All Broadcast articles in 22 May 2014
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NewsBBC staff ratings system under fire
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bectu and Unite have rallied against the reintroduction of a BBC staff ratings system.
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NewsGood Morning Britain deputy editor to step down
Good Morning Britain deputy editor of news Simon Cole is to leave the show for family health reasons.
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RatingsThe Trip ends well for BBC2
There was a lot of swooning, dramatic death and romantic angst in early 19th century Italy as blouse-wafted poets and their young wives wandered about the place.
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RatingsThrones takes ratings crown
It’s hard to believe, but that’s the football season finished. Except, that is, for the various league playoffs, the World Cup just three weeks away, and the friendly internationals in between.
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RatingsJuice refreshes ITV2 audience
Whatever the chief ingredient of the juice of celebrities might be, it’s potent stuff, as ITV2’s comedy panel show breezes inexorably onwards.
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RatingsBear sees off veg challenge
On Channel 4 this week, a group of stranded, ravenous men of varying handiness dreamed of fine food and wine.
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RatingsITV scores a winner with Cup
A friend of mine owns a poster from the 1930s for a ferry company, advertising trips from Hull to Norway.
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NewsRichard III reinterment to air live on C4
Channel 4 is to broadcast the reburial of Richard III live from Leicester Cathedral after the former King’s descendants lost a High Court battle to have him laid to rest in York.
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PodcastTalking TV: Hollywood stars & BBC’s BA doc
The Talking TV podcast tackles TV consolidation, hears from Hollywood stars Morgan Freeman and Matthew Perry at the LA Screenings and finds out more about BBC2’s British Airways documentary.
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NewsC4 heads back to The Island
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of survival show The Island with Bear Grylls, although it is yet to decide if it will return as an all-male format.
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NewsBT landed with £120k ESPN Ofcom fine
BT has been landed with a £120,000 fine from Ofcom that was incurred by sports broadcaster ESPN for failing to meet audio description targets.
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RatingsFrom There to Here makes solid debut
Pete Bowker’s BBC1 drama about the fallout from the 1996 IRA Manchester bombing debuted with more than 4.5m viewers on Thursday.
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NewsIABM appoints North America director
The IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers) has appointed Caryn Cohen to the newly created role of director for North America.
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CriticsTV Critics: From There to Here; Horizon; How The Wild West Was Won
“From There to Here is in danger of being neither here nor there.”
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NewsNorth One & Maverick to share Farringdon offices
All3Media stablemates North One Television and Maverick Television are preparing to move into shared offices in Farringdon.
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NewsInverdale dropped from 5 Live Wimbledon coverage
Clare Balding is to replace John Inverdale as host of BBC 5 Live’s coverage of this year’s Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
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NewsBBC Trust backs YouView
The BBC Trust has backed the corporation’s involvement with YouView but warned it must improve its accessibility functions and reduce its dependence on its ISP partners.
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NewsNetflix lines up £100m Left Bank drama about the Queen
Netflix has fought off competition from the BBC and ITV and is on the brink of ordering its first original show from the UK – a £100m biopic of the Queen.
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NewsBBC editor removed from election coverage
Jasmine Lawrence, a BBC News channel editor, has been removed from the corporation’s European election coverage over an anti-Ukip comment she posted on Twitter.
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BBC opens Welsh-language online hub
The BBC has launched a Welsh-language online hub, BBC Cymru Fyw.