All Broadcast articles in 22 April 2016
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News
Drop in visitors but NAB adds more companies and floor space
NAB 2016: There was a slight drop in the number attendees at this year’s NAB despite an extra 85 companies exhibiting at the show.
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Comment
Ray Fitzwalter’s last stand
Former World In Action producer Simon Albury pays tribute to Ray Fitzwalter, the investigative journalist who died earlier this month, aged 72, after suffering from cancer.
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Ratings
Top 15 consolidated shows: 4 - 10 Apr 2016
On Saturday 9 April at 7pm, ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent achieved 9.4 million/43% in live ratings
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Ratings
Top 50 Non-PSB shows: 11 - 17 Apr 2016
At 10pm, Sky Atlantic launched Camping with 71,000/0.4%
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Top 30 multichannel programmes: 11 - 17 Apr 2016
On Friday at 9pm, BBC4’s People’s History Of Pop achieved 510,000/2.5%
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Top 100 network programmes: 11 - 17 April 2016
Michael McIntyre variety format sees off ITV’s Bang On The Money in early Saturday evening slot
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Ratings
Top 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 11 - 17 Apr 2016
On Saturday, BBC2’s Tom Jones’s 1950s: The Decade That Made Me achieved 1.7 million
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Behind The Scenes
Ben Fogle: The Great African Migration, C5
Capturing a year in the life of four wildebeest over just 40 days’ filming was no small undertaking, discovered Natalie Wilkinson
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Comment
Building the long tail of TV drama
Letting viewers choose how to watch your shows expands their reach over time, says Gary Davey
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News
Sky plots ambitious family doc series
Sky is developing an ambitious documentary series that will follow British families over a five-year period.
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Podcast
Talking TV: Thames runners row & Storage Hunters
Runners’ rights are in the spotlight for the latest edition of Talking TV, while there is also an interview with the star and producer of Dave’s Storage Hunters.
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News
BBC2 budget cut by £20m
BBC2’s budget has been cut by almost £20m for the next financial year, while BBC1 is in line for a £60m windfall.
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Ratings
BBC1’s Queen doc reigns supreme with 9m peak
THURSDAY: BBC1’s Elizabeth at 90 reigned supreme after the special documentary peaked with almost 9m viewers on The Queen’s birthday.
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Behind The Scenes
Flowers, C4
We found the perfect dilapidated old building to match the ‘otherness’ of our characters’ world - but filming upstairs carried a risk that the floors might collapse, says Will Sharpe
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News
The Tunnel box-set sparks 600k downloads
Sky Atlantic drama The Tunnel: Sabotage has been downloaded almost 600,000 times after the entire series was made available on-demand to binge-watch.
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News
Lord Puttnam: protect BBC from state intervention
Lord Puttnam has backed calls by Lord Lester and other MPs for the BBC charter to be supported by statutory legislation.
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News
MTV US commissions clutch of Brits
Barcroft Media and Done + Dusted have picked up major MTV US commissions, while the broadcaster is remaking ITV2’s The Almost Impossible Gameshow.
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Critics
TV Critics: Elizabeth at 90 – A Family Tribute; Natural World: Nature’s Perfect Partners; Aliens: The Big Think
“I cannot recall ever seeing a more charming, warm and – dare I say – human portrait of the Queen than this one.”
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News
Barb eyes Sky & Virgin subscriber data
Barb has kicked off talks with pay-TV platform including Sky and Virgin Media about securing access to their customers’ viewing habits.
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News
ITV reveals EU referendum plans
ITV has revealed its EU referendum plans with a major peak-time debate forming a key part of its coverage.