All October Films articles – Page 6
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NewsAd firms plan to rival GME
Major advertising agencies including Publicis Omnicom are planning to become rivals to GroupM Entertainment by funding TV content, Broadcast understands.
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NewsC4 hires arts chief
Channel 4 has appointed D-Day As It Happens-commissioner John Hay as its arts head, replacing Tabitha Jackson.
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NewsRTS Craft & Design winners revealed
BT Sport and Channel 4 doc D-Day: As it Happens were among the winners at this year’s RTS Craft & Design Awards.
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NewsC4 plans to walk the Nile
Channel 4 is to track adventurer Levison Wood as he takes part in a year-long challenge to walk the length of the River Nile.
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NewsDancing on Ice leads RTS Craft & Design Awards nominations
Dancing on Ice has picked up four nominations at this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) Craft & Design Awards.
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FeaturesQ&A: Elizabeth McIntyre, Discovery
Discovery’s Elizabeth McIntyre reveals her commissioning wishlist
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NewsDiscovery partners with NFTS on factual course
Discovery Networks International has partnered with the National Film and Television School (NFTS) to launch a factual development and production course to find the generation of producers.
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NewsITV & C4 among Emmy winners
ITV, Channel 4 and UK indies including Hardcash and Clover Films were among the winners at the Emmys and International Emmys.
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NewsFirst-look competition heats up
Competition for British content is intensifying as global distributors put a greater focus on beating their UK counterparts to first-look deals with indies.
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NewsDNI Lat Am scouts UK indies
Discovery Networks International’s (DNI) Latin American commissioning hub has placed several orders with UK-based producers and its boss plans to come to the UK to scope out further opportunities.
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NewsBBCW hires two execs to add 50 more hours
BBC Worldwide has extended its original commissioning drive to 150 hours by 2014/15 and hired UKTV commissioner Julie Swanston and former Channel 4 programming executive Lucy Pilkington to help manage the process.
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NewsBBCW adds firepower to commissioning team
BBC Worldwide has recruited UKTV commissioner Julie Swanston and former Channel 4 programming executive Lucy Pilkington as it continues its global channels original content push.
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NewsITV orders October trauma doc
ITV will become the latest broadcaster to delve into the world of a medical emergency unit with a series from October Films.
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NewsEdit producer role comes under scrutiny at Doc/Fest
The increasing power of the edit producer was again under the spotlight at a heated Directors UK session debate at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsLondon Live hires Cook to run news & current affairs
Former Channel 5 deputy news editor and Sky entertainment commissioner Vikki Cook has been appointed head of news and current affairs for local TV station London Live.
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NewsOctober wins drama doc order for US cable channel
October Films has won a major drama documentary commission from Investigation Discovery, a new US customer for the indie.
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NewsCineflix and October strike deal
Cineflix Rights has negotiated an exclusive first-look deal with Rude Tube producer October Films, beating a host of rivals including Zodiak Rights.
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NewsC4 looks to fine-tune Dispatches output deals
Channel 4 has begun negotiations with key Dispatches suppliers, with a view to evolving the multiple film output deal structure introduced last year.
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NewsDNI recommissions over 50 hours
Discovery Networks International has ordered 54 hours of original content from UK producers as it recommissions five series for 2013.
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NewsTwitter users supply C4 doc content
A Dispatches film fronted by Tim Lovejoy has become the strand’s latest multiplatform experiment to use crowd-sourced content from Twitter.