All Sony Pictures Television articles – Page 14
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NewsChannel 4 asks Sony to Marry Me
Channel 4 has picked up US sitcom Marry Me, the first UK deal to emerge from this year’s LA Screenings.
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RatingsToo Many Immigrants transports 3.5m
TUESDAY: Too Many Immigrants fell around 2m short of BBC1’s slot average - as BBC3’s Glasgow Girls outperformed Channel 4’s Utopia.
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NewsSony buys channel operator CSC
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has acquired music, movie and children’s channel operator CSC Media Group for an undisclosed fee – handing it access to two more Freeview slots.
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NewsRTÉ: Format Farm is secure
Irish broadcaster RTÉ has pledged its commitment to its international formats initiative Format Farm following the departure of Tonyia Dowling.
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NewsMultichannel commissions reach £600m
UK multichannel broadcasters spent just short of £600m on original commissions last year, helped by new entrants such as Fox and Lifetime.
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NewsVictory wins National Lottery gameshow
Sony Pictures’ Victory Television has scooped a BBC1 National Lottery gameshow that sees contestants choose their own prizes.
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NewsPlaystation orders TV comic adaptation
Sony Playstation has ordered a TV adaptation of graphic novel Powers, its first move into commissioning big-budget drama to rival the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Xbox.
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NewsDrama set for digital revolution
Senior drama figures have branded Left Bank Pictures’ £100m Netflix commission a landmark moment for British scripted content.
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RatingsCardinal Burns pulls 500k
Madcap sketch show Cardinal Burns returned for a second series on Channel 4 on Wednesday with an audience of 520, 000 – around half the channel’s slot average.
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NewsSony launches NI indie with Secret Fortune duo
Sony Pictures Television is partnering with Secret Fortune creators Kieran Doherty and Matt Worthy to launch a Northern Irish indie.
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NewsBBC3 doc ‘infringed’ privacy of nurse
BBC3 has been rapped for failing to disguise the identity of nurse in a Cherry Healey-fronted documentary examining the health conditions associated with excessive drinking.
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NewsC5 rings up Silver River debt docs
Channel 5 is to explore Britain’s debt problem through three documentaries from Silver River.
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NewsProSieben remakes Release the Hounds
Release the Hounds, the horror gameshow created by Gogglebox Entertainment for ITV2, is to be remade in Germany.
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NewsITV2 lets loose Release The Hounds
ITV2 has commissioned a full series of Gogglebox’s horror gameshow Release The Hounds following a Halloween pilot.
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NewsTalkTalk strikes Sony carriage deal
TalkTalk TV subscribers will be able to watch series including Community and Hot In Cleveland after the telco struck a carriage deal with the Sony Entertainment Television channel.
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NewsSPT backs Warner to bolster UK prospects
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has backed Karl Warner’s Electric Ray to strengthen its UK powerbase, and is looking to emerging territories for future IP deals.
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NewsKarl Warner launches Sony-backed indie
Former BBC entertainment commissioner Karl Warner is launching an indie called Electric Ray with the backing of Sony Pictures Television (SPT).
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NewsSony channel launches on BT
Sony’s UK pay-TV channel Sony Entertainment Television will be available to BT subscribers after the Hollywood studio struck a carriage deal with the telco.
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NewsRonan Bennett to write Wallander finale
Top Boy writer-producer Ronan Bennett is to write the final episodes of Left Bank Pictures’ crime series Wallander starring Ken Branagh.
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NewsRelease The Hounds let loose on YouTube
ITV2 horror gameshow Release The Hounds is heading to YouTube after Sony Pictures Television struck a distribution deal with multi-channel network Collective Digital Studio.