All Indies articles – Page 714
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NewsMentorn poaches Talkback factual exec
Claudia Lewis, Talkback Thames’ head of specialist factual, is to join Mentorn Media as an executive producer.
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NewsIT Crowd to end, says Linehan
Graham Linehan, creator of Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd, has hinted the fifth series could be its last.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: C4 dives into politics
The relationship between the government, banks and big businesses is at the centre of Channel 4’s Coup, which is among a host of new commissions on Greenlight this week.
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NewsNew C4 arts season to include Banksy doc
Channel 4 has launched a new late night arts strand and a season of urban arts programmes for the summer – in an initiative to connect with young and modern audiences.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: Sky Atlantic sets sail to Brixham
This week Greenlight is going fishing with Sky Atlantic, as a series set in the coastal town of Brixham tops this week’s new commissions
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NewsKidnap and Ransom to return
ITV has recommissioned hostage negotiation drama Kidnap and Ransom, starring Trevor Eve.
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RatingsEssex entertains 1.16m for series finale
WEDNESDAY: The Only Way is Essex finished its 14-part run with the second biggest audience of the series.
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NewsDyckhoff to bring critical eye to architecture for C4
Channel 4 is to examine how buildings affect our lives in a series fronted by architecture critic Tom Dyckhoff.
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NewsCowell eyes X Factor move
Simon Cowell has hinted that the 2011 X Factor final could move away from Fountain Studios to an arena.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: BBC3 rings wedding bells
Wedding fever reaches Greenlight this week with a live episode of BBC3’s Don’t Tell The Bride, to air on the big day (April 29), topping this week’s new commissions.
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NewsOfcom clears raunchy X Factor performances - just
Ofcom is to revise the rules governing family entertainment shows after ruling that The X Factor final performances by Rihanna and Christina Aguilera were “at the very margin of acceptability”.
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NewsFrance and Germany learn How To Live With Women
BBC3 reality series How To Live With Women is to be remade by Elisabeth Murdoch’s super-indie Shine Group in France and Germany.
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FeaturesThe Royal Wedding
Next week, Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding is expected to attract more than 2 billion global viewers. Adrian Pennington gets the inside story on TV’s biggest ever live OB.
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NewsDon’t Tell The Bride goes live for royal wedding
BBC3 has ordered a live version of Renegade Pictures’ Don’t Tell The Bride, for the night of the Royal Wedding.
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NewsDiscovery first to buy Gypsy Weddings in acquisitions strategy
Firecracker Films’ ratings smash Big Fat Gypsy Weddings is to air in seven Discovery Networks Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa (CEEMEA) territories as the broadcaster hones its acquisitions strategy.
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NewsRicochet dips into Warner roster to develop Bachelor for C5
Shed Media is set to tap into parent company Warner Bros’ catalogue for the first time, with plans to produce a UK version of The Bachelor for Channel 5.
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NewsIndie survey records first fall in revenues
The value of the UK independent production sector tumbled by almost 10% to £1.74bn in 2010 - the first time it has fallen since Broadcast’s Indie Survey began in 2003.
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NewsBBC3 to air Being Human spin-off
Becoming Human, the online extension to BBC3 drama Being Human, is to reach its finale via a simulcast aired online and on the digital channel.
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NewsFincham: ITV not over-reliant on X Factor
Peter Fincham has insisted that ITV is not over-reliant on mega brands The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent.
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NewsTalkback gets Squeamish and Shackleton doc
Talkback Thames has won a $3m (£1.84m) commission from the Discovery Channel, and will make a documentary on Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton for National Geographic.