All articles by John Elmes – Page 35
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NewsBBC2 snaps up Australian comedy Colin from Accounts
Paramount-distributed series was one of the buzziest titles of the LA Screenings
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NewsTim Davie: Gary Lineker to abide by editorial guidelines
Director general defends BBC action as “proportionate” and refutes accusations of lack of impartiality
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NewsVIS UK factual lead sets up with Objective Media Group
Oliver Wright and All3Media outfit set up unscripted label
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NewsGary Lineker: Tim Davie has “almost impossible job”
Match of the Day presenter lends support to director general, vows to continue to “fight the good fight together”
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NewsBBC to launch social media review as Gary Lineker returns
Davie apologises for disruption for “difficult” time for the BBC’s sports output
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NewsGary Lineker MOTD fallout: what we know so far
Football Focus pulled from schedule Final Score is set for same fate, as pudits and presenters pull out
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RatingsCrufts competes with 1.3m
THURSDAY: Launch of the annual canine competition beats last year’s opener
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NewsNetflix nabs global rights to Pulse Films’ Lewis Capaldi doc
Feature-length single is directed by Bafta-winning Joe Pearlman
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NewsShaftesbury adds ex-Catalyst Global Media development chief
Canadian outfit appoints former BBC script editor Chris Farrer to bolster its international co-pros
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NewsHollywood heavyweights help History mark 250 years of the USA
Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd front docs heading up a slate that also includes Lifetime and A&E orders
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NewsWorkerbee lands Janet Jackson follow-up doc
Banijay UK label reteaming with global icon for doc marking her 50 years in music
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NewsNetflix and BBC alum Chris Sussman scores Banijay UK scripted deal
Veteran commissioner will work across super-indie’s scripted labels to devise original programming
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NewsABC readies Motherland US
Paul Feig-backed remake, revealed by Broadcast in 2021, switches from Hulu to linear channel
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NewsReed Hastings: Netflix is EU’s ‘biggest builder of cross-European culture’
Founder and executive chairman talks up streamer’s soft power in Europe in driving interest in other countries’ programming
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NewsLondon TV Screenings reaches “critical mass”
Distributors prep for event to become mainstay of calendar; buyers acknowledge unscripted competition and need for non-studio-based shows
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NewsAvalon hires former Sony exec to head US scripted production team
Jenelle Lindsay takes up senior LA-based role
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NewsMaverick and BBC vet John Hesling heads to Fox Alternative Entertainment
Exec to oversee all unscripted programming at Fox in-house studio
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NewsFAST: fifth of £2.5bn UK online ad-supported video market by 2027
Revenues projected to quadruple to £422m according to Blue Ant International research
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NewsJohn Landgraf and Simran Sethi handed expanded Disney roles
FX chief to oversee Nat Geo and Onyx Collective while ABC Entertainment boss adds Freeform responsibilities
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NewsArlo music drama in works with Sky
Artist and actor developed scripted series with Lionsgate TV and Eleven Film