All Broadcast articles in 12 June 2015
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FeaturesFinding a new home for TFI Friday
With Riverside Studios reduced to rubble, one of the first tasks for TFI’s producers was to find a replacement home for the anniversary special.
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NewsBack In Time For Dinner to return with a twist
BBC2 is to follow up hit factual format Back In Time For Dinner with a fresh series examining how family pastimes have changed over the past 65 years.
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NewsBBC Studios company established without approval
The BBC has incorporated a company for BBC Studios without yet having formal clearance to push ahead with plans to commercialise the in-house production division.
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NewsRavensbourne students get ready for end-of-year awards
Three students from Ravensbourne’s undergraduate Broadcast Engineering course have been nominated for the 2015 Broadcast TECH Award.
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NewsIndies achieve Albert+ certification
Raise the Roof, Buccaneer Media, CPL Productions and So TV have been awarded Bafta Albert+ certification after creating sustainable productions.
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NewsIn brief: DAB trial; Distrify Media
60 local DAB stations are to launch as part of an Ofcom trial, while Glasgow-based VoD firm Distrify Media opens a China office.
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PodcastTalking TV: ITV indie land-grab & BBC3
The latest edition of Talking TV hears from BBC3 digital controller Damian Kavanagh on his plans for the channel online.
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NewsTriForce winner lands ITV development
A young screenwriter has won a paid development commission with ITV after winning the WriterSlam competition set up by talent development firm TriForce Creative Network (TCN).
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RatingsThe Tribe recruits 1.7m
THURSDAY: Channel 4’s latest fixed-rig series The Tribe and BBC2 drama Stonemouth started life with solid audiences.
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CommentNew BBC Charter will call for new skills
With Charter review round the corner, the BBC needs to think carefully about what its organisational structure looks like, says Ben Bird
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CriticsTV Critics: Stonemouth; The Tribe; The Marriage of Reason and Squalor
“Though it lacks true knuckle-chewing suspense, it works well enough. But the love story is dissatisfying and uninvolving.”
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NewsKatie Hopkins show produced by Dapper Laughs creator & Question Time indie
The co-creators of controversial ITV2 series Dapper Laughs On The Pull have partnered with Question Time indie Mentorn Media on a Katie Hopkins-fronted panel show for TLC.
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NewsBBC Trust to review statistics reporting
The BBC Trust has launched a year-long review of how the corporation’s news and current affairs shows report statistics.
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NewsRupert Murdoch to 'step down as Fox chief executive'
Rupert Murdoch is preparing to step down as chief executive officer of 21st Century Fox, according to numerous reports in the US.
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NewsBBC warned over efforts to access tax breaks
The BBC Trust has reminded the BBC that it must safeguard its financial reputation after failing to let the governing body know it was setting up companies to secure tax breaks.
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NewsLabour to fight for licence fee increase
The Labour Party will fight for the BBC to secure some form of increase in licence fee funding during charter renewal, according to the shadow culture secretary.
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NewsCresswell steps down as Arqiva chief exec
Arqiva chief executive John Cresswell is to step down from his role with the broadcast infrastructure and facilities firm.
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NewsNick Jr acquires Teletubbies for US
US kids broadcaster Nickelodeon has acquired the remake of the Teletubbies after it struck a deal with distributor DHX Media.
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RatingsThe Interceptor dents Long Lost Family
WEDNESDAY: BBC1 crime drama The Interceptor got underway with 3.7m denting the fortunes of ITV’s Long Lost Family.
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NewsWhittingdale appoints former Sky exec as advisor
New culture secretary John Whittingdale has appointed a former Sky director of public affairs as his senior policy advisor.