All Fremantle articles – Page 38
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RatingsBack to the Future helps ITV2 break records
WEDNESDAY: ITV2’s Back to the Future celebrations, including a special Keith Lemon tribute show, helped the channel to its best day on record.
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NewsFremantle to build 21-suite post facility at London HQ
Fremantle Media UK is to dramatically increase its in-house postproduction capacity with the creation of a 21-suite facility in London.
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RatingsThe Apprentice recruits 6.4m
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice recruited 6.4m viewers as it returned to BBC1 as Alexander Armstrong set off to the Arctic Circle for ITV with fewer than 3m in tow.
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NewsC4 eyes Richard Osman nostalgia quiz
Richard Osman is to front a Channel 4 quiz show pilot that tests star guests’ knowledge of 1980s and 90s pop culture.
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RatingsChewing Gum freshens E4
TUESDAY: E4 sitcom Chewing Gum proved to be the stickiest show in a crowded evening on multi-channel with rival programme launches on BBC3, BBC4, and ITV2.
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Behind The ScenesGlitchy, ITV2
With spoof programmes like Sun, Sea And Sex With My Parents, we wanted to gently send up the contemporary TV landscape, says executive producer James Longman
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Behind The ScenesDanger Mouse, CBBC
We had to bring a cartoon classic right up to date while keeping the charm of the original. Making sure the gags didn’t get lost in translation was a challenge too, says Ben Ward
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NewsFremantle Media backs Andreae indie
Simon Andreae has launched a London-based indie with a 25% investment from the increasingly acquisitive Fremantle Media.
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NewsPlebs star to front hybrid ITV2 sketch show
ITV2 will send up some of television’s most recognisable brands in a hybrid sketch/prank show from the makers of Celebrity Juice.
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RatingsThe X Factor hits series high
SATURDAY: The X Factor hit a series high of almost 8m viewers for ITV, twice the crowd entertained by BBC1’s Last Night of the Proms coverage.
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NewsITV to pilot parent intervention format
ITV has ordered a pilot from Boundless which will follow grown-up children as they help their parents deal with life-threatening health, debt and anxiety issues.
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NewsDavid Liddiment joins FremantleMedia
All3Media co-founder David Liddiment has joined FremantleMedia UK as non-executive chairman.
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RatingsThe X Factor debut hits nine-year low
SATURDAY: The X Factor returned with its lowest series debut audience in almost a decade after losing nearly 2m viewers on the 2014 launch.
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NewsITV to refund votes for BGT winner
ITV will refund viewers who paid to vote for the winner of this year’s Britain’s Got Talent after Ofcom found the show had misled the audience.
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NewsThe X Factor live director exits
Bafta-winning director Phil Heyes is to leave The X Factor ahead of its 12th series.
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NewsIn brief: Boundless; Twofour; Videology
Boundless has signed Michael Portillo for his tatest BBC2 railway adventure and Twofour is to explore tragedies for Nat Geo. Click for more
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NewsBoundless appoints managing director
Boundless creative director Hannah Wyatt has been promoted to managing director after Patrick Holland left to become BBC head of documentaries.
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NewsITV orders two Fremantle daytime formats
FremantleMedia has won picked up two ITV Daytime shows - a quick-fire Sean Fletcher-fronted gameshow and a quiz involving a circular ice table.
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NewsOfcom investigating BGT dog-swap
Britain’s Got Talent’s live final will be investigated by Ofcom to see whether voters were misled by the winning act.
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NewsThe X Factor prepares 'big format changes'
The X Factor producer Mark Sidaway has revealed that “big changes” will be made to the show’s format this year as it bids to overhaul Strictly Come Dancing.