All News articles – Page 1602
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NewsColette Foster lifts lid on Birmingham indie
Colette Foster, the former Remarkable Television co-managing director, hopes to spark a renaissance in TV production in Birmingham with the launch of hew new indie, Full Fat Television.
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NewsRaw hires Firecracker producer to boost fact ent credentials
Raw TV has hired former Firecracker Films executive producer Tom Barry as it looks to boost its opportunities in factual entertainment.
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NewsRobert Walak exits The Weinstein Company
TWC executive Robert Walak, who was involved in high profile projects such as BBC1’s forthcoming War And Peace, is to leave the business this week
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NewsOfcom raps Comedy Central for trailer watershed blunder
Comedy Central has been rapped by Ofcom after broadcasting risqué trailers before the watershed over several months.
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NewsReality partnership for VER
Production equipment provider VER has taken on the staff of Amsterdam reality television systems integrator Reality Partners.
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NewsTwofour upgrades in-house audio facilities
Twofour has upgraded its post-production facility at Twofour Studios.
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NewsC4 eyes Richard Osman nostalgia quiz
Richard Osman is to front a Channel 4 quiz show pilot that tests star guests’ knowledge of 1980s and 90s pop culture.
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NewsVualto builds video site for Senedd TV
Content delivery and management company Vualto has built a new video microsite for the National Assembly for Wales’ Senedd TV service.
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NewsEVS and deltatre partner for UEFA deal
EVS and deltatre will team up to deliver the 2015/2016 UEFA Champions League season.
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NewsSky acquisition Blindspot given full series
Sky Living acquisition Blindspot has been picked up for a full series by US network NBC.
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NewsClarkson & co begin filming Amazon show
Jeremy Clarkson and his former Top Gear colleagues have begun filming their new series for Amazon, kicking off with a race between three of the world’s fastest supercars in Portugal.
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NewsPeople Just Do Nothing wins double order
BBC3 has ordered another two 6x30-minute series of Roughcut Television’s pirate radio mockumentary People Just Do Nothing.
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NewsPlimsoll finds Deadly Instincts for Nat Geo
Plimsoll Productions, the indie set up by former RDF boss Grant Mansfield, has won its first US commission, a six-part series for Nat Geo Wild.
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NewsCoba calls for external BBC governance
The BBC’s proposal to create a unitary board – with director general Tony Hall as chief executive – to oversee governance has been blasted by the pay-TV sector.
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NewsEastEnders hires first transgender actor
EastEnders has become the first UK soap to cast a transgender actor in a continuing role with the hire of 21-year-old Riley Carter Millington.
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NewsC5 orders UK-focused New Lives In The Wild
Ben Fogle is swapping the wilds of Asia and Alaska for adventures in Exmoor and the Welsh countryside in a revamped version of Channel 5’s New Lives In The Wild.
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NewsIn brief: Zeppotron; BBC Music; Vimeo
BBC2 is bringing back Zeppotron’s Let’s Play Darts, while Vimeo has unveiled its first slate of originals and the music industry has united to back the BBC.
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NewsITV orders Titchmarsh antiques gameshow
Alan Titchmarsh has signed up to present his first-ever gameshow – a competitive antiques format for ITV Daytime.
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NewsWhittingdale mulls regulatory boost for kids’ and current affairs
John Whittingdale has asked Ofcom to consider whether production sector regulation could be introduced that would promote investment in genres such as children’s and current affairs.
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NewsTrust: there is ‘extraordinary’ public support for BBC
The BBC Trust has found that there is an “extraordinary degree of popular support” for an independent and universal BBC - but has warned that the corporation must sharpen up its approach to distinctiveness.