All Broadcast articles in 21 March 2013
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NewsTwofour Digital hires development director
Twofour Digital has hired Alex Moore from Zodiak Media further to the departure of Martin Trickey.
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NewsC4's George Dixon moves to RTÉ One
George Dixon, Channel 4 scheduling boss and chief creative officer Jay Hunt’s right hand man, is moving to Ireland to head up RTÉ One.
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RatingsComic Relief draws lowest audience since 2007
Friday’s Comic Relief broke fundraising records but failed to rouse an audience to match - pulling in its lowest ratings since 2007.
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RatingsWales Six Nations win peaks with 9.5m
The climax of the 2013 Six Nations rugby tournament was the ratings winner on Saturday as viewers flocked to the BBC.
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CommentTV Critics: The Lady Vanishes; Our Queen; It's Kevin; In the Flesh; Churchill and the Fascist Plot
“Why remake Hitchcock? It is, quite simply, never a good idea. Never.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsC5 acquires Nickelodeon's Bubble Guppies
Channel 5 has acquired terrestrial rights to Nickelodeon’s preschool animated series Bubble Guppies to air on its Milkshake! strand.
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NewsTCB secures Seven Network sales
Paul Heaney’s TCB Media Rights has struck a deal with Australia’s Seven Network to distribute the broadcaster’s in-house productions internationally.
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NewsUKTV to reintroduce corporate brand
UKTV is to reintroduce the broadcaster’s corporate brand to viewers for the first time in five years after unveiling its latest rebrand.
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RatingsOur Queen fails to topple Hitchcock
ITV’s landmark documentary Our Queen, the first feature-length exploration of the royal household in 20 years, struggled against the BBC remake of Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes.
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NewsAl Jazeera funds return for Everything's Rosie
CBeebies’ animated series Everything’s Rosie has been picked up for a third season after producer V&S Entertainment struck a deal with Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC).
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CommentNo ordinary premiere
The launch of Alice Walker’s Beauty In Truth was the culmination of four years of funding says Pratibha Parmar
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NewsFremantle to release The Bill on YouTube
The first series of classic ITV series The Bill is to be distributed via YouTube as FremantleMedia UK Interactive beefs up its presence on the platform.
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NewsChannel 4 to return to Utopia
Channel 4 drama Utopia has shrugged off below-average ratings to win a recommission - but is also being investigated by Ofcom over the treatment of its child actors.
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NewsBBC unveils Expert Women database
The BBC has launched an Expert Women database and YouTube channel in a bid to improve the ratio of male to female experts on-air.
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NewsComic Relief receives almost 3,000 complaints
Rowan Atkinson’s Comic Relief skit as the Archbishop of Canterbury drew almost 3,000 complaints as the charity event failed to strike the right tone with some viewers.
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NewsBBCW offloads Lonely Planet for £50m
BBC Worldwide has finalised the sale of Lonely Planet to US billionaire Brad Kelley’s NC2 Media for £51m - nearly £80m less than it originally paid for the brand.
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NewsITVS GE restructures EMEA sales team
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) EMEA sales team has restructured, promoting two existing staff members and appointing a senior sales executive from BBC Worldwide.
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NewsUTV performance slips after year of "two halves"
Northern Irish broadcaster UTV has reported a slight drop in its overall performance after a year in which the chairman characterised the advertising market as a “game of two halves”.
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NewsBroadcast Indie Survey: the results
Ahead of Broadcast’s annual Indie Survey, subscribers can browse the latest league tables on Broadcast Greenlight.
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RatingsPaul Hollywood’s Bread rises to the occasion
Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood’s new series on bread rose to the occasion - as ITV drama Broadcurch rocketed to a series high of 7.6m viewers.