All Fremantle articles – Page 41
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NewsX Factor UK completes international deals
The X Factor UK will be broadcast in 147 territories after Syco Entertainment and FremantleMedia International completed a raft of international distribution deals.
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NewsEuston Films appoints development boss
Former BBC Drama development executive Noemi Spanos has joined FremantleMedia UK indie Euston Films as head of development.
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RatingsCelebrity Juice returns with four-year low
THURSDAY: ITV2’s Celebrity Juice returned with its lowest debut audience in four years, while Educating The East End lost half a million viewers.
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NewsX Factor lined up for Friday nights
The X Factor is to air three times a week after ITV added the talent show to its Friday evening schedule – setting it on a collision course with BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing.
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RatingsThe X Factor wobbles on second outing
SUNDAY: The X Factor faltered in its second outing after making a promising start on Saturday evening.
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RatingsThe X Factor underway with 9.5m
SATURDAY: Simon Cowell’s return to The X Factor helped add around 300,000 viewers to last year’s opener as the competition got underway with 9.5m viewers.
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NewsITV2 orders Keith Lemon sketch show
ITV2 has ordered a brand new sketch show starring Leigh Francis’ Keith Lemon produced by Fremantle Media’s Talkback.
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NewsE4 orders Chewing Gum comedy series
Retort has been commissioned to produce a comedy series for E4 about a God-fearing twenty-something woman dealing with growing up.
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NewsVice seeks food ideas for Munchies channel
Vice has called out for fresh food ideas from traditional TV producers as its online channel Munchies moves out of beta.
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NewsMiranda Hart's Generation Game revival in the balance
Miranda Hart’s involvement in BBC1’s revival of The Generation Game has been thrown into doubt, as the channel unveiled a swathe of commissions, including a Karl Warner-produced entertainment format.
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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.