All articles by Peter White – Page 154
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NewsUnique remasters Bolshoi Ballets for Sky
Sky Arts is to launch six undiscovered Bolshoi Ballet performances, working with production company Unique.
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NewsITV Studios to take Coach Trip to Germany
Factual entertainment formats Coach Trip and May The Best House Win are to be remade in Germany after ITV Studios closed deals with two broadcasters.
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NewsBBCW cooks up series for Khoo
BBC Worldwide has ordered two 10-part cookery series fronted by chef Rachel Khoo as part of its move to commission 150 hours of original content by 2014/15.
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NewsIndies split over GME terms
GroupM Entertainment has been the co-production partner in at least seven commissions in the past eight weeks, and its growing influence has been one of the hottest topics in the industry.
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Shine and Barcroft strike development deal
Shine International has trumped a raft of rival distributors to ink a first-look development and distribution deal with Barcroft Productions, coproducer of Channel 4’s Girl With Eight Limbs and Nat Geo’s My Child Is A Monkey.
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NewsParamount steps up TV push
Paramount Pictures is aggressively expanding into television, in a move that could result in the creation of another major TV player in Hollywood.
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NewsLiberty chief John Malone sets out Virgin growth plans
Liberty Global founder John Malone has addressed rank-and file Virgin Media employees and Chellomedia content staff at a town hall meeting in London.
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NewsGME: TV’s new powerhouse
GroupM Entertainment has revealed it is working with a “large section of the production community” as its influence in the commercial TV sector snowballs.
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NewsAnimal Clinic set for C5 return
Channel 5 is bringing back Animal Clinic and has replaced host Rolf Harris with Countryfile star Ben Fogle.
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NewsInternational networks investigate Broadchurch
Broadchurch is to travel around the world after Shine International closed a raft of deals.
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NewsNetflix moves into local commissioning
Netflix is moving to produce lower-cost local programming internationally for the first time and has commissioned its first major project outside of the US.
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NewsBBC cooks up Nutopia science series
BBC has ordered How We Got To Now, a six-part science series from Nutopia.
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NewsPBS buys more Bletchley Circle
US public broadcaster PBS has acquired the second series of UK mystery drama The Bletchley Circle after striking a deal with Content Television.
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NewsITV2 dives into Tom Daley series
Tom Daley continues to make waves in TV after ITV2 ordered a six-part series from Twofour and GroupM Entertainment.
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NewsShine beefs up US division
The US division of Shine has beefed up its production team with the hire of two execs that have worked on America’s Got Talent and The Biggest Loser.
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NewsE! developing rich kids blog show with ITVS
US cable network E! is developing a reality series about a group of rich kids from Beverly Hills, produced by ITV Studios America.
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NewsMTV unveils new unscripted slate
US cable network MTV has ordered a raft of unscripted series including new projects from Endemol and the creator of Jersey Shore.
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NewsShipwrecked to be remade in Russia
Reality series Shipwrecked and Sky 1 karaoke show Don’t Forget The Lyrics are to be remade in Russia.
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NewsLovefilm ramps up UK kids content
Lovefilm has beefed up its kids service in the UK with a deal with NBC Universal.
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NewsBBC orders factual format from iCreate
The BBC has commissioned factual format Make My Dream, the first project to come out of its fledgling staff crowdsourcing platform iCreate.