All Broadcast articles in 23 September 2016
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News
Can ITV learn from Corden?
Stephen Arnell weighs up the chances of Kevin Lygo pulling off the ‘holy grail’ of a successful late-night talk show.
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Ratings
C4's Hunted is up on slot but down on last year
THURSDAY: Channel 4 surveillance reality show Hunted returned with a slot beating 1.6m, while classic sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf entertained 810,000 with its comeback on Dave
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C4 acquires NBC's This is Us
Channel 4 has picked up the UK broadcast rights to NBC’s relationship drama This is Us from Twentieth Century Fox Distribution.
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C4 hands Bake Off to Humphreys and Webb Lamb
Kelly Webb Lamb and Liam Humphreys will be tasked with making a success of The Great British Bake Off for Channel 4.
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Panda lands 'huge-scale' BBC1 pilot
Moira Ross’s entertainment label Panda Television is to produce a non-TX pilot of a “huge-scale” family entertainment format for BBC1.
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Podcast
Talking TV: Keith Richards & BBC tendering
Talking TV heads off on a lost weekend with Keith Richards as the Rolling Stones guitarist curates an entire weekend of programming for BBC4.
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Comment
BBC move could herald a golden age for UK radio
Increasing the number of shows made by indies will benefit everyone, says Jez Nelson
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Victoria to reign again for ITV
ITV has commissioned a second series of ratings smash Victoria from Mammoth.
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Critics
TV Critics: Hunted; Paranoid; Brexit: A Very British Coup?
“Full of gallows humour, warm camaraderie and white-knuckle tension, Hunted is well worth tracking down.”
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Sky Vision bolsters senior team
Sky Vision has strengthened its senior team with a number of hires including PBS Distribution boss Gillian Rose, who will lead sales in the US.
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Ken MacQuarrie named BBC regional chief
Long-serving director of BBC Scotland Ken MacQuarrie has been appointed as the corporation’s new director of nations and regions.
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BBC tests holographic TV
The BBC’s future-thinking R&D department has created a holographic TV experiment inspired by the infamous Princess Leia scene in Star Wars.
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Comment
Producers could find silver lining to the Brexit cloud
Government may offer generous tax breaks following Brexit, says Alistair Bambridge
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News
BBC pilots Mrs Brown’s Boys spin-off
Hungry Bear Media is to pilot a talk-show spin-off of Mrs Brown’s Boys in which Agnes throws open the doors of her home to a string of celebrity guests and members of the public.
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News
Virgin Media extends Vubiquity content deal
Vubiquity has extended its licensing and digital content supply chain deal with Virgin Media.
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Waller joins Splice as colourist
Shoreditch facility Splice Post has appointed Tim Waller to the role of colourist.
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ESG collaborates on South Korean reality format
Endemol Shine has teamed up with one of Asia’s leading content companies CJ E&M to co-produce a reality format that launches in South Korea next month.
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Hello Halo hires development chief
Glasgow-based indie Hello Halo has appointed Mentorn development executive Natalie Hill as head of development.