All articles by Peter White – Page 45
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NewsSyfy launches VR cop drama
NBC-owned broadcaster Syfy has ordered a virtual reality drama to air on its linear channel as well as VR platforms including Oculus Rift.
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RatingsWest Brom cup tie fails to score top ratings
WEDNESDAY: West Brom’s penalty shootout win over Peterborough failed to match recent FA Cup ties on BBC1, while controversial documentary How To Die: Simon’s Choice performed solidly for BBC2.
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NewsDave heads down under with job-doc
Dave is taking a group of British pest controllers down under to tackle Australian critters, in a 20-part series from Popkorn TV.
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NewsComedies dominate US pilots
US broadcasters are hunting for the next Modern Family, with UK indie Kindle Entertainment getting in on the act as family comedies dominate the line-up of around 85 scripted pilots ordered for the 2016/17 season.
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NewsRichard Klein signs off with indie docs
Two series exploring the worlds of cats and council enforcement officers are among Richard Klein’s final factual commissions for ITV.
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NewsC5 rebrands for younger viewers
Channel 5’s pursuit of younger, more affluent viewers has taken a step forward with a major onscreen facelift and a raft of fresh, broader commissions.
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NewsDan Isaacs to leave Kudos to join Featherstone
Kudos co-chief executive Dan Isaacs is to hook up with his former colleague Jane Featherstone again with Diederick Santer taking sole charge at the Endemol Shine-owned drama indie.
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RatingsHappy Valley arrests biggest ever performance
TUESDAY: Red Production Company’s gritty BBC1 drama Happy Valley returned with its best-ever performance.
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NewsC5 returns to original comedy
Channel 5 has ordered a raft of new commissions, including its first improvised comedy and a major new wildlife series, as part of an overall channel rebrand.
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NewsStarz orders White Queen follow-up
US cable network Starz has commissioned a follow-up to The White Queen from Company Pictures three years after the fantasy drama launched.
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NewsAll3Media US bolsters scripted division
All3Media has hired former Lifetime exec Nina Lederman to drive its scripted division in the US.
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NewsSally Miles to exit Passion
Sally Miles is to leave Passion Distribution, the international TV sales firm that she founded eight years ago, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsNat Geo acquisitions boss exits
National Geographic’s international acquisitions and co-production chief Maggie Rhodes has left the broadcaster.
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RatingsThe X-Files boosts C5 to five-year high
MONDAY: The return of The X-Files helped Channel 5 to its biggest audience for five years - and became its most successful US import since CSI.
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NewsPlimsoll explores cats for ITV
ITV is to investigate the relationship between big cats in the wild and domestic pussycats in a three-part doc series from Plimsoll Productions.
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NewsWar and Peace sold to Russia
BBC1 drama War and Peace is to be translated into Russian after commercial broadcaster Channel One acquired the six-part drama.
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FeaturesFactual channels eye premium projects to fight digital disrupters
Peter White investigates the challenges facing broadcasters and producers in the international factual world following this year’s supersized Realscreen event in Washington, DC.
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NewsOctober scores Discovery US order
Walking The Himalayas indie October Films has picked up a six-part survival series for Discovery - its third major US commission in the last two months.
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NewsSVoD giants on factual hunt
Netflix and Amazon are ramping up their non-scripted plans and both online giants were seeking out new projects at Realscreen this week.
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NewsSky eyes free-to-air growth
Sky is increasingly moving into the free-to-air world, with chief executive Jeremy Darroch opening up about the broadcaster’s non-pay strategy.