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The Great British Bake Off
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YouGov: ‘death of TV’ is a misnomer
The ‘death of TV’ is a misnomer with overall TV viewing figures fairly steady, despite…
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C4’s £75m Bake Off gamble pays off
UK broadcaster Channel 4’s gamble to pay £75 million (US$97 million) to grab The Great…
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Discovery Lat Am scores BBC Worldwide deal
Discovery Networks Latin America / US Hispanic (DLA / USH) has entered into a first-look…
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INTV: C4 is keeping up with Facebook – CEO
Channel 4 now has 15 million registered All4 users and can compete with the likes…
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BBC: C4 needs regulating after Bake Off coup
The BBC has called for greater content regulation to be imposed on Channel 4, in…
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BBC sells Bake Off format ahead of MIPCOM push
BBC Worldwide has registered new sales for The Great Bake Off ahead of a sales…
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Game of Thrones leads Walking Dead on Twitter
Game of Thrones (top) generated the most Tweets globally among 16 of the World’s most…
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Food Network EMEA preps Paul Hollywood series
Food Network’s channels in the UK and EMEA will next year get an original series…
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BBC Store debuts with ‘comprehensive’ offering
BBC Worldwide has today launched its download-to-own BBC Store, promising access to the “most comprehensive…
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Bake Off rises in BBC-Keshet deal
Israeli free-to-air broadcaster Keshet has acquired British cooking competition format The Great Bake Off. The…
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PBS prepares Great British Bake Off
US pubcaster PBS has acquired The Great British Bake Off as it cements its place…
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More4 orders Cooks’ Question Time
UK broadcaster Channel 4’s More4 channel has commissioned a new foodie series Cooks’ Question Time…
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TBI’s 2013 in review – part one
In this week-long series of articles, TBI editors Stewart Clarke and Jesse Whittock take a…
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UK fare bound for new Norwegian FTA net
British shows such as The Great British Bake-Off and MasterChef UK will make up part…
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News brief: Nutopia hires Love’s head of development
Jane Root’s prodco Nutopia has hired Simon McKeown from The Great British Bake Off producer…
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Staff changes at Bake Off producer Love
Love Productions, the UK indie behind hit format The Great British Bake Off, has promoted…
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Viewpoint: how social media rewired the formats business
Viacom International Media Network’s senior VP Caroline Beaton explains how social media has created a…
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Sex, Drugs and Restaurant wars
“Chefs are the new rock stars,” says Mike Beale, head of formats at ITV Studios,…
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BBC cooks up Norway deal for Bake Off
BBC Worldwide has sold its hit cooking format The Great British Bake Off into Norway….
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Bake Off to rise in the US
Hit UK format The Great British Bake Off has been sold to CBS, which will…