All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 163
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NewsJames Grant planning major financing push
Talent agency James Grant Group is ready to plough millions of pounds into TV production financing as part of a bid to secure format rights.
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FeaturesBBCW: ‘Turn content into brands’
BBC Worldwide chief executive John Smith has urged the UK television industry to build programmes into content brands and become better at exploiting them around the globe.
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NewsStandard to enter race for London TV licence
The London Evening Standard will officially enter the race to run a local television station in the capital, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsITV1 has another crack at Lemon primetime show
Keith Lemon has been lined up to host a second ITV1 pilot as the channel steps up efforts to establish him as a primetime star.
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NewsITV1 cancels Paul O’Grady chat show
ITV1 has called time on Paul O’Grady’s primetime chat show – ending the host’s second spell with the commercial broadcaster.
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NewsBarb planning ratings update
Barb plans to launch a cross industry forum that will aim to establish a more coherent way of measuring total TV consumption.
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RatingsHotel Inspector trampled by Doc Martin
MONDAY: The return of The Hotel Inspector suffered in the path of ITV1’s juggernaut drama Doc Martin.
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NewsDMAX orders Jodie Marsh bodybuilding doc
Glamour model Jodie Marsh is to compete in a bodybuilding competition for a new documentary for Discovery’s youth-skewing channel DMAX UK.
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NewsITV secures US Prime Suspect sales
MIPCOM: The US version of Lynda La Plante’s Prime Suspect will travel to 30 countries as part of a raft of deals secured by ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
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RatingsThe X Factor hits new high
SUNDAY: The X Factor recovered from a below-par Saturday performance to record a series high of more than 11.5m viewers as the finalists were unveiled.
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RatingsDoctor Who ends with 6m
SATURDAY: The series finale of Doctor Who beamed up more than 6m viewers as The X Factor fell to a series low at the judges’ houses stage of the competition.
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RatingsStrictly returns with 8m
FRIDAY: The Strictly Come Dancing competition waltzed into action with nearly 8m viewers - more than a million down on last year.
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NewsITV escapes legal challenge over IRA slip
The maker of the video game that mistakenly featured in ITV1’s Exposure documentary will not take legal action against the broadcaster.
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NewsHMRC quells talk of TV tax crackdown
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has stamped out concerns raised by Bectu that it is planning a major clamp down on TV industry freelancer tax rules.
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All3Media wins US orders
All3Media has confirmed a raft of new commissions for indies Studio Lambert and Lion Television from US broadcasters.
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NewsITV2 scores best week in 13-year history
The X Factor USA and a new series of The Only Way is Essex helped ITV2 to the best week in its 13-year history.
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NewsSusan Boyle opens doors to Gypsy Weddings indie
ITV1 is to provide an intimate look at the life of Susan Boyle in a new documentary from the makers of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings.
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RatingsMadeley's family tree uproots Chelsea match
WEDNESDAY: A glimpse into Richard Madeley’s family history proved more popular than Chelsea’s Champions League clash with Valencia.
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NewsIndependent and Mercury to offer docs via website
Mercury Media is joining forces with the Independent newspaper to launch a documentary film club based on the distributor’s online VoD service, Joining the Docs.
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NewsDoc-makers slam ITV YouTube slip
Documentary-makers have highlighted the dangers of sourcing archive clips from YouTube as they rail against an ITV1 film that presented footage from a video game as real.