All UKTV articles – Page 40
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NewsTV a ruder place to work
Television has become a ruder and more frustrating place to work for UK indies over the past 12 months, with commissioning standards at the BBC in particular going backwards.
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NewsWatch hunts global talent in hybrid show
24 Hours To Go Broke indie Renegade Pictures will hunt for the world’s best talent in a “part travelogue, part variety” hybrid format for UKTV’s Watch.
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NewsTom Hanks takes Yesterday back to the '60s
Factual broadcaster Yesterday has acquired Tom Hanks-produced documentary series The Sixties.
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NewsDynamo: Magician Impossible to disappear after fourth series
UKTV has confirmed that the fourth series of Dynamo: Magician Impossible will be its last.
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NewsSky moves lifestyle channels to ent slots on EPG
Sky is set to shake up its electronic programme guide (EPG) by removing its lifestyle category and relocating a raft of channels to the entertainment genre.
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NewsYesterday goes behind the Iron Curtain
UKTV’s Yesterday is to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with an international co-production about its construction from Sky Vision Productions.
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NewsWatch summons Objective magician
Psychological illusionist Katherine Mills is to perform mentalism and magic on Watch after the channel ordered an Objective Productions format.
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RatingsMonty Python delivers record ratings for Gold
SUNDAY: The live broadcast of Monty Python’s final-ever performance has become the highest-rated show to air on Gold.
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RatingsCHARTS: Dave’s Storage packs them in
This week, more than half of the top 50 programmes were Dave’s Storage Hunters
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NewsWatch reveals Formats Lab pilots
Watch is helping first-time buyers get on the property ladder and pitting tradesmen against each other for its Formats Lab initiative.
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NewsWatch cleans up with Bin There, Dump That
Watch is to explore Britain’s waste industry in its new ob-doc series Bin There, Dump That.
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NewsUKTV snares Del Toro drama
UKTV has captured Guillermo del Toro’s dark drama The Strain after fending off competition from several rivals.
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NewsUKTV buys into Resurrection
UKTV has acquired Brad Pitt-produced US chilling drama Resurrection from Hollywood studio Disney.
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RatingsCHARTS: Storage cleans up for Dave
Of the top 50 this week, nearly half were Dave’s Storage Hunters
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NewsUKTV lines up pilots for Formats Lab initiative
UKTV has launched a format-testing initiative as it seeks to commission a slew of risky factual, entertainment and reality projects.
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NewsUKTV in talks with Dynamo over future
UKTV is eyeing new projects fronted by magician Dynamo and has kicked off talks with indies Phil McIntyre Entertainment and Inner Circle Films.
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NewsGold gives You, Me & Them a second outing
Gold’s first original scripted sitcom You, Me & Them is to return for a second series.
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NewsDave commissions Curb-esque Hoff The Record
Baywatch and Knight Rider actor David Hasselhoff is to star in a Curb Your Enthusiasm-style comedy for Dave that was originally piloted for BBC2.
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NewsUKTV Play uses viewer data to boost personalisation
UKTV plans to mine audience data in the same way as Channel 4 via its soon-to-launch VoD service, introducing personalisation and, ultimately, using it to help inform commissioning decisions.