poached by Lime for Geordie Shore
Britain’s Got Talent series producer has become the latest recruit to join Lime Pictures as the indie continues to staff-up following the appointment of Lesley Douglas as chief executive.
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NewsThe Voice digital head joins rival The X Factor
FremantleMedia UK Interactive has hired the digital production head of The Voice UK, to head up the multiplatform activity for rival talent show The X Factor.
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NewsBBC commissioner joins senior team at Twenty Twenty
A BBC factual, features and formats commissioner is leaving to take up a new post at Shed Media indie Twenty Twenty.
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NewsWall to Wall out of pocket on The Voice
Production of The Voice UK went significantly over its allotted budget, leaving indie Wall to Wall out of pocket to the tune of a high six-figure sum, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsKeith Lemon being investigated over puppy giveaway
Ofcom is investigating ITV1 show Keith Lemon’s LemonAid after sparking 176 complaints for giving a puppy away as a prize.
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NewsThames starts search for development head
FremantleMedia UK’s Thames is on the hunt for a head of development following the departure of Gail Harman.
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NewsFremantle COO Carter to leave after 8 years
FremantleMedia chief operating officer Gary Carter has resigned and will leave the super-indie at the end of the year.
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NewsC4 chooses MDMA for Drugs Live
Channel 4’s controversial Drugs Live will investigate the impact of MDMA on the human body, Broadcast understands.
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NewsMade In Chelsea's Spencer to front C5's The Bachelor
Channel 5 has recommissoned reality dating show The Bachelor, which will see Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews pick a girlfriend from a line-up of 24 single ladies.
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NewsDe Mol plans global brainstorm to re-tune The Voice
John de Mol is to lead a brainstorming session with The Voice creatives from around the world in a bid to improve the singing format’s live shows.
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NewsBafta TV Awards 2012: winners
The winners and nominees of the Arqiva British Academy Television Awards 2012.