All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 202
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NewsScreen England locked in funding talks with DCMS
The UK’s regional screen agencies will have to wait around a month for clarity on their future funding.
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NewsC4 visits trapped miners
Channel 4 and US broadcaster PBS have ordered a fast-turnaround doc from Pioneer Productions on the 33 trapped Chilean miners.
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NewsAll3 boss hits out at TV licence fee freeze
All3Media chief executive Steve Morrison has warned that “playing” with the BBC licence fee would be tantamount to “pulling a pin out of a grenade” in the UK production sector.
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CommentRoad to Coronation Street / Must Be the Music
Jake Kanter and Catherine Neilan pass judgement on two of the week’s new shows.
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NewsZodiak unveils rebrand
Zodiak Entertainment is to be rebranded Zodiak Media Group following its acquisition of RDF Media Group in June.
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RatingsInbetweeners get high with 2.45m
MONDAY: The Inbetweeners continued to light-up E4’s ratings after becoming the channel’s highest-rated show ever last week.
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CommentDoes British drama lack balls?
Following Paul Abbott’s attack on drama commissioning, Jake Kanter asks if British viewers have the appetite for long-running homegrown drama.
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RatingsMust Be the Music ends on high note
SUNDAY: The finale of Sky1’s Must Be the Music, with judges Dizzee Rascal, Sharleen Spiteri and Jamie Cullum, ended with a peak audience of more than 450,000 viewers.
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RatingsStrong start for Rob Brydon chatshow
FRIDAY: Rob Brydon’s new BBC2 chatshow turned in a strong performance for its first outing, beating the return of Channel 4 comedy panel show 8 out of 10 Cats.
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RatingsX Factor peaks with 12.7m
SATURDAY: The X Factor continued its blistering momentum, pulling in its highest Saturday night ratings of the series so far.
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NewsApprentice return date revealed
The sixth series of The Apprentice, delayed as a result of the general election, is set to return next month.
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NewsEast of England projects thrown lifeline
The country’s regional screen agencies could throw TV and film projects in the East of England a lifeline after Screen East collapsed last week.
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RatingsGrand Designs returns with nearly 3.6m
WEDNESDAY: The return of Channel 4’s Grand Designs came close to matching ITV’s coverage of Arsenal’s opening Champions League bout.
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NewsRemarkable gets women working for BBC3 series
Wannabe WAGs and lazy ladies are to be whipped into shape by successful businesswomen for a new BBC3 series.
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CommentInbetweeners / Jamie Oliver
Jake Kanter and Alex Farber cast their eye over two of the week’s new shows.
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NewsITV to launch Corrie social network game
Coronation Street viewers will be able to build and populate their own version of Weatherfield as part of a new ITV social networking game.
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NewsMercury asks fans to fund Man U doc
Distributor Mercury Media plans to used an innovative funding model to move into production for the first time, with a film about Manchester United.
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NewsMitchell & Webb form indie
Comedians David Mitchell and Robert Webb are to launch their own indie in a bid to secure greater creative control over future projects.
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NewsMentoring scheme to tackle TV gender gap
As many as 40 top TV execs are set to participate in a mentoring scheme to rebalance the industry’s worsening gender divide.
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NewsGeater favourite to replace Heggessey at Talkback Thames
Interim boss Sara Geater is in pole position to become the permanent chief executive of Talkback Thames.