All articles by Peter White – Page 137
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RatingsStrictly and Jonathan Ross score highs
Strictly hit a series high, while The Jonathan Ross Show recorded its second best ever performance on Saturday night.
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NewsBBCW strikes CCTV factual deal
BBC Worldwide is to expand its factual partnership with Chinese broadcaster CCTV after striking a wide-ranging deal.
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NewsSky to invest £5m in Silicon Valley start-ups
Sky is hunting for Silicon Valley start-ups to buy into as part of an $8m (£5m) investment with US venture capital fund Luminari Capital.
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NewsReally boosts paranormal activity
UKTV channel Really has picked up ghost format Haunting: Australia to boost the channel’s range of paranormal activity.
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NewsC5 to explore stories of West and Shipman
Channel 5 is exploring the lives of murderers Fred and Rose West and Harold Shipman with two factual commissions.
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NewsFox buys gangster drama Mob City
Pay-TV broadcaster Fox has acquired US period drama Mob City along with a documentary about Mike Tyson.
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NewsHeroes and Homeland creators partner for Dig
Heroes creator Tim Kring and Homeland creator Gideon Raff have teamed up for a new murder mystery set that has been ordered USA Network.
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NewsLenny Henry calls for racial quotas
Television and film stars including Lenny Henry and Kwame Kwei-Armah have called for broadcasters to implement quotas to increase racial diversity on UK screens.
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NewsNorway’s budget delivers boost to indies
Norwegian public broadcaster NRK is to be forced to commission significantly more programming from independent producers as a result of forthcoming legislation.
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NewsJackson exits C4 for Sundance
Channel 4 arts commissioner Tabitha Jackson is to leave the broadcaster to head up Sundance’s documentary programme in the US.
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NewsITV shoots for Rising Star
ITV is buying Israeli musical talent competition Rising Star as its next big entertainment show.
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NewsLynda La Plante’s UK indie shuts
Prime Suspect creator Lynda La Plante has shut down her UK production company La Plante Productions.
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NewsBBC2 orders canine gameshow for Sport Relief
BBC2 has commissioned a canine gameshow for next year’s Sport Relief.
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NewsBBC2 to tell story of Messiah
BBC2 has commissioned a drama documentary from Reef Television about Handel’s Messiah.
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NewsITV's The Day Kennedy Died goes global
ITV documentary The Day Kennedy Died has been sold around the world by Cineflix Rights.
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NewsSky 1 postpones final Moaning of Life
Sky1 has postponed the final episode of Karl Pilkington’s travel series The Moaning of Life as a result of the Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
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NewsEndemol invests £25m in online channels
Endemol is to invest £25m in multi-channel network (MCN) Endemol Beyond as it ramps up its international online video operations.
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NewsLovely Day hires development chief
Kudos-backed indie Lovely Day has appointed Doctor Who script editor Richard Cookson as its head of development.
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NewsWarner renews VIP first-look deal
Warner Bros has renewed its first-look deal with The Hit-producer, Irish indie Vision Independent Productions.
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NewsOptomen explores castles for Travel Channel
Optomen is to explore castles located around the world after winning a series from US cable network the Travel Channel.