All Nutopia articles – Page 9
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NewsArrow Media engineering doc first for TCB Media
Mipcom: Arrow Media is making a Group M factual series for Channel 5 that will be the first title to be distributed by Paul Heaney’s new TCB Media Rights.
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FeaturesIn pursuit of great ideas
BBC Academy’s Linda Green asks five of the UK’s best-known creative leaders how they led creative change in their industries
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NewsSky 1 to air Atlantic shows
BSkyB is planning to generate more awareness of Sky Atlantic programming by running selected content on flagship channel Sky 1.
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NewsNutopia exec to join Australia's ABC
Nutopia executive producer Phil Craig is leaving the indie to take up a commissioning post as head of factual at ABC TV in Australia.
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NewsNutopia adds Raman and Brankin-Frisby
Nutopia has reshaped its management team with a raft of promotions and two appointments.
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NewsBBC's Sam Anthony joins Branson indie
Fledgling indie Current Sponge has hired the BBC executive producer behind Terry Pratchett: Choosing To Die and rebranded as Sundog Pictures.
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NewsNutopia MD Franses departs
Managing director Laura Franses has left Nutopia, the mega-doc producer she co-founded with Jane Root in 2008.
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The Broadcast InterviewJane Root, Nutopia
Former BBC2 controller and Nutopia founder Jane Root tells Chris Curtis about widening the indie’s scope – and why history documentaries can have broad appeal.
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News
DNI sets out ambitious plans
Discovery Networks International has ordered 20 hours of content from indie Maverick Television, as Julian Bellamy outlined the broadcaster’s “step change in ambitions” at the Broadcast Business Breakfast.
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NewsNutopia appoints Hepton for The 80s
Nutopia has hired the head of specialist factual development at Fremantle Media UK’s Boundless to executive produce its new commission for Nat Geo US.
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NewsNutopia going back to the 80s for Nat Geo US
Nutopia is to use its mega-doc formula to investigate the cultural, political and financial impact of the 1980s for Nat Geo US.
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NewsVictory hires DeHaney to lead factual push
Victory Television is aiming to bolster its popular factual slate and has hired David DeHaney to spearhead the plans.
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The Broadcast InterviewAdam MacDonald, AETN
A+E Networks UK’s vice-president of programming says the group’s four channels have more in common than many people think – and he’s hoping to do some cross-pollination.
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CommentBritain's Gay Footballers, BBC3
Homosexuality is the last great taboo in football – which made producing a doc about it genuinely challenging, writes David DeHaney.
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NewsNutopia lands second History mega-doc
Nutopia’s latest mega-doc will be a 12-hour series for History detailing the building of the Pyramids, the construction of the Great Wall of China and the creation of Easter Island statues.
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The Broadcast InterviewElaine Pyke, Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic’s director wants to beef up the channel’s staple diet of acquisitions with original content. She tells Alex Farber about forgoing ratings winners for more ‘grown-up telly’.
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NewsSky Atlantic ups content push
Sky Atlantic has commissioned its highest-profile UK content yet, including an adaptation of Robert Wilson’s Javier Falcón novels and two landmark series on Britain from Jane Root’s Nutopia and Morgan Spurlock.
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NewsNutopia boosts senior team
Nutopia has hired five senior executives across the production and commercial arms of the business, in a move to bolster the company’s growth.
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NewsNutopia producer Handford jumps ship for Sky
Sky has appointed Nutopia producer Clare Handford as commissioning editor of factual to oversee existing shows and hunt for new commissions.
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CommentPrivate broadcasters with benefits
Regulators must recognise that we are entering an era of mixed funding, says Dee Forbes.