All Fremantle articles – Page 40
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NewsFour Rooms producer Claudia Lewis joins the BBC
Four Rooms and Young Apprentice executive producer Claudia Lewis has left Fremantle Media UK label Boundless to return to the BBC.
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NewsBBC1 takes a punt on Coral doc
Boundless has secured access to high-street bookmaker Coral for a three-part documentary series for BBC1.
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NewsThe X Factor UK heads to Asia
The UK version of The X Factor is to air overseas for the first time after RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network struck a deal with sister firm Fremantle Media.
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NewsRhod Gilbert to host Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert has been signed to host the forthcoming series of BBC2’s Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
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RatingsC4 diet works against World Cup
MONDAY: Channel 4’s weight-loss documentary The World’s Best Diets found a solid, mainly female audience against Germany’s World Cup defeat of Algeria.
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NewsFremantleMedia drama head exits for Bob & Co indie
FremantleMedia drama chief Donna Wiffen is to leave the super-indie to help launch drama specialist Duchess Street Productions.
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CommentSet voters free - or pay the consequences
Paid voting should be killed off in favour of free interaction, says Tom McDonnell.
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NewsBritain's Got Talent app boosts engagement
A series of polls, quizzes and voting opportunities helped Britain’s Got Talent to record an 80% active engagement rate with its app for Saturday’s final.
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RatingsBritain’s Got Talent final dips to record low
SATURDAY: Britain’s Got Talent bowed out with its lowest finale audience on record – as England’s final World Cup warm-up match peaked with 7.4m.
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NewsTalkback unveils fresh senior management team
Talkback has assembled a new-look senior management team after naming Leon Wilson as its permanent managing director.
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RatingsLive Britain’s Got Talent down on 2013
The first live Britain’s Got Talent semi-final of the year was around 700,000 viewers down on 2013’s episode, but it still managed to put a sizeable dent in Monday night’s competition.
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NewsCelebrity Juice producer wins first commission for new indie
Celebrity Juice producer Dan Baldwin has won his first commission for Hungry Bear Media - a viral content panel show for E4.
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RatingsBritain's Got Talent back above 10m
Britain’s Got Talent was back up above 10m for its third outing on Saturday, as viewers continued to retire from Amazing Greys.
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NewsFremantle & Vice serve up Munchies
MipTV: Fremantle Media digital chief Keith Hindle has revealed that the super-indie’s online food channel with Vice will offer an antidote to the “mounds of tired, anachronistic celebrity chef and cook-off shows”.
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NewsCelebrity Juice producer joins BBC
Celebrity Juice and Sweat The Small Stuff producer Ed Sleeman is to join the BBC’s entertainment commissioning team and take on the BBC3 brief left by Sean Hancock.
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NewsBoundless hires Mentorn’s Hannah Wyatt
Mentorn Media’s director of programmes Hannah Wyatt is to join Fremantle Media UK label Boundless as creative director.
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NewsPhoneShop creator sets up indie
PhoneShop creator Phil Bowker has set up a production company and is piloting a sketch show for the BBC.
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NewsKate Harwood leaves BBC to revive Euston Films
BBC in-house drama boss Kate Harwood is leaving the corporation after 24 years to revive an iconic production brand for Fremantle Media UK.
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NewsC5 lines up more Suspects
Channel 5 is backing its bet on original drama after ordering a second series of semi-improvised crime show Suspects.
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NewsFremantleMedia UK hires digital chief
Kat Hebden is returning to FremantleMedia UK to become head of interactive following the departure of Peter Cassidy.