All Broadcast articles in 12 March 2015
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NewsVitec Videocom reorganises business units
Vitec Videocom has restructured its management team and split the division into three business units.
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NewsEnvy pushes into ads and branded content
Envy has recruited former Framestore client services director Jane White to head up its new advertising and entertainment venture.
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RatingsComic Relief ratings hit low
FRIDAY: Comic Relief pulled in its lowest audience since at least 1999 despite breaking the £1bn fundraising mark.
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NewsMarvellous triumphs at BPG Awards
BBC2’s scripted output led the way at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, as Pete Bowker’s Marvellous picked up two gongs.
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NewsPanorama editor: broadcasters increasingly 'squeamish'
Broadcasters have become increasingly “squeamish” and worried about causing offence” according to Panorama editor Ceri Thomas.
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NewsScience season examined by BBC
Masterchef star Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey will investigate the way in which Britain’s favourite food is made in a three-part BBC2 science documentary from Voltage TV.
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NewsZodiak Rights to cull 10 jobs
Zodiak Rights is set to make around 10 staff redundant in its factual, formats and UK sales divisions after conducting a strategic review.
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Behind The ScenesRichard E Grant's 7 Deadly Sins, Discovery
A genre-bending exploration of the animal instincts inside us all proved an eye-opening experience for Benedetta Pinelli
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NewsLenny Henry awarded for diversity work
Lenny Henry is to be honoured at the Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards today for his contribution to television and championing industry diversity.
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NewsBBC ties with tech giants for digital initiative
The BBC has partnered with Google, Microsoft and Samsung to deliver its Make It Digital education initiative.
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NewsPulse hires former NBC Universal president
Former NBC Universal and Warner Music executive Patrick Vien has joined Pulse Films as president.
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CommentEducating Londoners about Yorkshire
Investment in regional production is answer to capital’s rising cost of living, writes Jess Fowle
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NewsBBC2 plans Grand Theft Auto drama
BBC2 has commissioned a 90-minute drama focusing on the British coders behind controversial computer game Grand Theft Auto (GTA).
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NewsOverview: ITV’s production empire
Talpa Media pushed ITV’s production acquisitions into double figures under chief executive Adam Crozier. Broadcast runs the rule over the company’s growing empire.
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CriticsTV Critics: Spicing Up Britain; Secrets of Mexico's Drug War; In and Out of the Kitchen
“So many bowls of bhuna, plates of prawn balls and buttered baguettes flashed before us that I began to feel travel sick.”
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RatingsIn and Out of the Kitchen falls short of Detectorists
WEDNESDAY: BBC4 sitcom In and Out of the Kitchen failed to gain the traction of The Detectorists, while BBC2’s suffragette series concluded on a series high.
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NewsIn Brief: Gracepoint, CBBC renews Eve, High Noon
ITV Encore acquired Broadchurch remake Gracepoint and CBBC renews Leopard Drama’s Eve. Click for more in today’s round-up.
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NewsITV looks to Talpa for next hits
A floral competition series and an interactive photo gameshow could be the part of the next tranche of formats that ITV Studios shops around the world after taking full control of John De Mol’s Talpa Media.
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NewsC4 investigates end of the world
Oxford Film and Television will explore threats to the existence of the Earth in an apocalyptic one-off documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsBroadcast TECH launches into Europe
Broadcast’s bi-monthly sister magazine Broadcast TECH will be distributed to facilities around Europe from next month.