All Broadcast articles in 30 January 2014
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RatingsInside No. 9 debuts with 1.1m
BBC2’s new comedy series Inside No. 9 launched to a solid 1.1m viewers last night but the channel found greater success with documentary Royal Cousins At War.
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NewsTower Bridge TV Studios opens for business
London & Partners has opened an HD studio on the banks of the River Thames.
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NewsPrime Focus recruits senior colourist
Prime Focus has appointed Tim Waller to the role of senior colourist.
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NewsLondon Live orders drag queen doc
Local TV operator London Live has ordered an eight part series about the capital’s drag scene from multiplatform producer The Connected Set.
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RatingsBBC’s Midwife really delivers
It’s winter and if in the hearth there burns just a candle, then the dear old television set compensates with many a warming treat.
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RatingsOld Fools are the best
Daves of the world, no matter what their actual names, will this week have felt a pang of sadness stab at their heart with the news of Roger Lloyd-Pack’s passing.
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RatingsPast treasures fail to shine
Rococo or Ancient Egyptian treasures? The votes are in and (if it existed anywhere outside of my head) the most esoteric poll ever delivered the ancients the spoils.
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RatingsSeasonal hits for BBC and C4
The only winter watching I want to do is the sort that involves waving it off at a bus stop, followed by anxious glances down the road searching for the garlanded spring bus.
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RatingsBBC dares to win on Saturday
At an evening of cello scraping on Saturday, I was reminded why I couldn’t master a musical instrument.
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NewsRadioCentre appoints chief executive
Commercial radio trade body RadioCentre has appointed Siobhan Kenny as chief executive and issued a call for entries for its 19th awards.
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NewsSomethin' Else targets branded content
Production company Somethin’ Else has handed equity stakes to two advertising agency execs as it tightens its focus on branded content.
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Behind The ScenesGrowing Up Downs, BBC3
William Jessop follows the Blue Apple theatre company as it performs Hamlet
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PodcastTalking TV: Jon Plowman and diversity
Broadcast’s latest Talking TV podcast delves into BBC2 comedy Inside Number 9 and considers whether the industry is finally addressing its issue with diversity.
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NewsBBC editorial values course open to indies
The BBC Academy is to launch a crash course on the corporation’s editorial values that will also be available to ndependent producers and freelancers.
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FeaturesQ&A: Michela Giorelli, Discovery
Discovery International’s vice-president, production and development reveals her wishlist for the channel
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CommentNews needs to reflect the audience to stay relevant
Advertisers realise the importance of diversity, and so should we
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NewsBT Sport adds 500,000 subscribers
BT Sport piled on half a million customers in the final three months of 2013 as its subscription base grew to 2.5m.
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CriticsTV Critics: Easter Island; Dan Snow's History of the Winter Olympics; Nixon's the One!; Bodyshockers
“It’s rare that a documentary succeeds in completely overturning popular understanding, but that’s what the archaeologist Dr Jago Cooper accomplished.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsBBC World Service commercial plans progress
The BBC looks set to push ahead with plans to further commercialise the World Service despite concern among MPs that it could jeopardise the independence of the unit’s output.
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RatingsHidden Kingdoms bows out on low
BBC1’s nature series Hidden Kingdoms bowed out on a low on Thursday, as it was again flattened by the competition on ITV.