All Fremantle articles – Page 40
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RatingsKeith Lemon sketch show squeezes rivals
THURSDAY: Keith Lemon’s new ITV2 sketch show got off to a strong start, as Fortitude remained reasonably stable for Sky Atlantic.
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FeaturesBest International Programme Sales: The X Factor UK
The X Factor UK had never been sold to international broadcasters as a finished series, despite being on air for more than 10 years.
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NewsBoundless hires The Undateables exec
The Undateables producer Sarah Spencer has become Boundless’ second hire in less than a month.
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FeaturesBroadcast Awards at 20: Peter Fincham
The former chief executive of Talkback on receiving the first Best Indie award
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FeaturesBroadcast Awards at 20: I’m Alan Partridge
Armando Iannucci talks about the 1999 Best Comedy Programme winner
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NewsRetort hires head of development
FremantleMedia UK indie Retort has hired former Channel 4 deputy commissioner Nana Hughes as its head of development.
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NewsBoundless hires The Apprentice exec
Undercover Boss executive producer Cal Turner has joined FremantleMedia UK indie Boundless to oversee the new series of The Apprentice.
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RatingsTake Me Out dumps 1m
SATURDAY: ITV dating format Take Me Out returned for a seventh series with its joint lowest-ever opening performance and over 1m down from last year’s debut.
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NewsBBC quest for disabled The Apprentice candidate
The BBC is on the hunt for the first visibly disabled entrepreneur to star in next year’s series of The Apprentice following criticism over a lack of diversity in previous series of BBC1’s business show.
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RatingsThe Apprentice semi-final recruits 1m
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice added almost 1 million viewers as it rumbled towards its conclusion while BBC2’s Secrets of the Castle ended on a series high.
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RatingsX Factor finale dips to second lowest performance
SUNDAY: The X Factor dipped to its second lowest finale audience as Ben Haenow was crowned winner in front of 9.4m viewers.
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NewsThe Apprentice producer hired by Wall To Wall
Long Lost Family indie Wall To Wall has appointed The Apprentice’s showrunner Cate Hall as an executive producer.
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NewsITV orders Planet's Got Talent
A back-flipping dog and a man who washes himself in soup are set to appear in an ITV spin-off of Britain’s Got Talent.
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RatingsLows for The Apprentice and I'm a Celebrity
WEDNESDAY: I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! slipped to a second low in consecutive nights as The Apprentice also fell to its worst performance of the series.
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NewsE4 orders more Virtually Famous
Viral content panel show Virtually Famous will return for two more series for E4.
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RatingsThe Apprentice and I'm A Celebrity hit by clash
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice and I’m a Celebrity both shed a million viewers as they clashed for the first time at 9pm, and Channel 5’s Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away finished its ten-part run by beating Channel 4.
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NewsStyleHaul plans for growth
StyleHaul is to accelerate its growth plans, including the development of 10 online pilots with Fremantle Media, after RTL Group invested nearly £80m in the multichannel network (MCN).
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NewsFormer Boundless exec Gemma Davies joins US indie
Former Boundless and Twofour exec Gemma Davies has joined the development team of US indie Jane Street Entertainment.
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NewsRTL acquires majority stake in StyleHaul
RTL Group has spent more than $107m (£67m) to take control of a fashion, beauty and lifestyle multi-channel network that features talent such as Zoella and Pixiwoo.
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RatingsThe Apprentice hires 6.7m
TUESDAY: The tenth series of The Apprentice got underway on BBC1 with 6.7m - its best opening performance in three years.