All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 7
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NewsC4 and Fremantle explain how to win investment
Showing high energy and not overpromising are critical to selling an indie or securing investment, according to acquisitions bosses at Channel 4 and Fremantle Media.
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NewsIndie buyers hungry for deals
The UK’s biggest production consolidators remain hungry to buy and build, but have highlighted barriers to growth, including the rocketing price of takeover targets.
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NewsFormer BBC entertainment boss Jon Beazley dies
Former BBC in-house entertainment boss and Strictly Come Dancing showrunner Jon Beazley has died after a short illness.
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RatingsF1 underway on C4 with 2.1m
SUNDAY: Channel 4’s Formula One coverage failed to match BBC1, as The Night Manager continued to speed away from the competition.
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NewsBT Sport nets Sky fishing rights
BT Sport has reeled in a prize catch in the ongoing sports rights battle with Sky - netting a deal to cover major UK and international fishing competitions.
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RatingsLive Celebrity Juice hits 15-month high
THURSDAY: A special live edition of Celebrity Juice lifted the ITV2 show to its biggest audience in more than a year, as BBC2’s Murder slumped to fewer than 300,000 viewers.
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The Broadcast InterviewJay Hunt, C4
C4’s chief creative officer talks to Jake Kanter about the broadcaster’s transformation in the eyes of indies, creative risk-taking and the potentially ‘catastrophic’ effects of privatisation
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NewsC4 'minded to bring back' The Jump
Channel 4 is poised to take a leap of faith and commission a fourth series of controversial winter sports show The Jump.
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NewsJay Hunt: Channel 4 rivals world's greatest creative organisations
Jay Hunt has claimed that Channel 4 is capable of rivalling the “greatest creative organisations in the world” after transforming its approach to commissioning.
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RatingsNight Manager dents Indian Summers
SUNDAY: The Night Manager dropped to a series low, but its audience remained resolutely above 6m and it damaged the return of Indian Summers on Channel 4.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC distinctiveness & Obama’s White House
Talking TV unpicks another busy fortnight for broadcasting, as well as heading behind the scenes on BBC2’s landmark series Inside Obama’s White House.
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CommentCharlotte Moore gets defensive – again
BBC controller can’t simply ignore criticism over distinctiveness
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NewsBig Brother showrunner leaves Initial
Big Brother showrunner Nick Samwell-Smith will become the latest high-profile Endemol Shine Group departure after deciding to step down as the boss of Initial.
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NewsScripps would consider C4 takeover
UKTV’s co-owner Scripps has admitted that it would run the rule over Channel 4 if the public service broadcaster was to be put up for sale by the government.
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NewsTony Hall to sound warning over governance proposals
Tony Hall will today sound a strong warning that Sir David Clementi’s BBC governance review could open the door to further erosion of the corporation’s independence.
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NewsPaxman back on BBC for EU referendum
Jeremy Paxman is to return to the BBC to front a documentary on Brussels for an EU referendum season, while the corporation is also planning a raft of special programmes on black Britons.
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NewsKevin Lygo briefs ITV staff on commissioning restructure
Kevin Lygo is to split ITV’s director of entertainment and factual roles, previously held by Elaine Bedell and Richard Klein, to create a flatter, more focused commissioning structure.
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RatingsTake Me Out bows out with 3.6m
SATURDAY: The eighth series of Take Me Out closed with an average audience of 3.6m, as The Voice UK slumped to yet another low.
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RatingsToo few viewers for Too Much TV
THURSDAY: BBC2’s new live teatime show Too Much TV wobbled in its first week, as the second series of Bear Grylls: Mission Survive failed to match last year’s opener.
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NewsBBC3 shows cut through in first week online
Cuckoo and Life And Death Row were among the top 10 most-watched programmes online in BBC3’s first week as a digital-only proposition, according to figures from Barb.