All Editorial articles – Page 25
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NewsFive to strip JLC game show
Justin Lee Collins’ first show for Five under his two-year golden handcuffs deal will be stripped across the Christmas period.
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CommentBargain is sign of the times
Endemol’s ability to get a competitive deal reveals change in indie sector
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NewsSnap buy boosts Endemol UK
Endemol UK has become the country’s biggest indie after completing a whirlwind deal to buy Tiger Aspect and Darlow Smithson Productions for around £30m.
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NewsC4 to look back on a decade in TV
Channel 4 is to count down the 20 landmark TV shows of the last ten years as part of a two-part special to air at Christmas.
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NewsEastEnders praised for bipolar storyline
EastEnders was awarded a Mental Health Media Award last night for putting bipolar disorders centre stage.
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Simon Shaps to chair Mercury Media
ITV’s former director of television Simon Shaps has added distributor MercuryMedia to his portfolio of non-executive positions.
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NewsEastenders: E20 cast revealed
EastEnders chiefs have cast four relative unknowns to star in the soap’s online spin-off, EastEnders: E20.
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NewsIndustry celebrates diversity champions
The Paul O’Grady Show producer Olga TV was recognised for its efforts to champion diversity at the inaugural Cultural Diversity Network Awards last night.
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NewsVirgin and TiVo team up for set-top boxes
American PVR pioneer TiVo is to lead a major charge into the UK with a partnership with Virgin Media to deliver broadband via set-top boxes.
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NewsITV cleared over talent show complaints
ITV and Talkback Thames have successfully fought off almost 4,500 complaints concerning the treatment of Danyl Johnson on The X Factor and Hollie Steele and Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent after Ofcom cleared the broadcaster of any wrongdoing.
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NewsDispatches picks up two Rory Peck awards
Channel 4 Dispatches documentary Saving Africa’s Witch Children continued its winning streak last night with a Rory Peck award, one of two prizes for the current affairs strand.
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NewsDisability champions celebrated in new awards scheme
CBeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell, war correspondent Frank Gardner and Channel 4 commissioner Alison Walsh received awards in an inaugural scheme to celebrate success in the on-screen depiction of disabilities.
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NewsC4 to stage plane crash
Channel 4 is broadcast the crash-landing of a 300-seat passenger jet for a new documentary.
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NewsC4 examines foreigners' role in UK history
Channel 4 has commissioned three indies to produce a 4 x 60-minute series of drama documentaries looking at the role that foreigners have played in key moments in British history.
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NewsIndia season tops C4 doc slate
An India season, life on the maternity ward, teen BNP members and Amy Winehouse’s dad are among the highlights of C4’s documentary slate over the coming months.
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NewsBradshaw urged to "strong arm" watchdog over Canvas
The House of Lords communications committee has urged culture secretary Ben Bradshaw to “strong arm” the Competition Commission into approving Project Canvas.
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NewsC4 technical problems anger viewers
Technical problems dominated C4’s complaints log last month, with 300 viewers contacting the broadcaster over disruption to Hollywood movie America’s Sweethearts and HBO import True Blood.
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NewsPopular factual commissioners outline wishlists
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Popular factual commissioners at the BBC, Channel 4 and Five have outlined their wishlists for the coming year.