All Broadcast articles in 19 August 2016
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VideoVIDEO: Sean Conway: On the Edge
Tuesday’s Child tracks the adventurer on an ultra-triathlon for Discovery.
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NewsNetflix's Black Mirror to debut at TIFF
Netflix’s Black Mirror episodes are to be screened for the first time at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) as the event sharpens its international focus.
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NewsBBC traces Boy George career
BBC2 is to shine a spotlight on the career of Boy George after ordering a documentary from IWC.
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NewsDeal or No Deal axed by C4
Channel 4 has confirmed long-running gameshow Deal or No Deal? is to be axed at the end of this year.
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NewsClarkson unveils Drive Tribe talent
Racing driver Oliver James Webb, motoring journalist Jethro Bovingdon and Finnish blogger Sara Nase are among the first ‘tribe leaders’ selected to produce channels for Jeremy Clarkson’s forthcoming online car project.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother outmuscles competition
THURSDAY: Celebrity Big Brother climbed to its best-performance since its series opener – muscling its way past ITV, BBC2 and Channel 4.
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NewsCBS Reality expands crime slate
Peninsula Films is to make three crime documentary shows for CBS Reality.
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CriticsTV Critics: Secrets of a Police Marksman; The 80s; Celeb Trolls
“It was deeply contentious stuff, but handled carefully and fairly.”
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NewsITV orders Sadie Hartley murder doc
ITV has commissioned Raw Cut TV to produce a fast turnaround documentary charting the murder investigation of Sadie Hartley.
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NewsIWC signs Richard Klein
Former ITV director of factual Richard Klein is set to join IWC Media as creative director after leaving the commercial broadcaster in February, Broadcast can reveal.
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NewsCTBF boss Richard Wilson dies
Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund chief executive Richard Wilson has died aged 58, following a short illness.
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NewsBBCW embraces artificial intelligence
BBC Worldwide has agreed a partnership with an artificial intelligence business to help it gauge which genres are most in demand around the world.
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NewsITV plans hour-long Olympic switch off
ITV is to shut down its portfolio of channels for an hour as part of an Olympic-inspired initiative to get people active.
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NewsKay Mellor lands BBC1 drama
Kay Mellor’s Rollem Productions has landed a BBC1 drama series about a registrar from Leeds.
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RatingsOlympic hockey scores as Man Down slips
WEDNESDAY: A peak of 4.6m watched Team GB’s women hockey team storm to their first ever Olympic final while Channel 4’s comedy Man Down crashed out with a series low.
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NewsA+E unwraps Freeview channel
A+E Networks has launched general entertainment channel Blaze - the latest US cable group to launch a free-to-air channel in the UK.
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NewsBBC Weather ties with MeteoGroup
The BBC is taking steps to secure the jobs of the “vast majority” of its weather presenters after partnering with MeteoGroup to provide its weather service from next spring.
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NewsAlaska hitches up C5 caravan series
Channel 5 is to get back on the road with a full series of Alaska TV’s Carry on Caravanning.
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