All articles by Peter White – Page 105
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NewsIWC Media hires formats boss
Matchlight creative director Paul Murray has stepped down after less than a year to join IWC Media as head of formats.
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NewsDiscovery poaches BBC's Dominic Coles
Discovery Networks has poached BBC senior exec Dominic Coles.
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RatingsJacques Peretti fails to deliver
SATURDAY: Jacques Peretti’s latest instalment of The Men Who Made Us… franchise failed to repeat its previous success for BBC2.
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NewsGordon Ramsay’s final Kitchen Nightmares cooks up sales
Gordon Ramsay’s final Kitchen Nightmares series has been pre-sold to 110 territories ahead of its Channel 4 TX later this year.
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NewsBBCW strikes Cuba Pictures deal
BBC Worldwide has struck a first look deal with Cuba Pictures, the TV and film indie backed by literary and talent agency Curtis Brown Group.
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NewsPivot picks up Zodiak's The Operatives
Fledgling US cable network Pivot has acquired environmental documentary series The Operatives from Zodiak Rights.
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NewsDone + Dusted preps Red Nose Day US
NBC has commissioned UK indie Done + Dusted to produce a US version of fundraising event Red Nose Day.
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NewsNeil Court buys stake in Canada indie
UK-based investor Neil Court has acquired a stake in Canadian indie 9 Story.
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NewsSilverkite eyes Canadian copros
Fledgling distributor Silverkite is to help UK producers strike co-production deals with Canadian documentary makers after striking a deal with David Seeler.
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NewsChallenge wrestles with more TNA
Challenge has revamped the TNA Wrestling: British Boot Camp format for a second series.
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NewsBT Sport signs Jose Mourinho
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is to front a series of football programmes for BT Sport after striking a three year deal with the pay-TV broadcaster.
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NewsTruTV orders ITVS bar format
ITV Studios has won a competition reality series set in a bar from US cable network TruTV.
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NewsChina signals for WMR's Black Ops
World Media Rights has scored its first Chinese deal after broadcaster CCTV picked up documentary series Black Ops.
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NewsPioneer to launch global UFO hunt for Nat Geo
Pioneer Productions is back on the hunt for UFOs in its latest extra-terrestrial commission from Nat Geo.
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NewsUKTV snares Del Toro drama
UKTV has captured Guillermo del Toro’s dark drama The Strain after fending off competition from several rivals.
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NewsBBC to make Watership Down animated series
The BBC is developing an animated television series based on classic children’s novel Watership Down.
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NewsStudio Lambert rewards team
Studio Lambert is eyeing its next chapter of growth after giving new roles to the creators of Gogglebox and hiring a new head of development.
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NewsUK indies can ‘learn from US’
British producers could learn valuable lessons about the docu-soap genre from their US counterparts as UK broadcasters struggle to find their own Duck Dynasty, according to an A+E Networks commissioner.
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NewsVictory options Mum of the Week format
Sony-backed Victory Television is to produce a UK version of French format Mum of the Week after striking a deal with Matthieu Porte’s Can’t Stop Media.
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NewsJohn Sergeant to steer ITV canal doc
John Sergeant is to tour Britain’s canals in an eight-part series for ITV from Alaska TV.