All News articles – Page 1928
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NewsMark Freeland lands senior BBC Productions role
Comedy exec Mark Freeland has been named BBC Productions controller of fiction & entertainment and will head up the corporation’s in-house drama, entertainment and comedy teams.
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NewsTeamRock wins rights to repeat Radio 1 show
National DAB radio station TeamRock has signed a landmark agreement with the BBC to repeat a Radio 1 broadcast first aired 20 years ago.
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NewsLorraine Pascale fronts fostering doc for BBC2
TV chef Lorraine Pascale is to front a BBC2 film about foster care in the UK.
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NewsWohler recruits Connors
Wohler Technologies has appointed Liam Connors to the role of senior sales executive in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) for the company’s RadiantGrid business line.
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NewsMiranda lined up for BBC adaptation
Miranda Hart is being lined up to star in a BBC comedy series written by novelist Kathy Lette.
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NewsIMG on the brink of sale
IMG Media is close to being sold to talent agency William Morris Endeavor (WME) and private equity firm Silver Lake in a deal worth more than $2bn (£1.2bn), according to reports.
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NewsSky & NFTS partner for digital content course
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) has partnered with Sky to deliver a year-long diploma course focussed on digital content and formats.
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NewsTLC orders pregnant-at-50 doc
TLC has ordered a single doc from Talent TV South about a Shameless actress who has become pregnant aged 50.
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NewsSTV develops Erin Kelly novel
STV Productions is developing a second Erin Kelly novel following the success of ITV’s The Poison Tree.
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NewsStoryville orders Daisy Asquith doc
BBC4 doc strand Storyville and the Irish Film Board (IFB) have ordered a documentary from Crazy About One Direction-director Daisy Asquith.
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NewsITV preps weekend kid's brand
The makers of Holly & Stephen’s Saturday Showdown are to produce a children’s weekend breakfast format for ITV.
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NewsC4 adds twist to Come Dine with Me
Channel 4 is to bring a fresh twist to its long-running cookery format Come Dine with Me by making couples compete for cash.
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NewsLord Nelson life dramatised by BBC2
The letters of Lord Horatio Nelson are to be turned into a drama doc for BBC2 by Oxford Scientific Films.
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NewsBBC2 buys Coast Australia
The Coast format is to come full circle after the Australian version of the factual series was picked up by BBC2.
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NewsPrivate equity firm acquires DPA Microphones
Private equity firm the Riverside Company has acquired DPA Microphones.
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NewsMark Burnett to bring non-scripted indie to the UK
Mark Burnett, the producer behind The Apprentice and Survivor, is to establish his non-scripted business One Three Media in the UK as part of a joint venture with Red Arrow Entertainment.
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NewsLayla Smith joins Matt Lucas's indie
Former ITV entertainment exec Layla Smith has been appointed managing director of Matt Lucas’s indie, John Stanley Productions (JSPL).
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NewsLucky Day boss steps down
Damon Pattison is to leave Lucky Day, the Zodiak Media indie he founded in 2008.
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NewsComedy Central hires ITV brand exec
Comedy Central has hired Rafaela Perera, one of the chief architects of ITV’s rebrand, as creative director.
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NewsDaybreak recruits new editor
Neil Thompson, an ITV commissioner for factual, documentaries and daytime, has become the permanent editor of Daybreak.