All articles by Robin Parker – Page 87
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NewsBebo open to pitches after end of Originals
Bebo has insisted it will continue to entertain advertiser-supported pitches for web commissions despite closing its original production business.
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NewsDisability champions celebrated in new awards scheme
CBeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell, war correspondent Frank Gardner and Channel 4 commissioner Alison Walsh received awards in an inaugural scheme to celebrate success in the on-screen depiction of disabilities.
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NewsSTV launches new £12m claim against ITV
STV’s legal challenge against ITV has entered the digital arena, with a claim for up to £12m in damages relating to the exploitation of new media rights.
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NewsC4 to stage plane crash
Channel 4 is broadcast the crash-landing of a 300-seat passenger jet for a new documentary.
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FeaturesUS/UK comedy: Spreading the laughter
American and British sitcoms are coming together as US and UK writers join forces and hybrid production models emerge. Robin Parker talks to the leading players.
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NewsOscar-winning producers form doc alliance
The Oscar-winning producers of documentaries Man On Wire and One Day In September have teamed up for an informal co-production deal.
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NewsC4 calls time on Wife Swap
Wife Swap and How Clean Is Your House? have become the latest Channel 4 formats to fall victim to the broadcaster’s plan to clear the decks for new shows over the next 18 months.
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NewsC4 examines foreigners' role in UK history
Channel 4 has commissioned three indies to produce a 4 x 60-minute series of drama documentaries looking at the role that foreigners have played in key moments in British history.
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NewsIndia season tops C4 doc slate
An India season, life on the maternity ward, teen BNP members and Amy Winehouse’s dad are among the highlights of C4’s documentary slate over the coming months.
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NewsLocke: Time to end ‘disconnect’
Channel 4 education commissioning editor Matt Locke has urged broadcasters, including his own employer, to end the “disconnect” between TV commissioners and cross-platform teams.
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CommentCollision / Gary Glitter
Kat McMahon and Robin Parker share their views on the latest shows.
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NewsC4 technical problems anger viewers
Technical problems dominated C4’s complaints log last month, with 300 viewers contacting the broadcaster over disruption to Hollywood movie America’s Sweethearts and HBO import True Blood.
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NewsPopular factual commissioners outline wishlists
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Popular factual commissioners at the BBC, Channel 4 and Five have outlined their wishlists for the coming year.
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NewsSky 1 hunts new factual talent
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Sky 1 plans to use the 8pm slot that was previously home to The Simpsons to break new popular factual presenting talent.
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NewsSpecialist factual feels the pinch in peak
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Channel 4 has to “raise its game” in specialist factual and deliver more “polarising” programming if it is to compete in peaktime, according to commissioning exec Ralph Lee.
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NewsBroadcasters outline doc wishlists
Sheffield Doc/Fest: ITV1 is looking to commission several blue-chip documentary singles from top-end film-makers for 9pm.
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NewsStoryville doc scoops green award
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Henry Singer, the documentary maker best known for 9/11 documentary Falling Man, has won an environmental award for his latest project.
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NewsTax relief heads up doc makers' demands on MPs
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Documentary producers are to lobby politicians to offer tax relief for public service programming as part of a shortlist of demands to bolster factual output.
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NewsMPs criticise More4 over Crufts
A cross-party group of MPs has criticised More4 for picking up next year’s Crufts in a report prompted by BBC1 documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed.