All News articles – Page 1881
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NewsBBC preps Laurel and Hardy biopic
BBC has ordered a biopic of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy produced by the BBC’s comedy arm and Harvey Weinstein’s US indie.
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NewsSky Movies: Netflix not a competitor
Sky Movies boss Ian Lewis has told the Screen International Film Summit that Sky does not consider VoD services Netflix and LoveFilm as competitors.
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NewsUK firms head to Asia TV Forum
UK producers and distributors attending the Asia Television Forum, including Cineflix and TVF, have closed a series of pre-show deals.
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NewsBBC Savile review put back to 2014
Dame Janet Smith’s review into sexual harassment at the BBC during Jimmy Savile’s tenure will not be finalised until the end of January 2014.
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NewsBBC1 to go Inside KFC
BBC1 will go behind the scenes at fast food giant KFC as part of Charlotte Moore’s ambition to reinvigorate the channel’s factual output.
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News4Shorts out the gate with celeb skiing shorts
Channel 4 has commissioned a slew of short-form content to support its forthcoming celebrity skiing show The Jump.
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NewsDCD Rights secures Liberty of London pre-sales
DCD Rights has sold Channel 4’s forthcoming Liberty of London ob doc series to broadcasters in Australia and Norway.
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NewsBroadcast and RTS celebrate Hot 100
Broadcast and the RTS are joining forces to celebrate the magazine’s Hot 100, with members of RTS Futures invited to hear from some of industry’s leading lights at the event.
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NewsCompany Pictures options rights to plane crash thriller
Company Pictures has optioned TV rights to Sarah Lotz’s novel The Three, with the intention of turning the novel and its sequel into an international mini-series.
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NewsKrishan Arora to help French producer evolve
Former BBC indies exec Krishan Arora is to to work with French factual producer Gedeon to help shape its output and identify co-production opportunities in the UK and overseas.
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NewsPaul O’Grady tends to Animal Orphans for ITV
ITV is to extend its slate of Paul O’Grady animal programming by sending the presenter to meet orphaned wildlife in the Africa.
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NewsFox buys Will Ferrell miniseries
UK pay-TV broadcaster Fox has acquired Will Ferrell and Jessica Alba-fronted US miniseries The Spoils of Babylon.
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NewsSugar urges BBC to remove 'layers of jobsworths'
The Apprentice star and former YouView chairman Lord Sugar has criticised the BBC for being “heavily overstaffed” and argued that the BBC Trust should be scrapped.
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NewsBBC hires ITV News and The Times deputy editors
BBC News has hired the deputy editor of ITV News and of The Times as James Harding builds his senior management team.
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NewsITV confirms Rising Star deal
ITV has confirmed that it has acquired Israeli musical talent competition Rising Star in its quest for a breakthrough entertainment hit.
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NewsBroadcast Awards 2014: Best Post House nominees revealed
The facilities in the running for the Best Post Production House award have been revealed.
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NewsFlix to open facility next to MediaCityUK
Manchester post firm Flix is opening a 24,000 sq ft facility next to MediaCityUK.
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NewsRebrand for Deluxe 142 to align with US and Canada
Deluxe 142 will be rebranded as Encore from next week to bring the UK facility into line with its US and Canadian counterparts.
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NewsCrewing Company opens up in United Arab Emirates
The Crewing Company is setting up a new division at the Twofour54 media campus in the United Arab Emirates.
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NewsWRN Broadcast and CSC Media sign multi-year deal
WRN Broadcast has signed an exclusive multi-year contract with CSC Media