All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 33
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NewsSky 1 to air Terra Nova a week after US
Terra Nova, the epic new dinosaur series from Steven Spielberg, is to air on Sky 1 exactly one week after its US broadcast.
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NewsShine sells choir format to China
Shine International has sold celebrity format Clash of the Choirs to leading Chinese broadcaster CCTV1.
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RatingsTwo and a Half Men smashes Comedy Central record
TUESDAY: Comedy Central has recorded its biggest ever audience for the new series of Two and a Half Men.
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NewsIndia to remake Money Drop
Channel 4 game show The Million Pound Drop is to be adapted for audiences in India, Egypt, Malaysia and Taiwan.
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NewsCherry Healey goes global
BBC3 documentaries fronted by Cherry Healey have been sold around the world by DRG.
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RatingsJinsy debuts with 50k
MONDAY: Surreal comedy This is Jinsy made a low key debut on Sky Atlantic while Made in Chelsea underperformed on its return to E4.
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NewsDownton Abbey triumphs at Emmys
ITV1 drama Downton Abbey has won four Emmy’s at the annual television awards in the US.
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RatingsBBC3’s Young Soldiers recruit 600k
THURSDAY: A new doc series about young British Army recruits in Afghanistan drew more than 600,000 viewers to BBC3.
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RatingsTorchwood ends on 3.9m
THURSDAY: BBC1 sci-fi drama Torchwood managed to pick up its best audience in five weeks for an action-packed finale.
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NewsSky 1's Trollied to return
Sky 1 has ordered two more series of supermarket comedy Trollied as part of its commitment to boost original content spend by 50% over the next three years.
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RatingsPlanet Dinosaur eclipsed by football
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s new CGI dinosaur series was outmanoeuvred by ITV1’s coverage of a Manchester United match.
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News71 Degrees North goes global
ITV reality show 71 Degrees North has been sold to six new territories by Banijay International.
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NewsParthenon boosts team as major orders come in
Parthenon Entertainment has boosted its Bristol production office with three appointments and unveiled two major commissions for broadcasters in Austria and Germany.
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NewsCake wins rights to Pocoyo
Cake has snapped up the distribution rights to children’s show Pocoyo, after ITV Studios Global Entertainment walked away from the series earlier this year.
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FeaturesTickety Toc, Zodiak
Broadcast shines the spotlight on a new animated kids series that takes place behind the face of a clock.
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NewsZodiak wins race for Usain Bolt documentaries
Zodiak Rights has acquired the international rights to a new two-part film about record-breaking sprinter Usain Bolt.
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Ratings71 Degrees returns with 2.3m
TUESDAY: Celebrity reality show 71 Degrees North received a chilly reception on its return to ITV1, beaten by BBC1’s Waking the Dead spin-off and BBC2’s Hairy Bikers.
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Smithsonian extends OTF deal
Smithsonian Channel and indie Off the Fence have extended their distribution agreement through 2012.
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RatingsDoc Martin treats 8.4m
MONDAY: ITV drama Doc Martin returned with one of its biggest audiences to date.
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Gaumont moves into scripted TV
French film studio Gaumont has unveiled its first scripted TV projects - a series’ centred on fictional killer Hannibal Lector and Swiss artist Madame Tussaud.