All Broadcast articles in 4 December 2014
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CriticsTV Critics: The Apprentice final
“The Apprentice itself isn’t the winner. Tired and in need of some serious redecoration.”
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NewsMarshall launches compact HD camera
Marshall has launched a compact 2.2 megapixel HD-SDI camera for news, sport, reality TV and hidden camera filming.
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NewsFtrack upgrades project management software
Ftrack has launched an updated version of its project management platform for the VFX and animation sectors.
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NewsUniversity firm develops tech for colour-blind viewers
Spectral Edge has launched set-top box technology to help colour-blind viewers differentiate between red and greens.
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NewsVanessa Redgrave among WFTV winners
Vanessa Redgrave, The Great British Bake Off hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins and The Smoke writer Lucy Kirkwood were among the winners at the Women in Film and Television Awards.
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NewsChris Tarrant to front RDF quiz show pilot
Chris Tarrant is lining up his first major quiz show since Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? with a new pilot produced by RDF Television.
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RatingsC5's The Railway returns with 760k
THURSDAY: Channel 5’s ob-doc The Railway: First Great Western returned 200k shy of its first series, while The Fall, I’m A Celebrity and Babylon all remained steady.
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NewsBBC ousts rivals in Writers' Guild nominations
The BBC has secured every TV nomination in this year’s Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards.
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NewsBBC Radio 4 Extra to air Serial podcast
BBC Radio 4 Extra is to air much-hyped true crime podcast Serial after striking a deal with the US producers.
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NewsPlans to "reinvent" BBC3 submitted to the Trust
The plan to “reinvent” BBC3 as an online channel has been submitted to the BBC Trust and will be open to public scrutiny from January 2015.
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RatingsGhost tale scares off 1 million
BBC1’s Remember Me down from launch but The Missing bounces back from last week’s low.
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NewsC4 picks up US yo yo doc
Channel 4 has acquired feature length yo yo documentary World on a String from nascent distributor Scorpion TV.
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RatingsPoor and posh battle it out
BBC2 launched Posh People: Inside Tatler to 1.5 million the same - after +1 is added - as Channel 4’s second series of Skint
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RatingsScandi success for Sky Arts 1
On Wednesday at 10pm, Sky Arts 1 launched its new Danish series The Legacy with 29,000/ 0.2%
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RatingsBest yet for Hidden Villages
On Tuesday at 9pm, the third episode of Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages drew 560,000/ 3% to More 4
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RatingsThe fall of Babylon
Babylon has fallen short of its early promise: the first episode on 13 November averaged 1.2 million/6% after 475,000 recorded and watched
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NewsWatch poaches Syfy boss Adam Collings
UKTV has poached Syfy boss Adam Collings to take on the new role of head of programming for Watch.
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CriticsTV Critics: The Fall; Castles; The Railway
“The Fall is a porn movie with an A-level in psychology.”
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NewsSony's Pop TV picks up Funnymals
Sony-owned kids channel Pop TV has picked up comedy clip show Funnymals after striking a deal with fledgling UK producer and distributor Can’t Stop Media.