All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 30
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RatingsTracey Emin turns off viewers
WEDNESDAY: Tracey Emin explored her roots in the final Who Do You Think You Are? of the current series but drew the smallest audience of the run.
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NewsITVS Nordic beefs up senior team
ITV Studios Nordic has hired four senior people ahead of new local productions of The Friday Night Project and Come Dine With Me.
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NewsUS version of The Trip in the works
The makers of BBC comedy The Trip are in talks to serve up a new version in the US.
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NewsITVS Nordic hires creative director
ITV Studios Nordic has recruited a new creative director ahead of a new local production of Come Dine With Me.
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RatingsITV2 model show draws 140k
TUESDAY: ITV2 launched new ob doc Models, Misfits and Mayhem to an audience of 140,000 (0.8%).
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NewsDiscovery acquires Dynamo
Discovery Networks Europe has acquired the hit UKTV series starring street magician Dynamo.
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RatingsKatie Price model hunt debuts with 130k
MONDAY: Sky Living’s new reality show starring Katie Price drew just 130,000 viewers on its debut – a 37% drop on the channel’s usual audience figures.
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RatingsTwincredibles deliver 1.5m
MONDAY: A BBC2 documentary about twins born with differing skin tones intrigued nearly 1.5m viewers.
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NewsC5 acquires Dallas remake
Channel 5 has secured the exclusive rights to a forthcoming remake of US drama series Dallas.
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RatingsTOWIE pulls 1.2m
SUNDAY: ITV2’s The Only Way Is Essex continued with its biggest audience since its return in September.
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RatingsX Factor USA closing on Idiot
FRIDAY: Sky 1’s An Idiot Abroad has lost nearly half a million viewers on its debut helping ITV2’s X Factor USA close the gap.
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Cwmni Da revives doc on history of toilet
BBC4 and Welsh broadcaster S4C have revived plans to produce a history of the toilet.
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NewsITVS acquires Ultimate Dance Battle
MIPCOM: ITV Studios has picked up the rights to a new reality dance format from RTL in the Netherlands.
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NewsDisney-ABC boss heralds “personal” TV
MIPCOM: Television will become increasingly more personal as the lines between content and technology blur, according to Disney-ABC exec Anne Sweeney.
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NewsSunset+Vine hire FM exec
Sports indie Sunset+Vine has appointed a FremantleMedia exec as its new commercial director as part of its push to become a more global business.
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NewsJapan to explore Wild Wales
MIPCOM: Content Television has sold BBC2 doc Wild Wales to NHK Japan – one of several new deals from its Cardiff-based Content West portfolio.
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NewsJamie Oliver gets new Dutch home
MIPCOM: FremantleMedia Enterprises has secured a five-year deal with Fox International Channels that will see new digital channel 24Kitchen become the new home for Jamie Oliver series in the Netherlands.
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NewsZodiak acquires ITN’s Showmen
MIPCOM: A new Channel 5 series that follows fairground families has been picked up for global distribution by Zodiak Rights.
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NewsDancing on Ice slides to Greece
MIPCOM: ITV format Dancing on Ice is to be remade in Greece in a series of new deals that will also see Four Weddings adapted for Romania and Come Dine With Me served up in Eastern Europe.