All Broadcast articles in 19 June 2014
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FeaturesThe World's Best Diet
Create the graphics package and branding for the 90-minute Channel 4 special
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NewsVideo Europe kits out T20 coverage
Video Europe is supplying flypack kit for IMG’s coverage of the CPL T20 cricket tournament, which takes place across eight islands in the Caribbean in July.
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NewsSMPTE and Hollywood Post Alliance to merge
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is set to merge with the Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA).
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RatingsA Question of Sport spin-off falters
SATURDAY: BBC1’s A Question of Sport spin-off launched with more than 2.7m viewers, as the World Cup continued to dominate the schedules.
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NewsUKTV overhauls VoD services
UKTV is overhauling its video-on-demand services by launching a one-stop shop for content online.
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NewsCITV lines-up Playmobil-inspired series
ITV will launch and merchandise a Playmobil-inspired children’s comedy-adventure series that will air on CITV later this year.
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NewsHall: Lenny Henry’s diversity plan ‘not appropriate’
BBC director general Tony Hall has argued that the quota-led approach to boosting diversity put forward by Lenny Henry is “not appropriate” for the corporation.
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RatingsITV’s cats take the cream
Elsewhere, two BBC1 drama trios ended, while Channel 4 will be delighted with Bear Grylls’ deserted islanders.
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RatingsCHARTS: Lizard licks competition
Sky 1’s US drama import Hawaii Five-O was up by 64,000 week-on-week (Sun, 9pm)
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RatingsCHARTS: BBC2 top for sport avoiders
For the non-World Cup channels, it was a week of two halves.
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RatingsCHARTS: England win it for BBC1
In a week dominated by the World Cup, England v Italy tops the table while Brazil v Croatia is ITV’s best.
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PodcastTalking TV: Kids’ classics and DocFest
The latest edition of Talking TV runs the rule over the return of some classic children’s television shows and is back on the previews trail.
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NewsSky, BBCW execs join Broadcast commissioning event
Key commissioners from Sky and BBC Worldwide have joined senior industry figures including Peter Fincham, Jay Hunt and Charlotte Moore speaking Broadcast’s second annual Commissioning & Funding Forum.
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NewsThe Weakest Link set for French makeover
BBC quiz The Weakest Link is to be remade for a second time in France, seven years after originally ended.
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NewsBBC iPlayer comedy pilots revealed
Ashley Walters, Kayvan Novak and Tom Rosenthal are to star in the latest round of Comedy Feeds pilots for BBC iPlayer.
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NewsTony Hall unveils blueprint to tackle BBC diversity
Tony Hall has set out his blueprint for boosting diversity at the BBC, including creating a £2.1m commissioning fund to help ensure the corporation “represents every family and community in the UK”.
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CriticsTV Critics: Fostering and Me; Timeless; Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
“This was an affecting, honest documentary bolstered by some sobering statistics.”
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RatingsEngland defeat peaks with 20m
THURSDAY: England’s miserable defeat to Uruguay was the most-watched game of the World Cup so far, peaking with more than 20m viewers.
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NewsUK indies pick up Nat Geo orders
Nat Geo is to follow a space mission, meet the 9/11 emergency teams and take a nostalgic trip back to the 1990s in a slew of commissions from UK indies.