All Banijay articles – Page 79
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NewsUS network Pivot boards Fortitude
US cable network Pivot has come on board Sky Atlantic’s big-budget drama Fortitude as a coproducer after striking a deal with Sky Vision.
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NewsMipTV boosts Educating’s appeal
Channel 4 and Twofour’s Educating… franchise is set to be remade in several new territories after Shine International held a producers’ workshop at last week’s MipTV.
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NewsZodiak Kids boss Nigel Pickard exits
Kids industry veteran Nigel Pickard is to leave Zodiak Media after eight years at the company.
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NewsDragonfly boss Simon Dickson departs
Simon Dickson is to leave Shine-owned indie Dragonfly Film and TV after three years at the business.
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NewsXbox partners C4 on Humans
Xbox has become a co-production partner on a major British TV project for the first time, joining Channel 4 to back Kudos Film & Television’s remake of Swedish sci-fi series Real Humans.
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NewsEmily Dalton named MD of Darlow Smithson
Darlow Smithson Productions has promoted Emily Dalton to managing director to replace Ben Bowie, who is leaving to pursue a new venture.
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NewsStephen Garrett to leave Shine Group
Kudos Film and TV chairman and Shine Pictures executive chairman Stephen Garrett is to leave the company after 23 years to pursue new opportunities in scripted drama.
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NewsEndemol acquires Artists Studio
Endemol has acquired Artists Studio, the Gub Neal-owned drama indie behind BBC2 hit The Fall.
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NewsBroadcast opens International TV Forum
Key execs from BBC Worldwide, Shine, All3Media, Channel 5 and Sky will be speaking at Broadcast’s inaugural International TV Forum, which launches in June.
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NewsShine chief warns of VoD scripted content ‘bubble’
The current level of investment in acquisitions from VoD providers such as Netflix is unsustainable, Shine Group chief operating officer Tim Robinson has warned.
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NewsAOL supercharges video output
Clips from Channel 4 News, Embarrassing Bodies and Supernanny will feature across AOL’s network of UK sites as the web giant beefs up its video presence.
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NewsBBC3 orders sitcoms prior to online move
BBC3 is lining up a sitcom set in a young offenders’ institution and has recommissioned three of its biggest comedies as it begins to increase its online experimentation.
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NewsC4 lowers gavel on auction doc
Channel 4 is heading back to Chelsea with a documentary series about a famous auction house.
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NewsRDF hires BBC producer Catherine Welton
BBC features and factual entertainment producer Catherine Welton is to join RDF Television’s Bristol division as an executive producer.
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NewsExplorer Ed Stafford back at Discovery
Explorer Ed Stafford will attempt to survive in some of the world’s most remote places in his latest extreme survival series for the Discovery Channel.
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NewsSky to air 100 hours of scripted shows
Sky will air over 100 hours of original scripted programming his year as part of its original content push.
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NewsC4 revamps Coming Up strand
Channel 4 has radically reshaped up-and-coming writers’ and directors’ strand Coming Up, supersizing the slot, which will be handed to a single winning entry.
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NewsBBC2 to Meet the Puppies
BBC2 is to follow the development of six puppies in their first year of life in an RDF Television series.
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NewsSky wins Must Be The Music court case
Sky has won a High Court case after it was accused of format infringement over talent format Must Be The Music.
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NewsTiger Aspect meets the taxman for C4
Channel 4 is to discover what makes the taxman tick in a three-part documentary series from Tiger Aspect.