All Fremantle articles – Page 47
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NewsBBC orders Life of Brian drama
A new BBC drama is to explore the controversy surrounding the Life of Brian following its release and use it to discuss the subject of free speech.
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NewsFMX eyes click-to-buy for Sorted after trial
FremantleMedia is considering introducing click-to-buy hotspots into its online food channel Sorted following a trial with interactive tagging business Wirewax.
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NewsLewis leaves Talkback for Cineflix UK
Camilla Lewis is leaving Talkback Thames after six years to become managing director of Cineflix Productions UK.
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NewsMentorn poaches Talkback factual exec
Claudia Lewis, Talkback Thames’ head of specialist factual, is to join Mentorn Media as an executive producer.
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NewsIT Crowd to end, says Linehan
Graham Linehan, creator of Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd, has hinted the fifth series could be its last.
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NewsKidnap and Ransom to return
ITV has recommissioned hostage negotiation drama Kidnap and Ransom, starring Trevor Eve.
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NewsCowell eyes X Factor move
Simon Cowell has hinted that the 2011 X Factor final could move away from Fountain Studios to an arena.
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NewsOfcom clears raunchy X Factor performances - just
Ofcom is to revise the rules governing family entertainment shows after ruling that The X Factor final performances by Rihanna and Christina Aguilera were “at the very margin of acceptability”.
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NewsIndie survey records first fall in revenues
The value of the UK independent production sector tumbled by almost 10% to £1.74bn in 2010 - the first time it has fallen since Broadcast’s Indie Survey began in 2003.
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NewsFincham: ITV not over-reliant on X Factor
Peter Fincham has insisted that ITV is not over-reliant on mega brands The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent.
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NewsTalkback gets Squeamish and Shackleton doc
Talkback Thames has won a $3m (£1.84m) commission from the Discovery Channel, and will make a documentary on Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton for National Geographic.
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NewsTalkback drama chief heads back to Casualty
Johnathan Young, head of drama at Talkback Thames and the former executive producer of The Bill, is to join the BBC, replacing Holby and Casualty boss Belinda Campbell.
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NewsITV rapped over X Factor guest promotions
Ofcom has censured ITV for promoting downloads of guest performers on The X Factor and for broadcasting flashing images.
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NewsTV faces freelancer brain drain
More than half of TV freelancers expect to have quit the industry in 10 years’ time, according to a major survey of the sector by Broadcast.
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NewsX Factor magazine closed
The X Factor’s spin-off magazine has been closed after the seventh series of the hit ITV show ended last week.
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NewsX Factor site pulls in 12 million users
This year’s series of The X Factor attracted 12 million unique users to a dedicated site on itv.com, an increase of 16% year on year.
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NewsX Factor phone votes gross £5.4m
The X Factor stakeholders are likely to have grossed at least £5.4m from telephone voting during this year’s series.
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NewsX Factor "fix" draws 50 complaints to ITV
ITV has received around 50 complaints over the “fix” row surrounding the semi-final of The X Factor - with hundreds more expected to be reported by Ofcom.
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NewsTalkback poaches I’m A Celebrity exec producer to run X Factor
Talkback Thames is to hand Beth Hart showrunner responsibilities for the next series of The X Factor after poaching her from the role of executive producer on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here.