All articles by Peter White – Page 184
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NewsUKTV creates social media team, promotes Hornby
UKTV has created a new social media team and is looking to hire digital execs.
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NewsBT Vision adds 21,000 to TV service
BT added 21,000 subscribers to its television service in the three months to 31 December 2012, ahead of its summer sports push.
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RatingsThe Secret Life of Dogs launches with 3.85m
ITV’s recent obsession with all things canine brought it almost 4m viewers on Thursday, leaving it just short of its 9pm slot average.
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NewsBT orders Claire Balding talkshow
BT Sport is building on its recent raft of sports right with the order of a talk show fronted by Claire Balding.
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Yesterday acquires eOne storm doc
Factual broadcaster Yesterday has acquired the UK rights to six part documentary series Perfect Storms: Disasters That Changed The World from Entertainment One (eOne).
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Sky strikes Sony movie deal as subs stay solid
Sky has struck a major movie deal with Sony Pictures Television and acquired a raft of key rugby rights as its pay TV platform recorded stable growth in its latest results.
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NewsUK shows set for pilot season
Gavin & Stacey and Spy among more than 70 drama and comedy pilots ordered by networks
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NewsBoom lifts lid on its deal with Mackie and Haynes
Boom Pictures fought off competition from NBC Universal and All3Media to land the deal that will establish MainStreet Pictures with Laura Mackie and Sally Haynes.
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NewsSyfy shows Defiance in bid to piggyback US
Syfy has acquired Defiance, a fantasy sci-fi series described as Desperate Housewives with aliens, as part of its plan to broaden its reach and mirror the strategy of its US sister channel.
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NewsFrom US drama to Eurovision Song Contest
Mikkel Bondesen, the producer of Burn Notice talks to Peter White about his new venture uFuse
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NewsBBC2 orders The Tube follow-up from Blast!
BBC2 has ordered Roads, a follow up to hit documentary series The Tube, from Blast! Films.
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NewsHeggessey's Boom Pictures launches indie with Mackie & Haynes
Lorraine Heggessey’s Boom Pictures is backing ITV’s departing drama team Laura Mackie and Sally Haynes to launch their own indie.
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NewsShowtime renews Shameless & House of Lies
US cable network Showtime has renewed a raft of series including the US remake of Shameless and House of Lies.
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NewsStarz preps ballet drama from Breaking Bad producer
US cable network Starz is developing a ballet drama from the producers of Breaking Bad and Reservoir Dogs.
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NewsFox acquires Low Winter Sun for 120 markets
Pay TV broadcaster Fox has acquired AMC crime drama Low Winter Sun after striking a deal with distributor Endemol.
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NewsBBCW exec to lead drama for FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia has hired former BBC Worldwide drama chief Sarah Doole as part of its push into drama.
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NewsJamie Oliver sold by FremantleMedia across Lat Am
A raft of Jamie Oliver shows are set to travel across Latin America after FremantleMedia Enterprises closed deals for several cooking series at Natpe.
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NewsITV2's US comedy Ben & Kate cancelled
Ben & Kate, the US comedy that airs on ITV2, has been cancelled by Fox in the United States.
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NewsITV's Who Dares Sings heads to US & Colombia
ITV talent content Who Dares Sings is being remade in the US and in Latin America after ITV Studios closed a number of format deals.
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NewsHat Trick's Spy set for US remake
US network ABC has ordered a remake of Hat Trick Productions’ comedy Spy.