All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 44
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Parthenon sells into Middle East
Parthenon Entertainment has sold 50 hours of programming to broadcasters in the Middle East.
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NewsITVS to make US antiques show
US network Fox has ordered an antiques roadshow-style series from ITV Studios America.
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NewsDiscovery expands content team
Discovery Networks has hired a former BT Vision exec as part of a renewed investment into content that has already seen the appointment of Julian Bellamy.
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RatingsGeordie Shore grows audience
TUESDAY: MTV reality series Geordie Shore managed to boost its audience for its second outing as word of the show spreads.
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NewsC5 magic show disappears from schedule
Channel 5 has pulled magic-based gameshow Impossible? after just two episodes but will give it a second shot when it revives Big Brother later this year.
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RatingsSimon Cowell boosts BGT ratings
BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY: Simon Cowell’s return to Britain’s Got Talent helped pull more than a million extra viewers to the ITV show.
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NewsMipTV 2012 to open early
MipTV, the international television market held every spring in Cannes, is to launch a day early in 2012 – rather than two days as first announced.
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NewsBullough named CBBC Production boss
Helen Bullough has been appointed head of CBBC Production with responsibility for in-house series including Blue Peter and Newsround.
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NewsEndemol France pilots Pointless
BBC2 daytime quiz Pointless is being adapted in France as Endemol pushes the format to the international market.
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NewsDRG secures Diana and Jesus docs
Distributor DRG has secured the rights to a new documentary based around Princess Diana and Prince William, from the makers of The Real King’s Speech.
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OTF signs five-year NHNZ deal
Distributor Off the Fence has bolstered its line-up of factual programming in a new five-year deal with New Zealand’s NHNZ.
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FeaturesPort Royal, FX (US)
Broadcast shines the spotlight on the new pirate drama from the makers of The Walking Dead.
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NewsChannel 5 books Silent Library
Channel 5 has commissioned a remake of a Japanese gameshow in which contestants must keep quiet while enduring ‘punishments’.
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RatingsGeordie Shore smashes MTV records
TUESDAY: Geordie Shore, the Newcastle-based version of US reality show Jersey Shore, debuted with MTV’s biggest audience in years.
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NewsExponent set to acquire BBC Magazines
BBC Worldwide has named private equity firm Exponent as the ‘preferred partner’ to take over the BBC Magazines portfolio – a deal understood to be worth more than £100m.
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RatingsSlight slip for Made in Chelsea
MONDAY: Made In Chelsea, E4’s new ‘constructed reality’ series, took a minor dip on its third outing but maintained a decent sized audience.
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NewsFood Network to serve cupcake reality show
A US reality show based around a small cupcake company and a travel series about drinking have been picked up by Food Network UK.
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NewsTom Toumazis to leave Endemol
Endemol chief commercial officer Tom Toumazis is to step down after being appointed chief executive of media group Mecom.
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NewsGetting On to return for third series
NHS comedy Getting On is to return for a new series, following Jo Brand’s success at the Bafta TV awards.
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NewsC5 snares Animal Mega Moves
Channel 5 has picked up a doc series in which large, dangerous animals are transported around the world.