All articles by Miranda Blazeby – Page 49
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NewsITV blames Brexit debate for flat advertising market
ITV has blamed industry anxieties brought about by the Brexit debate for contributing towards a flat advertising performance over the first three months of 2016.
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NewsC4 chairman calls for more ambition
Channel 4 chairman Charles Gurassa has called on the broadcaster’s executive team to shrug off uncertainty surrounding potential privatisation and come up with a strategy that can help it move on creatively and commercially.
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NewsC4 supersizes Secret Life of 4, 5 and 6 Year Olds
Channel 4 is bringing back The Secret Life of 4, 5 and 6 Year Olds with a new focus on sibling relationships.
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NewsNewzoids returns to ITV
ITV has recommissioned Citrus Television and Factory Media’s bold, satirical puppet show Newzoids.
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NewsC4: hands off BBC scheduling
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt has argued that there is no need for the government to interfere in the BBC’s scheduling decisions.
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NewsC4: we need clarity about our future
Channel 4 has urged the government to offer clarity about its future and admitted it is in the dark about any proposals for part-privatisation.
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NewsC4 posts record revenues amid ‘climate of uncertainty’
Channel 4 has overcome “a climate of uncertainty” around privatisation to post the highest revenues and content spend in its 34-year history.
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RatingsBBC2's Peaky Blinders outmuscles ITV
THURSDAY: BBC2’s gangster drama Peaky Blinders easily beat competition from ITV as Grayson Perry struggled to reach 1m viewers on Channel 4.
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NewsSmoking Pony appoints development producer
Paul Windle has left Boomerang to head up Smoking Pony’s development slate as the indie returns from a period of hibernation.
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NewsDragonfly doc takes C4 to trial
Dragonfly will explore the shielded process of a trial by jury in a documentary series for Channel 4.
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NewsMurder Detectives director prepares debut drama
The Murder Detectives director Dave Nath is moving away from factual for the first time to direct and write a Channel 4 drama.
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NewsThe Island and Hunted producer joins Channel 4
Shine TV’s former managing director Kelly Webb-Lamb has joined Channel 4 as head of factual entertainment.
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RatingsC4 health series opens healthily
WEDNESDAY: The launch of Channel 4’s factual health series Never Seen a Doctor smashed the slot average while Mary Beard’s historical doc reached the half way mark with solid numbers.
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NewsTNT boards E4 comedy Foreign Bodies
E4 comedy drama Foreign Bodies is to launch in the US after TNT came on board as a co-producer.
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NewsDragonfly wins BBC2 flower market doc
Dragonfly will take audiences inside the biggest flower market in the world in a one-off documentary for BBC2.
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NewsTigress MD to retire
Tigress managing director Dick Colthurst is to retire from television in the autumn after a 35-year career.
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NewsReport: C4 sale 'overwhelming negative'
A report analysing the consequences of privatising Channel 4 has claimed a sale would be “overwhelmingly negative” for producers, advertisers and the overall economy – and mooted BT as the most likely UK buyer.
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NewsITN Productions drives record growth
ITN has reported its sixth consecutive year of growth after increasing its operating profit by £1m over the past year.
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RatingsLeicester title win draws a crowd to MOTD
MONDAY: Leicester City’s Premier League triumph reeled in almost 3m to a special edition of Match of the Day, while Marcella fell to a series low.
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NewsSteven D Wright joins Blumenfeld network
Steven D Wright has become the first producer to join Remy Blumenfeld and Justin Bodle’s fledgling production network.