All Indies articles – Page 732
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NewsTouchpaper opens in Wales as Scottish drama head joins Shed
Being Human will move to Wales if a third series gets the greenlight, in line with plans by Touchpaper Television to open a new office in Cardiff.
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RTS honour Bennett-Jones and Holloway
Tiger Aspect chairman Peter Bennett-Jones and TalkbackThames head of entertainment Richard Holloway both received fellowships at a Royal Television Society event last night.
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NewsMalone changes tune for BBC schools show
The Choir presenter Gareth Malone is to turn from music to education in a TwentyTwenty Television series for BBC2.
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NewsDannii's X Factor 'outing' sparks nearly 4,000 complaints
Almost 4,000 viewers have contacted Ofcom to complain about Dannii Minogue’s on-air “joke” about X Factor contestant Danyl Johnson’s sexuality.
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NewsSeinfeld confident Marriage Ref will air in UK
MIPCOM: US comedian Jerry Seinfeld is “extremely confident” that his new show about married couples will be remade in the UK and expressed a desire for more feel good comedy over humiliating reality shows.
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NewsTalkback to co-pro Berlin Olympics drama
MIPCOM: The characters and controversy of the 1936 Olympics will provide the backdrop to a new miniseries, produced as part of a major drama partnership between TalkbackThames and Berlin-based UFA.
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NewsShed Media posts profit hike
Shed Media posted a 34% rise in half year pre-tax profit after another impressive performance by its US business.
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NewsExec anger as Talkback is handed Webber’s Wizard
BBC entertainment execs are up in arms following the corporation’s surprise decision to hand the production of BBC musical talent format The Wizard Of Oz to indie Talkback Thames.
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NewsBBC1 off to Oz for latest search for star format
BBC1 is looking for a Dorothy and, bizarrely, a Toto the dog as it turns to The Wizard of Oz for in its latest search for a star format.
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NewsITV tries out new Blind Date
ITV has tasked The X Factor producer Talkback Thames with making the successor to Blind Date - speed-dating format Take Me Out.
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NewsShed in buy-out talks
Shed Media is believed to be in talks with private equity firms interested in a buy-out of the indie.
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NewsX Factor boss defends live audition pressure
X Factor executive producer Richard Holloway has defended the shows new live audition process, rubbishing comments from judge Louis Walsh that the format change adds even more pressure to competitors.
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NewsWalsh: Some X Factor contestants won't cope
X Factor judge Louis Walsh has admitted that not all contestants appearing on the ITV1 show will be able to cope under the strain of the competition.
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NewsBebo orders Twenty Twenty fashion show
Social networking site Bebo has ordered a 17-week run of a fashion magazine show from Twenty Twenty Television.
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NewsShed upbeat despite downturn
Shed Media suffered a dip in global drama sales for the first half of 2009 but is still outperforming last year in terms of production revenues and pre-tax profit.
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NewsShed Media execs in talks with private equity houses
Shed Media’s executive directors have confirmed they held preliminary talks with a number of private equity businesses regarding the possibility of making an offer for the super-indie.
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Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts star lands a spin-off for BBC3
A former shop assistant who experienced life in an Indian sweatshop for BBC3’s Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts is to front a spin-off series about child labour.
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NewsX Factor boot camp to be filmed with live audience
X Factor bosses at Talkback Thames and Syco will be shaking up the format further, by holding the “boot-camp” in front of a live audience.
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NewsIt's Me or the Dog goes global
Outright Distribution has sold the US version of Channel 4 reality show It’s Me or the Dog to a plethora of international broadcasters, including Network 10 in Australia.