All Broadcast articles in 12 August 2011
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RatingsBishop takes Corbett in comedy face-off
SATURDAY: John Bishop’s sideways glance at Britain for BBC1 outgunned Ronnie Corbett’s comedy tour of the country for ITV1.
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NewsTinopolis closes US indie deal
Welsh super-indie Tinopolis has completed its acquisition of US indie Base Productions, in a deal worth an estimated £45m.
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NewsBBC unveils iPlayer TV revamp
A new version of iPlayer that will appear on Youview has been unveiled by the BBC as it overhauls its VoD app for connected TVs.
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NewsElisabeth Murdoch delays move to News Corp board
Shine Group’s chief executive Elisabeth Murdoch will not join the News Corporation board at the current time because she feels it would be “inappropriate”.
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RatingsWest Ham v Cardiff peaks with 2.7m
SUNDAY: West Ham’s first clash on the road back to the Premier League scored the biggest crowd for a sporting event at the weekend.
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NewsBBCW signs production deal with Starz
BBC Worldwide has secured a multi-year production and distribution partnership with US broadcaster Starz.
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RatingsNature’s Giants spouts 1.5m
SUNDAY: A special focus on the sperm whale helped Inside Nature’s Giants spout its best ratings in more than a year, as Dragons’ Den continued to breath fire into BBC2’s schedule.
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Discovery triples audience with Norway massacre doc
SUNDAY: A fast turnaround documentary analysing what led Andrew Breivik to kill 76 people on 22 July drew more than three times Discovery’s normal audience.
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NewsUsain Bolt to star in C4 ident
Record-breaking sprinter Usain Bolt will become the first person to star in a Channel 4 ident, marking the broadcaster’s coverage of the IAAF World Athletics Championships.
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RatingsITV1 murder series draws 2.4m
FRIDAY: The launch of ITV1 factual series Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son drew a below average audience on its debut.
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Trio launch animation producer
New production company Factory Transmedia has bought Altrincham’s Hullabaloo Studios and has 30 people working on its first project, CBBC animation Strange Hill High
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NewsPanasonic, Samsung and Sony prep 3D standard
Panasonic, Samsung and Sony have joined forces to launch a range of universal 3D glasses in an effort to speed up the adoption of 3D technology.
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CommentObituary: Witold Starecki
Witold Starecki was a film-maker who came to the UK from Poland in the mid-Eighties and won huge critical acclaim for a host of memorable films.
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RatingsRiots draw 7.1m to BBC News
MONDAY: The rioting and unrest in London and other cities around the UK helped the 10pm BBC News bulletin to its biggest audience of the year.
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NewsITV Player breaks 1m downloads on mobile
ITV has seen more than a million downloads of its ITV Player in just five weeks.
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NewsGoldman relinquishes Power
Danny Goldman, chief executive of indie Power, has stepped down after just six months.
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NewsE4 acquires Charlie’s Angels
A glossy remake of ‘70s TV series Charlie’s Angels has been acquired for broadcast by Channel 4.
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NewsLocal TV locations revealed
The government has named 65 UK towns and cities in the running to host a local TV channel.