All Channel 5 articles – Page 60
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NewsLA Screenings: C5 to bulk up 5USA & 5*
Channel 5 wants to supercharge digital channels 5USA and 5* with a raft of US drama acquisitions.
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NewsSimon Raikes quits C5 to expand Red Planet Pictures
Factual commissioning editor Simon Raikes is leaving Channel 5 to launch a non-scripted division at Tony Jordan’s Red Planet Pictures.
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RatingsBig Brother debut down 300k
TUESDAY: Big Brother was 300,000 down on last year’s opener, as Channel 4’s No Offence lost nearly a million viewers on its second episode.
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NewsC5 among latest group of firms to join DPP
Channel 5 is among the latest batch of companies to become fee-paying members of the Digital Production Partnership (DPP).
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NewsITNP set to take on sports players as it inks C5 deal
ITN Productions (ITNP) will attempt to “disrupt” the dominant players in the sports production market with technological innovation following its deal to provide Football League footage for Channel 5.
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NewsITN signs ‘transformative’ Football League deal
ITN Productions has won a multi-million pound, three-year contract to record match footage for Channel 5’s Football League highlights programme, which will air at 9pm on Saturdays.
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NewsSky lands C5 ad sales
Sky has agreed a deal to handle Channel 5’s ad sales operation - less than a year after the latter vowed to keep the division in-house.
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NewsC5 supersizes 20 Moments That Rocked Britain
Channel 5 has ordered a full series of Crackit’s list show 20 Moments That Rocked Britain before the one-off special it originally commissioned has aired.
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NewsC5 follows Kellie Maloney transformation
Initial is to follow the transformation of boxing promoter Kellie Maloney as she physically becomes a woman in a one-off film for Channel 5.
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NewsC5 in Comedy Central link-up
Channel 5 and Comedy Central have outlined plans to co-commission comedy content, laying out a two-year strategy that includes prank shows, sketch shows and other scripted series.
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NewsBob The Builder leaps to YouTube
Bob The Builder is set for a move onto YouTube after Hit Entertainment kicked off production on a raft of shorts for the VoD platform, along with a second series of the CGI reboot.
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NewsPSB Review: who wants what?
An at-a-glance guide to the key points submitted to Ofcom by the industry’s major players
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NewsDog House Media embraces cats for C5
Dog House Media has produced two documentaries about cats for Channel 5.
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RatingsOAPs amuse 1m on C5
WEDNESDAY: OAPs Behaving Badly returned for a full series on Channel 5 with around half the audience who tuned in to the original film.
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FeaturesChannel 5: the top suppliers
Channel 5’s ratings were steady in 2014 and in his second full year in charge, director of programmes Ben Frow helped refresh industry attitudes about the channel.
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NewsChannel 4 & Sky out of the running to sign Clarkson
Channel 4 and Sky will not move to sign up Jeremy Clarkson after he was sacked by the BBC earlier today.
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PodcastTalking TV: C5 & Clarkson
This week’s edition of Talking TV sizes up Viacom’s ambitious plans for Channel 5 and picks over the Jeremy Clarkson ‘fracas’ scandal.
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The Broadcast InterviewBen Frow, C5
C5 director of programmes talks about changing perceptions of the channel and what he plans to do with the bigger budget provided by Viacom
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Behind The ScenesAnalysis: Viacom acquisition
Kate Bulkley speaks to Viacom execs about plans to appeal to a younger audience and increase audience share
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RatingsRatings analysis: Channel 5 comes of age
Stephen Price reports on how C5 is growing share to compete with the big boys