All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 128
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NewsMentorn's Steve Anderson handed Tinopolis role
Question Time executive producer Steve Anderson has been promoted to become editorial director of the Tinopolis Group.
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RatingsHoy wins sixth gold with 9m
Sir Chris Hoy became Great Britain’s most decorated Olympian in front of a crowd of more than 9m.
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NewsBBC Scotland orders landmark Hebrides doc
BBC Scotland has ordered a landmark wildlife documentary series about Scottish islands the Hebrides.
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NewsRed Arrow buys US indie Left/Right
Red Arrow Entertainment Group, owner of indies CPL and Endor Productions, has acquired a majority share in New York-based indie Left/Right in a deal believed to be worth up to $90 million (£57.6m).
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RatingsJason Kenny gold draws 4.5m
Jason Kenny’s gold rush in the men’s sprint cycling drew nearly 4.5m viewers, as Dai Greene’s failed medal bid scored the biggest Olympic audience of the day.
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NewsBatman shooting doc in raft of BBC3 orders
BBC3 has ordered a quick turnaround documentary on the shootings at a Dark Knight Rises screening in Colorado, as well as an entire season dedicated to body image.
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NewsBBC Olympics boss handed acting Vision role
Roger Mosey, the BBC’s director of London 2012, is to become acting director of BBC Vision as George Entwistle prepares to take his position as director general.
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RatingsMo Farah races to gold with 17.1m viewers
Mo Farah’s heroics in the 10,000 metres helped BBC1 to one of its biggest ratings of the Olympics on what has been dubbed ‘Super Saturday’.
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RatingsUsain Bolt tops 20m with Olympic gold win
Usain Bolt retained his 100m Olympic title in front of a peak of more than 20 million viewers – the biggest audience of the London 2012 Games to date.
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RatingsLemon La Vida Loca launches with 920k
Keith Lemon’s new comedy reality show became ITV2’s highest-rated series launch since the Bionic Woman four years ago.
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NewsRoyal wedding cake maker lands ITV1 series
Royal wedding cake designer Fiona Cairns has landed her own ITV1 daytime series.
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NewsC4 launches data scholarship
Channel 4 has launched a data scholarship scheme as part David Abraham’s vision of using data to reinvent the broadcaster’s relationship with viewers and advertisers.
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Chris Hoy's cycling gold draws 5m
Sir Chris Hoy became one of Britain’s greatest ever Olympians in front of more than 5m viewers as he won track cycling gold for a fifth time.
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NewsFrozen Planet leads Grierson nods
BBC1’s wildlife extravaganza Frozen Planet leads the field at the Grierson Documentary Awards after picking up a brace of nominations.
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NewsBen Elton penning BBC1 sitcom
Ben Elton is to write a BBC1 sitcom pilot about a local government health and safety officer.
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NewsPrebble heads Trust’s impartiality review
Former ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble is poised to lead a wide-ranging BBC Trust review into the impartiality of the BBC’s news and current affairs output.
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NewsMaverick tests superhumans for Discovery series
Maverick Television is to test humans with extraordinary abilities as part of a series for Discovery Networks International (DNI).
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NewsDenison to lead global charge as Talkback revamps
Talkback has overhauled its development team, with Juliet Denison promoted to take on a more prominent global role within the FremantleMedia group.
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NewsBBC takes gold as Games beats rivals
The London 2012 Olympics has helped the BBC to some of the biggest audiences in its history and badly dented the performance of its fiercest rivals.
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NewsBBC2 to go backstage at Westminster Abbey
BBC2 is to spend a year behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey and take on Channel 4 with a Grand Designs-style show in a brace of factual commissions.