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NewsBBC2 to pilot Talkback’s The Rob Brydon Show
BBC2 is piloting a new entertainment show fronted by Rob Brydon and produced by Talkback Thames.
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NewsOutright ready to splash cash on first-look deals
Outright Distribution has ringfenced a “significant” investment fund that it will plough into firstlook deals with UK and US indies from early 2010.
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NewsTwenty Twenty aims to build on history roots
Twenty Twenty Television, the indie behind The Choir and The World’s Strictest Parents, has made two senior management hires in specially created posts.
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NewsITV cleared over talent show complaints
ITV and Talkback Thames have successfully fought off almost 4,500 complaints concerning the treatment of Danyl Johnson on The X Factor and Hollie Steele and Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent after Ofcom cleared the broadcaster of any wrongdoing.
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NewsTouchpaper opens in Wales as Scottish drama head joins Shed
Being Human will move to Wales if a third series gets the greenlight, in line with plans by Touchpaper Television to open a new office in Cardiff.
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RTS honour Bennett-Jones and Holloway
Tiger Aspect chairman Peter Bennett-Jones and TalkbackThames head of entertainment Richard Holloway both received fellowships at a Royal Television Society event last night.
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NewsMalone changes tune for BBC schools show
The Choir presenter Gareth Malone is to turn from music to education in a TwentyTwenty Television series for BBC2.
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NewsDannii's X Factor 'outing' sparks nearly 4,000 complaints
Almost 4,000 viewers have contacted Ofcom to complain about Dannii Minogue’s on-air “joke” about X Factor contestant Danyl Johnson’s sexuality.
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NewsSeinfeld confident Marriage Ref will air in UK
MIPCOM: US comedian Jerry Seinfeld is “extremely confident” that his new show about married couples will be remade in the UK and expressed a desire for more feel good comedy over humiliating reality shows.
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NewsTalkback to co-pro Berlin Olympics drama
MIPCOM: The characters and controversy of the 1936 Olympics will provide the backdrop to a new miniseries, produced as part of a major drama partnership between TalkbackThames and Berlin-based UFA.
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NewsShed Media posts profit hike
Shed Media posted a 34% rise in half year pre-tax profit after another impressive performance by its US business.
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NewsExec anger as Talkback is handed Webber’s Wizard
BBC entertainment execs are up in arms following the corporation’s surprise decision to hand the production of BBC musical talent format The Wizard Of Oz to indie Talkback Thames.
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NewsBBC1 off to Oz for latest search for star format
BBC1 is looking for a Dorothy and, bizarrely, a Toto the dog as it turns to The Wizard of Oz for in its latest search for a star format.
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NewsITV tries out new Blind Date
ITV has tasked The X Factor producer Talkback Thames with making the successor to Blind Date - speed-dating format Take Me Out.
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NewsShed in buy-out talks
Shed Media is believed to be in talks with private equity firms interested in a buy-out of the indie.
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NewsX Factor boss defends live audition pressure
X Factor executive producer Richard Holloway has defended the shows new live audition process, rubbishing comments from judge Louis Walsh that the format change adds even more pressure to competitors.
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NewsWalsh: Some X Factor contestants won't cope
X Factor judge Louis Walsh has admitted that not all contestants appearing on the ITV1 show will be able to cope under the strain of the competition.
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NewsBebo orders Twenty Twenty fashion show
Social networking site Bebo has ordered a 17-week run of a fashion magazine show from Twenty Twenty Television.
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NewsShed upbeat despite downturn
Shed Media suffered a dip in global drama sales for the first half of 2009 but is still outperforming last year in terms of production revenues and pre-tax profit.
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NewsShed Media execs in talks with private equity houses
Shed Media’s executive directors have confirmed they held preliminary talks with a number of private equity businesses regarding the possibility of making an offer for the super-indie.