All articles by Matthew Campelli – Page 57
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Celebrity Squares worth £2.2m to DCD
ITV’s revival of classic gameshow Celebrity Squares will generate £2.2m in revenue for producer DCD Media, it has emerged.
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Good Morning Britain deputy editor to step down
Good Morning Britain deputy editor of news Simon Cole is to leave the show for family health reasons.
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C4 heads back to The Island
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of survival show The Island with Bear Grylls, although it is yet to decide if it will return as an all-male format.
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US Writers Guild at odds with ITV over benefits
ITV has been invited to give evidence at a hearing hosted by New York City Council in light of complaints made by the Writers Guild America (WGA) about benefits for its members.
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C4 set to match brands with indies to boost AFP
Channel 4 is gearing up to help match indies with commercial partners in a bid to create more ad-funded programming (AFP) for television and online.
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Online plan for 2015 election
The BBC, ITV and Sky will need to be “more innovative” in their approach to the 2015 General Election debates, experts have claimed, after a bid last week to host one of the events online.
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ITV D-Day doc spearheads e-book strategy
ITV is planning to ramp up its publishing strategy with the release of its first e-book, which will support a documentary on the D-Day landings.
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David Abraham to deliver MacTaggart
Channel 4’s David Abraham is to deliver the keynote MacTaggart Lecture at this year’s Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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ITVS secures bumper Come Dine With Me order
ITV Studios has inked a bumper renewal deal with French-Canadian broadcaster V Tele for the format of Come Dine With Me.
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C4 reshuffles distribution team
Channel 4 has overhauled its channel distribution division with the merger of its linear channels, VoD services and programmes teams.
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Big Star Little Star secures format deals
ITV Studios has signed four international format deals with broadcasters to re-version family entertainment show Big Star’s Little Star.
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Outline wins 14 hours of BBC content
Outline Productions has won 14 hours worth of content from the BBC, including a BBC1 show investigating dangerous driving.
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Lewin added to C4 comedy team
Channel 4 has appointed Liz Lewin to its comedy commissioning team as deputy head of comedy Nerys Evans takes her maternity leave.
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Kate Quilton steps down from C4 digital role
C4 is on the hunt for a new multiplatform commissioner after Kate Quilton stepped down from the position to pursue a full-time career in presenting.
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Celebrity Juice producer wins first commission for new indie
Celebrity Juice producer Dan Baldwin has won his first commission for Hungry Bear Media - a viral content panel show for E4.
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History plans Columbus shipwreck doc
History and October Films have teamed up to explore the site of the shipwrecked vessel of Christopher Columbus, the Santa Maria.
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Guardian, Telegraph and YouTube launch election debate bid
Newspaper publishers Guardian Media Group and Telegraph Media Group have joined forces with YouTube in a bid to host an online leaders’ debate in the run-up to the 2015 General Election.
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C4 sends Jon Richardson on road trip
Channel 4 is sending comedian Jon Richardson on the road to discover what is takes to be a ‘happy adult’ for its latest order from Open Mike Productions.
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Sanjeev Bhaskar fronts Wildseed pilot
Goodness Gracious Me star Sanjeev Bhaskar is to voice the lead character in Spin Kick Bros’ online animation Rajesh Finesse, backed by Wildseed Studios.
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UTV boosted by World Cup build-up
UTV’s finances have been boosted by TalkSport’s football coverage in the build-up to the World Cup as the radio division posted healthy quarter one results.