All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 177
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NewsMixed Syco fortunes for Fountain Studios
Fountain Studios has lost the final of The X Factor to an arena but is set to secure a deal to host ITV1’s million-pound roulette gameshow Red Or Black?.
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NewsBBC caught in six-day week row
Bectu and Directors UK are fighting an “unmistakable” increase in “exploitative” six-day-week freelance contracts being issued by BBC Vision Productions.
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NewsJamie to explore British food origins for C4
Jamie Oliver’s latest series for Channel 4 will see the chef travel the UK exploring the origins of traditional British food.
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RatingsFour Rooms opens doors to 950,000
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s new antiques show Four Rooms got off to a slow start only managing to secure around half of the slot average audience.
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NewsITV eyes Selfridges drama
Writer Andrew Davies is working on an adaptation of period novel Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge for ITV1.
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NewsITV to launch investigative journalism strand
ITV is preparing to launch a major new investigative journalism documentary strand titled Exposure.
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NewsYoung TV makers honoured
The winners of the Royal Television Society Student Television Awards have been announced.
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RatingsStrangeways ends sentence on ratings high
MONDAY: Prison documentary Strangeways bowed out on a ratings high, making it one of ITV1’s most successful factual series in the past decade.
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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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RatingsVera edges out the Baftas
SUNDAY: The final part of ITV1 drama Vera just edged out competition from BBC1’s coverage of the Bafta Television Awards.
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RatingsSo You Think You Can Dance hits new low
SATURDAY: BBC1’s So You Think You Can Dance took another tumble, recording its lowest audience of the series to date.
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NewsITV out of race for All3Media
ITV has counted itself out of the race to acquire super-indie All3Media, Broadcast understands.
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NewsITVS names Silverback boss
ITV Studios has named Hans Engholm as the new chief executive of its Swedish-based production company Silverback.
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NewsLong Lost Family to reunite for second run
ITV is close to commissioning a second series of family reunion show Long Lost Family.
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NewsWild at Heart roars into series seven
ITV has confirmed that it has commissioned a seventh series of hit drama Wild at Heart.
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RatingsQuestion Time prison special locks in 2.9m
THURSDAY: A Question Time prison special, featuring embattled justice secretary Ken Clarke, helped lock in a strong audience.
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NewsJeremy Hunt eyes shake-up of local TV plans
The government may scrap plans for a new national TV network in favour of a more locally-led model, Jeremy Hunt has confirmed.
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RatingsBritish Soap Awards second worst on record
WEDNESDAY: The British Soap Awards attracted the second lowest audience in its history and was beaten by The Apprentice in the 9pm slot.
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The Broadcast InterviewRob Woodward, STV
STV’s chief executive opens up to Jake Kanter about Taggart, local TV, diversification, cracking the US - and that legal battle.
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NewsITV returns to scene of crime drama trio
ITV1 crime dramas The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher, Case Sensitive and Vera are all being lined up for a second outing, Broadcast understands.