All News articles – Page 2069
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NewsLeft Bank Pictures’ profits double to £4m
Left Bank Pictures’ pre-tax profits more than doubled last year ahead of its £40m sale to Sony Pictures Television (SPT).
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NewsNat Geo greenlights highway doc from Windfall
National Geographic Channels International has ordered a one-off doc about Italy’s new super-highway from Windfall Films.
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NewsNaomi Campbell to front The Face for Sky Living
Sky Living has commissioned Princess Productions and Shine TV to produce a UK version of Naomi Campbell-fronted modelling series The Face.
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NewsC4 snaps up French zombie drama
Channel 4 is to air its first fully subtitled drama in 20 years after it acquired French zombie drama Les Revanants (Rebound) from Zodiak Rights.
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NewsHorrid Henry heads abroad
Horrid Henry is heading to Greece, Israel, Ukraine and Korea for the first time after Zodiak Kids struck a raft of deals for the Novel Entertainment-produced animated kids series.
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NewsBroadcast Indie Survey: the results
Ahead of Broadcast’s annual Indie Survey, subscribers can browse the latest league tables on Broadcast Greenlight.
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NewsUTV performance slips after year of "two halves"
Northern Irish broadcaster UTV has reported a slight drop in its overall performance after a year in which the chairman characterised the advertising market as a “game of two halves”.
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NewsITVS GE restructures EMEA sales team
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) EMEA sales team has restructured, promoting two existing staff members and appointing a senior sales executive from BBC Worldwide.
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NewsBBCW offloads Lonely Planet for £50m
BBC Worldwide has finalised the sale of Lonely Planet to US billionaire Brad Kelley’s NC2 Media for £51m - nearly £80m less than it originally paid for the brand.
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NewsComic Relief receives almost 3,000 complaints
Rowan Atkinson’s Comic Relief skit as the Archbishop of Canterbury drew almost 3,000 complaints as the charity event failed to strike the right tone with some viewers.
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NewsBBC unveils Expert Women database
The BBC has launched an Expert Women database and YouTube channel in a bid to improve the ratio of male to female experts on-air.
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NewsChannel 4 to return to Utopia
Channel 4 drama Utopia has shrugged off below-average ratings to win a recommission - but is also being investigated by Ofcom over the treatment of its child actors.
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NewsFremantle to release The Bill on YouTube
The first series of classic ITV series The Bill is to be distributed via YouTube as FremantleMedia UK Interactive beefs up its presence on the platform.
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NewsAl Jazeera funds return for Everything's Rosie
CBeebies’ animated series Everything’s Rosie has been picked up for a third season after producer V&S Entertainment struck a deal with Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC).
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NewsUKTV to reintroduce corporate brand
UKTV is to reintroduce the broadcaster’s corporate brand to viewers for the first time in five years after unveiling its latest rebrand.
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NewsTCB secures Seven Network sales
Paul Heaney’s TCB Media Rights has struck a deal with Australia’s Seven Network to distribute the broadcaster’s in-house productions internationally.
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NewsC5 acquires Nickelodeon's Bubble Guppies
Channel 5 has acquired terrestrial rights to Nickelodeon’s preschool animated series Bubble Guppies to air on its Milkshake! strand.
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NewsC4's George Dixon moves to RTÉ One
George Dixon, Channel 4 scheduling boss and chief creative officer Jay Hunt’s right hand man, is moving to Ireland to head up RTÉ One.
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NewsTwofour Digital hires development director
Twofour Digital has hired Alex Moore from Zodiak Media further to the departure of Martin Trickey.
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NewsBT turns back on Sky to go it alone on Sports sales
BT is to take on the task of selling its sports channels direct to Sky customers, rather than asking the established pay TV provider to wholesale them.