All Broadcast articles in 8 May 2015
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News
Euro Media Group acquires Broadcast RF
The Euro Media Group (EMG) has acquired Kent-based RF service supplier Broadcast RF.
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News
Former Sequence boss launches cloud storage firm
Former Sequence Post founder Ben Foakes has launched a ‘Storage as a Service’ company for the media industry.
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Colin Brown joins Blue 2.0 as vice chairman
Blue 2.0 has made another appointment to its senior management team with former British Film Commissioner Colin Brown joining the post facility as vice chairman.
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Election 2015: a nightmare result for the BBC?
Broadcast’s news editor Jake Kanter assesses what the general election result might mean for the BBC as it approaches one of the most important moments in its history.
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Twofour developing Educating America
Twofour’s Educating… is heading to the US after cable broadcaster Esquire Network began developing a local version of the docu-series.
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Paul Abbott developing second series of No Offence
Paul Abbott is developing a second series of C4 drama No Offence as he looks to replicate the success of Shameless, according to the show’s executive producer.
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Ratings
BBC election coverage triumphs with 7m
THURSDAY: The BBC won the lion’s share of the general election audience as a peak of more than 7m watched the drama unfold before 2am.
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Critics
TV Critics: Shark; Watchdog At 30; The Game
“Breathtakingly beautiful and, at times, genuinely terrifying.”
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Peter Fincham ‘holds secret meeting with Top Gear team’
Peter Fincham is reported to have held a secret meeting with former Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, fuelling speculation that ITV will swoop for the stars.
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BBC2 axes Banished
BBC2 has cancelled Banished, Jimmy McGovern’s drama about a British convict prison camp in 18th century Australia, after a single series.
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General election 2015: Tory plans for broadcasting
The Conservative Party is on course to win a small majority at the general election. Here is how its plans for the broadcasting industry stack up.
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Ratings
Top 100 network programmes: 27 Apr - 3 May 2015
Launch of Peter Kay’s comedy benefits from prior release as box set on iPlayer
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Ratings
Top 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 27 Apr - 3 May 2015
World Championship Snooker racks up a big score on BBC2
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Top 30 multichannel programmes: 27 Apr - 3 May 2015
Hip-hop drama Empire is not your average acquisition for E4, but it’s one to watch.
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News
Polly Hill to become BBC drama controller
BBC head of independent drama Polly Hill will succeed Ben Stephenson as controller of drama at the corporation.
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Blue 2.0 adds Boundless exec Bos
Former Boundless production executive Mark Bos has joined post firm Blue 2.0 as executive director.
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C4 orders celebrity lookalike comedy
Channel 4 is to transform its online non-scripted comedy Lookalikes into a 30-minute special for linear television.
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Ratings
Charlie Brooker helps BBC2 beat ITV
Charlie Brooker’s election Newswipe special helped BBC2 beat ITV, while C4’s Ballot Monkeys finished on a high.