All articles by Peter White – Page 71
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NewsSky airs targeted Enfield Haunting trailers
Sky has kicked off a targeted trailer campaign aimed at north London households for the launch of forthcoming supernatural series The Enfield Haunting.
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NewsDavid Hasselhoff returns to UKTV
David Hasselhoff is to return to Dave sooner than expected after the channel ordered a second series of his comedy show before the debut run has aired.
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NewsC5 supersizes 20 Moments That Rocked Britain
Channel 5 has ordered a full series of Crackit’s list show 20 Moments That Rocked Britain before the one-off special it originally commissioned has aired.
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NewsSimon Cowell cues up DJ format with Yahoo
Simon Cowell has teamed up with Done + Dusted to produce a DJ competition format for online portal Yahoo.
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NewsWorld Media Rights wins American Heroes series
Discovery-owned US network American Heroes Channel has ordered a three-part World War II series from UK indie World Media Rights.
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NewsMichel Roux Jr to front Fresh One Disney format
Michel Roux Jr will invite schools to turn their canteens into pop-up restaurants in a nine-part Fresh One cooking competition for the Disney Channel.
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NewsTop executives to speak at Global TV Summit
Jana Bennett, Wayne Garvie, Stephen Lambert and Andy Harries are some of the executives that will speak at Broadcast’s Global TV Summit on 3 June.
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NewsC5 in Comedy Central link-up
Channel 5 and Comedy Central have outlined plans to co-commission comedy content, laying out a two-year strategy that includes prank shows, sketch shows and other scripted series.
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NewsVivendi targets acquisitions
Happy Valley indie Red Production Company is set to become part of an enlarged global content group after its parent company Vivendi prepares to join the acquisitions trail.
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NewsZnak & Jones strikes Danish deal
Znak & Jones, the indie co-founded by former Syco Television USA chief Simon Jones, has struck a deal with a judge on the Danish version of The X Factor to produce non-scripted formats in Denmark.
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NewsSky Arts goes silent with new shows
Sky Arts has ordered four silent dramas from four indies including King Bert Productions and Channel 4 Growth Fund indie Eleven Film.
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NewsGame of Thrones suffers sound issues
Sky Atlantic has encouraged Game of Thrones fans to watch the latest episode on-demand or tune in to the linear repeat this evening after suffering technical problems during last night’s broadcast.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest hires Liz McIntyre
Discovery commissioner Liz McIntyre is leaving the broadcaster to head up Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsSky forced to postpone Scientology doc
Sky Atlantic has postponed controversial Scientology documentary, Going Clear, due to British libel laws.
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NewsFormats get physical at MipTV
Survival formats and physical gameshows flexed their muscles at MipTV this week, with broadcasters increasingly prepared to look beyond the safety of talent formats and studio shows.
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NewsNBCU agrees RTL & TF1 production deal
MipTV: London-based NBC Universal International Television Production is to produce a clutch of US-style procedural dramas for German broadcaster RTL and French network TF1.
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NewsAmazon eyes international comedy push
MipTV: Amazon is to open its doors to international producers as it ramps up the amount of original comedy that it commissions.
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NewsHurford Jones exits as Sky Living halts originations
Sky Living is to retreat from commissioning and shift its originations budget to Sky 1 in a move that has resulted in the departure of channel director Antonia Hurford-Jones.
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NewsITVS strikes first-look deal with Australian indie
ITV Studios has struck a deal with Australian indie Hoodlum to boost its scripted output in the US.
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NewsUK indies score with Smithsonian
A slew of UK indies have won high-profile commissions from US cable network Smithsonian as part of a slate of programming that includes co-productions with the BBC, Channel 5 and UKTV.