All articles by Robin Parker – Page 125
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NewsDisney inks comedy deal with Microsoft
MIPCOM: Disney-ABC-ESPN Television has signed its first Europe-wide distribution deal for its multiplatform content arm Stage 9 Digital Media.
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NewsGreen's Extreme Fishing dodges censure
Ofcom has thrown out 26 complaints of animal cruelty against Five's show Extreme Fishing with Robson Green.
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NewsC4 hires Raphael
North One head of factual Mark Raphael has left the indie after 14 years to join Channel 4's commissioning team.
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CommentBlog: C4 Radio tunes out
As Channel 4 announces that it has scrapped plans to launch its own radio station, Robin Parker reflects on where it all went wrong.
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VideoVideo: CBeebies' show Kerwhizz
Watch an exclusive clip from CBeebies' hi-tech CGI gameshow Kerwhizz.
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NewsC4 scraps radio plans
Channel 4 has scrapped its plans to enter the commercial radio market, with the loss of up to 15 jobs.
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NewsInteractive broadcast providers named
Phone services regulator PhonepayPlus has named the first 13 companies that will provide phone-in interactive broadcast services.
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NewsAll3M names Wrigley ent boss
All3Media has appointed Ruth Wrigley as its first group-wide entertainment executive to help its indies fast track Saturday night entertainment formats.
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NewsStudio Lambert to send bosses undercover for C4
Channel 4 is planting bosses in the workplace in a factual format from the team behind the first series of The Secret Millionaire.
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NewsBBC1 helps desperate homeowners
BBC1 is lining up a UK version of Canadian property show The Unsellables, which aims to offer a helping hand to homeowners desperate to sell their properties.
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NewsHat Trick to produce its first online drama
Hat Trick's multimedia and drama departments have teamed up for the first time to produce the indie's first online drama, commissioned by car manufacturer Ford's media agency MindShare.
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NewsTop brass reshuffle at Kudos
Kudos' director of drama Simon Crawford Collins and commercial director Daniel Isaacs have taken over from Jane Featherstone and Stephen Garrett as the Shine-owned indie's joint managing directors.
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NewsWhite men still dominate boards
Broadcasters are making modest improvements in their employment of minorities, but boards are increasingly dominated by white men.
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NewsEndemol names regional CEO
Endemol has hired its first chief executive for Central and Eastern Europe.
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NewsDerren Brown turns his sleight hand to acting
Illusionist Derren Brown is to make his acting debut in BBC4's Christmas ghost story Crooked House.
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NewsAb Fab set for US makeover
Absolutely Fabulous is set for a makeover for the US from the producers of Arrested Development and Two and a Half Men.
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NewsBurnham: No place for new music on TV
Culture secretary Andy Burnham has criticised TV's “cosy” relationship with the music industry and urged more risk-taking in primetime output.
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NewsIannucci to produce library sitcom
The BBC has ordered a pilot of an sitcom set in a library from Father Ted co-creator Arthur Mathews and Armando Iannucci.
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NewsBBC lines up daytime QI
The BBC has commissioned a pilot of a BBC2 daytime spin-off of QI as the erudite panel show prepares to move to BBC1.