All Broadcast articles in 9 December 2016
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CriticsI Do At 92; Rillington Place; Muslims Like Us; This Is Us
“Makes you think that maybe old age isn’t going to be all floppy and smell of biscuits and disinfectant.”
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RatingsBBC1 scores a right royal hit
BBC1’s Who Do You Think You Are? returned on Thursday 24 November at its new time of 8pm, consolidating to 5.5 million/22% after 1.2 million recorded and watched.
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RatingsLast-ditch win seals it for Sky
Football produced some of the best drama as Bournemouth fans knocked over their cocoa, leaping out of their bathchairs at an unlikely win.
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RatingsCamp finale ends on high
Now the bugs have gone, ITV2 will reflect happily on its camp outings, while E4’s theoretical physicists will, like so many, be pleased to see the back of the whole tropical chaparral thing.
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RatingsAntiques bring value to BBC2
As if it’s not quite thrilling enough seeing long-haired lover Donny Osmond and Amarillo-dreamin’ Tony Christie rummaging around the Midlands for bric-a-brac, this week, BBC2’s antiques ramble went berserk and put Donny in a De Lorean – the automotive equivalent of bric-a-brac.
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RatingsStrictly pips I'm A Celebrity final
I live quite close to what was Rillington Place. It has changed its name since and the houses are modern, but there’s a gap where No.10 would have been. Filling it is a small garden, impaired by history, rather melancholy but quietly dignified.
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NewsIABM endorses VSF for industry collaboration
The Video Services Forum (VSF) has been accredited by the IABM’s (International Association of Broadcast and Media) Industry Collaborative Groups Endorsement Program.
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NewsC4 commissions crash site challenge
A group of engineers will be challenged to escape from a variety of “catastrophic” crash sites in Channel 4’s latest factual entertainment order.
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News21st Century Fox pushes button on full Sky takeover
21st Century Fox has tabled a takeover bid for Sky, which values the company at £18.5bn and would see the media giant take full control of the pay TV business.
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NewsSky reboots Left Bank's Strike Back
Sky 1 is returning to the world of global espionage with a reboot of Left Bank Pictures’ action series Strike Back.
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RatingsWho Do You Think You Are? slips to 3.3m
THURSDAY: Who Do You Think You Are? continued to slide despite the lack of competition from I’m A Celebrity, while The Apprentice added nearly 1m viewers to last week’s all-time low audience.
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NewsS4C chief exec Ian Jones to step down
S4C’s chief executive officer Ian Jones will step down at the end of 2017 after six years at the Welsh broadcaster.
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NewsHorizon strand opened up to tender
The BBC is to diversify Horizon with hybrid drama-docs and interactive play-along formats, after opening up the science strand to indies.
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NewsFoundry CTO: VR needs a killer app to succeed
The chief technology officer of software firm The Foundry has stressed the need for compelling content if virtual reality is to succeed.
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NewsVote for your TV moment of the year
The Broadcast Awards 2017 will celebrate the best TV moments of the year – and we need your help.
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NewsIn brief: Peter Cook & Dudley Moore; BBC Scotland boss; Winnie the Pooh
Channel 4 is preparing to launch one-off docs about Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, as well as Winnie the Pooh, while the BBC head of Scotland has emerged.
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VideoHunted, CBS
Shine TV’s manhunt format, which first aired on Channel 4, is due to launch in the US in January.
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NewsAims appoints Warman and Barella to board
Members of the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (Aims) have elected Scott Barella and Andy Warman to the organisation’s board of directors.
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NewsAvid promotes sales chief to president in bid for growth
Avid has promoted chief sales and marketing officer Jeff Rosica to the role of president.
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