All articles by Jessica Rogers – Page 8
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NewsITV to pay£35m for 12 Yard
ITV Productions is set to kick off its acquisitions spree with the£35m purchase of indie 12 Yard Productions.
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NewsITV pays£35m for 12 Yard
ITV Productions has kicked off its acquisitions spree with the£35m purchase of indie 12 Yard Productions.
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NewsHunt to join BBC in May
Five will compromise on Jay Hunt’s nine-month gardening leave, with the new BBC1 controller likely to take up the post in May next year.
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NewsShine close to Reveille deal
Shine is poised to snap up US indie Reveille for around£97m ($200m) in a deal which will see the value of Elisabeth Murdoch's indie catapult to over£250m.
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NewsUS writers reject bad deal
Negotiations to halt the US writers strike have hit a glitch after a proposal from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers was labelled a 'bad deal' by the striking Writers Guild of America.
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NewsShed acquires Wall to Wall for£25m
Shed has completed its£25m acquisition of Who Do You Think You Are? indie Wall to Wall.
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NewsChapman teams with Lord of the Rings' Weta
Chapman Entertainment, producer of Bob the Builder, is partnering with New Zealand based Weta Productions to develop a range of childrens TV shows.
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NewsITV gets Life as US buying spree continues
ITV has continued its US acquisitions spree with NBC’s drama Life, starring British actor Damian Lewis.
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NewsHunt fast-tracks raft of shows to fill Five hiatus
Five’s new director of programmes, Jay Hunt, has commissioned a raft of fast-turnaround factual shows to air early next year.
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NewsSky One opts for big drama events
Sky One has abandoned its search for a replacement for long-running football drama Dream Team and is now looking for “noisy, glorious” drama events.
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FeaturesA life of crime
Lynda La Plante goes to forensic lengths to ensure her crime dramas are accurate. Now she’s making moves into the US and classic adaptations.
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CommentBlog: The 'defining wake' for kids TV?
The great and the good of the kids TV industry were out in force at the children's Bafta awards to celebrate all that is great and good in kids TV.
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Ropey ratings story
BBC1’s drama hit Cranford once again had the upper hand with over ITV1’s I’m a Celebrity with 7.9m viewers (28.7%) but the gap between the two was narrowed, if only slightly.
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NewsBBC dominates kids' Baftas
The BBC was honoured with 10 awards at the children’s Baftas last night including the coveted channel of the year trophy for pre-school channel CBeebies.
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NewsSky won't replace Dream Team
Sky One has abandoned its search for a replacement for long-running football drama Dream Team.
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NewsUS strike to benefit UK indies
The US writers strike, currently in its third week, could open up commissioning opportunities for UK indies as channels face gaps in their schedules.
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NewsBBCW buys into Marquess indie
BBC Worldwide has stepped up its investment in the indie sector by taking a 25% stake in a start-up producer founded by Footballers’ Wives’ creator Paul Marquess.
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NewsITV to pass on final Prime Suspect
Lynda La Plante is planning to write a final instalment of Prime Suspect - but ITV will not be turning it into a TV show.
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NewsRDF chief Mansfield to head new content board
RDF Media has overhauled its senior executive structure, making Grant Mansfield head of a newly created content board.