All All3Media articles – Page 73
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NewsSkins characters on Facebook for first time
Skins characters are to interact with viewers via their own Facebook Pages for the first time following Channel 4’s reappointment of Somethin’ Else to create a social media presence for the drama.
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NewsBBC1 orders War of the Roses drama
BBC1 will air 24 new dramas in 2012 after adding three literary adaptations, a trucking series and a special from the makers of The Gruffalo to its winter slate.
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NewsBBC: coping with the cuts
If the BBC’s 2011 was defined by months of speculation over where exactly that 16% budget cut would be made, the year ahead will be characterised by the start of the surgery.
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NewsShine poaches Maverick exec
Shine TV has poached an Embarrassing Bodies exec to head up its new fact ent department, marking a second senior appointment in as many months.
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NewsAxed BBC shows win at British Comedy Awards
Recently axed BBC2 comedies Shooting Stars and Psychoville had the last laugh at the British Comedy Awards picking up three prizes between them.
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NewsLesley Douglas named Lime CEO
Lime Pictures, the indie behind Hollyoaks and The Only Way is Essex, has appointed former BBC Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas as its new chief executive.
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NewsAll3 secures group-wide rights deal with Discovery
All3Media has flexed its muscles to win a group-wide rights agreement with Discovery Networks International that gives its indies more flexible terms when making content for the factual specialist.
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NewsC4's Food Hospital served to Australia
Zodiak Rights has sold new Channel 4 series The Food Hospital to Network Ten in Australia.
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NewsMagicians to go undercover in schools for CBBC
Magicians will attempt to convince schoolchildren that they are supply teachers for a new CBBC series, Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic.
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NewsBBC and HBO developing Wolf Hall drama
A miniseries based on Hilary Mantel novel Wolf Hall is being developed by Shameless indie Company Pictures for the BBC and HBO.
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NewsCountry House Rescue to replace Watson with Davis
Ruth Watson, the property presenter Channel 4 poached to front Country House Rescue, will be replaced by Simon Davis in the fourth series.
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NewsAustralia acquires more TOWIE
Australia’s XYZ Networks has acquired the current series of The Only Way Is Essex as part of a 60-hour deal with All3Media International.
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NewsMaverick wins first CBBC series
Embarrassing Bodies producer Maverick TV has secured its first CBBC order for a series that aims to “do for health what Horrible Histories has done for history”.
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NewsBetty to develop bespoke ideas after Discovery sale
Betty will develop bespoke formats for Discovery alongside producing content for other broadcasters, following its acquisition this week by the factual giant.
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NewsLime gets innovative with live Hollyoaks stunt
Lime Pictures is running an immersive live stunt for Hollyoaks this week as the first part of an innovation drive by new series producer Emma Smithwick.
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NewsDiscovery acquires Betty
Betty, the producer behind the Joy of Teen Sex and Dirty Sexy Things, has been bought by Discovery Communications - its first acquisition of a UK indie.
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NewsC4 draws 4,000 to online food experiment
Channel 4 has seen 60,000 people visit its Food Hospital site in the week following the show’s broadcast, with 4,000 taking part in a series of online food science trials.
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NewsC4 closes in on record spend
Channel 4 is entering its next phase of creative renewal with a revamp of More 4, a raft of new programming and plans to up its spend to an all-time high of £600m next year.
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NewsITV follows up Kosher doc and tackles unusual kids
ITV1 is to explore unusual behaviour in children for a new documentary series, and has turned Strictly Kosher – its film about a Jewish community in Manchester – into a two-part series.
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NewsC4 orders more Fresh Meat; Beaver Falls
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of student comedy drama Fresh Meat midway through its first run.