All Banijay articles – Page 56
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NewsAvalon hires former Shine COO
Avalon has hired former Shine exec Tim Robinson as chief operating officer.
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NewsRDF indie lands Crystal Maze order
RDF’s fledgling entertainment indie Fizz is to produce the return of cult gameshow The Crystal Maze for Channel 4.
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NewsTV rejects millennial malaise
Reaching youth audiences was the dominant theme of the Edinburgh International Television Festival last week as traditional broadcasters and digital platforms wrangled over how to engage younger viewers.
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NewsBBC2 slate led by Nigel Farage mockumentary
A comedy from The Inbetweeners creator Damon Beesley and a mockumentary starring Kevin Bishop as Nigel Farage are among the latest slate of BBC2 shows.
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PodcastTalking TV: Edinburgh 2016 special
In a Talking TV special, guests from All3Media, Banijay and Fox unpick Shane Smith’s MacTaggart lecture and discuss the other hottest topics from Scotland.
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NewsJane Featherstone scores debut commissions
Former Kudos chief Jane Featherstone has landed a BBC drama and an E4 comedy – the first commissions for her fledgling indie Sister Pictures.
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NewsBBC traces Boy George career
BBC2 is to shine a spotlight on the career of Boy George after ordering a documentary from IWC.
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NewsDeal or No Deal axed by C4
Channel 4 has confirmed long-running gameshow Deal or No Deal? is to be axed at the end of this year.
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NewsIWC signs Richard Klein
Former ITV director of factual Richard Klein is set to join IWC Media as creative director after leaving the commercial broadcaster in February, Broadcast can reveal.
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NewsITV plots Warwick Davis quiz
Life’s Too Short star Warwick Davis is to host a new daytime quiz show for ITV.
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RatingsCeleb MasterChef ends with 5m
FRIDAY: Celebrity MasterChef crowned its latest champion in front of 5m viewers – around 200,000 down on last year’s event.
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NewsRemarkable hires entertainment development chief
Pointless producer Remarkable has hired Possessed development executive Paul Brassey and promoted Dom Waugh as it refreshes its creative team.
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NewsHumans exec launches drama indie
Derek Wax, the Kudos executive producer responsible for shows including BBC1’s Capital and Channel 4’s Humans, has struck out on his own with an Endemol Shine Group-backed indie.
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NewsInternational Briefs: Sony investment; Passion hire; RTE commission
Sony’s drama investment run continues, while Passion Distribution has hired former Banijay International executive Jimmy Humphrey and RTÉ has commissioned its latest Format Farm series.
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NewsKudos lands BBC1 gay drama
BBC1 has ordered a two-part drama set in both the 1940s and the present day from novelist and screenwriter Patrick Gale.
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NewsShillinglaw lands Endemol Shine empire
Endemol Shine UK has made Kim Shillinglaw its first director of factual and handed her responsibility for its three UK indies that specialise in the genre.
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NewsLiberty CFO joins Endemol Shine
Endemol Shine Group has appointed Ivan Nash Vila as chief financial officer.
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FeaturesHow to extend the life of your IP
From upgrading classic dramas to recutting factual, Kate Bulkley examines how distributors and producers are getting the most from their properties in a rapidly expanding market
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NewsBest Factual Channel: BBC Four
The channel has held its position as the UK’s highest-rated digital factual offering, with an astounding range of headline-hitting and quietly spectacular single documentaries
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NewsFox acquires TV remake of Wolf Creek
Fox has acquired the TV adaptation of Australian horror film Wolf Creek.