All articles by Peter White – Page 80
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NewsBBC reschedules controversial royal doc
The BBC has rescheduled controversial royal family doc Reinventing The Royals, a month after it postponed the two-part series.
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NewsSky lands exclusive rights to The Open
Sky Sports has snatched exclusive rights to cover The Open from the BBC, which has aired the golf championship for the past 60 years.
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NewsBFI: high-end TV spend hits £600m
More than 80 TV productions with a total spend of over £600m benefited from the UK’s high-end TV tax break in 2014.
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NewsGrant Mansfield's Plimsoll opens US office
Grant Mansfield’s Bristol-based indie Plimsoll Productions has opened an office in LA to help grow its burgeoning US business.
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RatingsThe Jump returns on high
SUNDAY: The Jump sprang into action for its second series with its biggest audience to date.
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NewsDiscovery hunts True Detective-style formats
US cable network Discovery Channel is hunting for True Detective-inspired factual crime series as part of a drive to grow its female audience.
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NewsSmithsonian orders Nutopia invention doc
US cable network Smithsonian has ordered documentary series My Million Dollar Invention from Jane Root’s Nutopia.
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NewsSky eyes new drama partners
Sky is hunting for more international drama co-pro partners and has targeted broadcasters in Australia and Canada for its next wave of big-budget commissions.
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NewsNBC orders The Island with Bear Grylls remake
NBC is to remake Channel 4’s The Island with Bear Grylls later this year.
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NewsRealscreen 2015: key trends
Executives who battled through the super-blizzard which swept America’s east coast this week to reach Realscreen have heard about the death of the derivative docu-soap, the revival of the classic British format and the importance of mega-agents.
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NewsZodiak Rights targets US growth
Zodiak Rights has promoted Andreas Lemos to lead a renewed push into the US.
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NewsTodd Austin leaves Leopard Films
Leopard Films chief creative officer Todd Austin is leaving the Argonon-owned business after four years.
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NewsTina Malone returns to TLC
Shameless star Tina Malone is returning to TLC for a one-off documentary produced by True North.
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NewsDeadline for Premier League rights bids looms
The battle for Premier League football could be settled in the next fortnight as Sky, BT and Eurosport-owner Discovery submit first-round rights bids by February 6.
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NewsIndies eye Realscreen boost
UK indies are looking to supercharge their non-scripted ambitions in the US and get shows away with broadcast networks as a record number attend next week’s Realscreen.
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NewsClass of ’92 take lead role in Salford FC doc for BBC1
Former Manchester United players including Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes are to star in a three-part Electric Ray documentary for BBC1 about their acquisition of non-league Salford City FC.
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NewsUgly Brother thinks global
Ugly Brother Studios is using its investment from Sky Vision to help it emerge from a spell of more conservative commissioning patterns in the US.
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NewsHigh Noon sets sights on UK
Cake Boss producer High Noon Entertainment hopes to get shows commissioned in the UK and around the world 18 months after it was acquired by ITV.
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NewsBeyond poaches DRG's Meek-O'Connor
Mythbusters producer and distributor Beyond has poached DRG’s Caitlin Meek-O’Connor to become head of acquisitions.
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NewsDave doubles up on Storage Hunters
Auctioneer Sean Kelly is to remain in the UK after Dave ordered two more series of Storage Hunters UK.