All Zinc Media articles – Page 7
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NewsBBC unveils VE Day season
Testimony Films, Fresh One Productions and Oxford Film and Television are among the indies to have picked up commissions as the BBC unveils a season of programming to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
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NewsPanorama plans Charlie Hebdo tribute
Panorama is planning to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on Paris last week by swapping its end credits for a roll call of the dead.
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NewsC4 ordered to disclose documentation to Ryanair
Channel 4 and Blakeway have been ordered to disclose documents used in a 2013 Dispatches film criticising Ryanair’s fuel policy.
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NewsTen Alps appoints chief executive
Former Future and ITN chief executive Mark Wood has been named chief executive of Ten Alps.
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NewsPanorama investigates Ebola epidemic
Blakeway Productions is to shine a light on the Ebola epidemic in a Panorama film for BBC1.
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NewsRoger Graef to advise Ten Alps chairman
Films of Record founder Roger Graef has formally stepped back from the day-to-day running of the company to become an advisor to Ten Alps chairman Peter Bertram.
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NewsDrama set for return to BBC4
BBC4 is to return to drama with a series of theatrical two-handers produced by Mammoth Screen, as part of the corporation’s ambitious arts push.
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NewsTen Alps eyes profitability after cutting losses
Ten Alps has cut its operating losses to just over £500,000 after a “relatively encouraging” first half of its financial year.
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Eton to open its doors to CBBC
Eton College is to follow Harrow School onto TV for a CBBC documentary made by Blakeway North.
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NewsTen Alps incurs ‘substantial losses’
Ten Alps more than doubled its losses to £8m over its last financial year amid difficult economic conditions and a significant internal restructure.
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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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NewsTen Alps sells NI indie Below the Radar
Ten Alps is moving out of the production sector in Northern Ireland after company execs Michael Fanning and Máire Bhreathnach completed a management buyout of Below the Radar.
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NewsTen Alps revenue falls 18%
Ten Alps’ revenue has fallen 18% to £17.1m amid “stressed” economic conditions.
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NewsC4 orders Leveson doc - and riles MP
A Conservative MP has questioned Channel 4’s impartiality after the broadcaster ordered a Films of Record doc about the Leveson inquiry, presented by Hugh Grant.
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NewsC5 examines why former soldiers become criminals
Channel 5 is to investigate the growing number of ex-servicemen who end up in prison in a two-part documentary.
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NewsBlakeway wins series for China
Blakeway Productions has partnered a Chinese indie to make a landmark series about the West that is being lined up for state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV).
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NewsTen Alps cuts losses
Ten Alps has significantly cut its pre-tax losses after restructuring its finances and raising £3m from shareholders.
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NewsAlex Connock takes new role at Shine Group
Alex Connock is joining Shine Group, taking on the newly-created role of director of new business across its UK companies.
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NewsC4 overhauls current affairs
Channel 4’s decision to tender out contracts for Dispatches and increase the number of films in the documentary strand will give production companies a credible current affairs business model, producers have said.
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NewsConnock resurfaces at Pretend
Alex Connock has resurfaced to take ownership of a Manchester-based indie he established in his final year as chief executive of Ten Alps.