All Fremantle articles – Page 43
-
RatingsX Factor finale second lowest-rated ever
The X Factor finale performed to its second lowest audience on record on Sunday as Sam Bailey was crowned champion.
-
NewsBBC1 brings back Break The Safe
BBC1 is bringing back Fremantle Media’s National Lottery quiz show for a second run.
-
NewsFremantle chief predicts boom for in-app voting
The X Factor digital chief Peter Cassidy has predicted that apps will play an increasingly important role in paid-for voting for TV shows after a bumper series.
-
RatingsX Factor semi-final outshines 2012
The X Factor semi-final outperformed last year’s outing, but was still easily beaten by a series high for Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday.
-
NewsITV renews X Factor and BGT for three more years
ITV has confirmed that it has commissioned another three series of Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor in a deal thought to be worth £150m.
-
NewsBaldwin gets Dragon backing
Dan Baldwin is to establish a production company with Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones after his departure from Talkback was revealed last week.
-
NewsFremantleMedia UK legal boss departs
FremantleMedia UK’s legal and business affairs boss Mary Burrows has joined media law firm Lee & Thompson.
-
RatingsBig band week lifts X Factor
Big band week helped lift The X Factor to its best live Saturday performance of the year.
-
NewsDan Baldwin to leave Talkback
Celebrity Juice creator Dan Baldwin is to leave Talkback after five years to set up his own production company.
-
NewsFremantle buys stake in Danish indie Miso
FremantleMedia has bought a majority stake in Miso Films, the Danish producer behind ITV3 drama Those Who Kill.
-
RatingsStrictly hits high note as X Factor falters
The X Factor dipped to a series low on Saturday night for ITV as BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing twirled to its best performance of 2013.
-
NewsBBC3 recruits for World’s Toughest Jobs
BBC3 is to send three young people overseas to take on some of the world’s toughest jobs.
-
NewsITV to renew X Factor and BGT for three more years
ITV is on the brink of renewing The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent until the end of 2016 in a deal that will open the door for Simon Cowell to return to the Dermot O’Leary-fronted singing contest.
-
RatingsX Factor loses its lustre
The shortening days always come as a disappointment, even though, without fail, it happens every year. But it feels especially poignant this year, as we bid adieu to the long hot days of the Grand Summer of 2013.
-
NewsTiger Aspect hires Clare Handford as head of factual
Tiger Aspect has appointed former Sky commissioner Clare Handford as head of factual programming.
-
RatingsThe X Factor slumps to low
The X Factor’s spate of off-key Saturday night performances continued, as the ITV show was watched by the smallest audience of the series so far.
-
RatingsFirst live X Factor hits a bum note
The first live X Factor of the year hit a dodgy note in the battle with Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday - but ITV did enjoy some success with the return of Jonathan Ross.
-
RatingsStrictly outsteps The X Factor
Strictly Come Dancing waltzed off with 1.3m more viewers than The X Factor on Saturday - as Atlantis failed to match the launch of Merlin.
-
RatingsThe X Factor's final auditions draw 8.8m
The final closed-doors audition round of The X Factor was watched by the show’s second lowest audience of the series on Saturday.
-
RatingsStrictly opener beats The X Factor
Strictly Come Dancing launched with nearly 8.5m viewers on Saturday - outmanoeuvring rival ITV entertainment show The X Factor.