All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 7
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Shine rises to top of indie pile
Liz Murdoch’s Shine Group has become the biggest super-indie in the UK, vaulting over previous market leader All3Media thanks to dynamic growth overseas.
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BBC adapts online strategy to make sites more user-friendly
The BBC is shifting its online focus from generating volume of web content to making its existing sites more usable.
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Monkey and Burnett pilot US gameshow
Monkey Kingdom is working with Mark Burnett, the man behind The Apprentice and Survivor in the US, on a pilot gameshow format for ABC.
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Liz Murdoch, Shine Group
It’s taken Shine just nine years to grow into a global powerhouse, and its founder and CEO is no less passionate about the indie and its impressive pool of talent, writes Katherine Rushton.
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Salt Beef to produce live CBBC magazine show
Start-up Salt Beef TV has become the only indie to win a tender to produce one of several magazine shows for CBBC.
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Animators join forces to lobby government for tax breaks
UK animators are clubbing together to fund a report that will set out the business case for tax breaks.
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Dance exec to take on Strictly
The BBC has named the new executive producer of Strictly Come Dancing, following the departure of its long-standing exec Sam Donnelly to Gallowgate.
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Asian Network presenters slam "weak" cuts
BBC Asian Network presenters have slammed plans to axe the station as “weak” and “a devastatingly backward step” in in-house magazine Ariel.
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Andrew Jackson: the BBC’s straight-talker
Natural History Unit chief Andrew Jackson isn’t afraid to say what he thinks, and his self confessed lack of ‘pedigree’ is just what the corporation ordered, writes Katherine Rushton
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C4’s canine coverage called into question
A fresh row is brewing over TV’s coverage of the Kennel Club after a dog welfare campaigner and the director of Pedigree Dogs Exposed accused Channel 4 of compromising its editorial integrity.
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IWC's Kirstie and Phil reclocate to new indie startup
Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer are breaking away from IWC Media to launch their own indie - taking two key members of staff with them.
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Fever Media sounds out buyers as Sony tie-up nears its end
Dancing On Wheels producer Fever Media is courting would-be buyers as the clock ticks on its joint venture agreement with Sony Music Entertainment UK.
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BBC to adapt Slater’s childhood memoirs
BBC1 is to give the Billy Elliott treatment to the childhood autobiography of TV chef Nigel Slater in a drama from Ruby Film and Television.
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BBC draws on Hollywood for wildlife action docs
The BBC Natural History Unit is to kick off a new approach to programming with a Hollywood-style look at four predators for BBC1.
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BBC4 to explore Britain’s relationship with the sea
The Choir frontman Gareth Malone and actor Timothy Spall are to turn their attention to the sea in a major BBC4 season about Britain’s status as an island nation.
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ITV's John Hollywood to join IMG
IMG has hired John Hollywood, the man behind ITV’s indie acquisition strategy, to be director of production for all its sports coverage.
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Arora to focus on out of London indies
The BBC’s indie champion Krishan Arora has been moved out of his existing role to focus on the production community outside London.
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Thompson "incredibly angry" at Times leak
BBC director general Mark Thompson has told staff he is “incredibly angry” about how the corporation’s strategy review leaked to the Times, and promised a “full investigation” to find out who was responsible.
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Taylor to run BBC in-house entertainment
Katie Taylor has won the race to succeed Jon Beazley as head of BBC in-house entertainment.
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One-off Darlow doc explores Air France mystery
Darlow Smithson Productions is to investigate the 2009 disappearance of Air France Flight 447 in a one-off doc for BBC2 and PBS strand Nova.