All Broadcast articles in 13 May 2016
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News
CTV launches HD flypack service
CTV Outside Broadcast has launched a new HD flypack service called Airbox that is being made available with the same technical and production support as a full-blown OB.
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Post bosses and creatives to speak at Media Production Show
Co-chair of The Farm Group Nicky Sargent and Goldcrest managing director Patrick Malone will kick off the discussions in the Post Production Theatre at the Media Production Show.
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Ratings
Top 15 consolidated shows: 25 Apr - 1 May 2016
Game Of Thrones opens on a high for Sky becoming ‘the most watched Sky entertainment programme ever” with almost 5 million views.
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Top 50 Non-PSB shows: 25 Apr - 1 May 2016
Sky Sports 1’s Live Ford Monday Night Football came to a table-topping denouement with 1.5 million/7%
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Top 30 multichannel programmes: 2 - 8 May 2016
Caravans: A British Love Affair (580,000/3%) at 8pm on Tuesday was one of two British-labelled shows on BBC4 to make the top 30
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Top 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 2 - 8 May 2016
On Thursday, Peaky Blinders was back with 2 million/10% - that’s Champions League form
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Top 100 network programmes: 2 - 8 May 2016
ITV family drama The Durrells held off BBC1’s annual awards bash to clinch a Sunday night win
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Critics
TV Critics: Billions; Grayson Perry: All Man; Betrayed & He’s Going To Pay
“Hell it’s fun though, even if I feel ever so slightly naughty – guilty even – for enjoying it so much.”
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Revealed: the tense talks behind charter renewal
A government U-turn on forcing BBC Worldwide to sell its 50% stake in UKTV is understood to have been a pivotal moment in tense white paper negotiations.
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C4 highlights "erosion" of key factual formats
Channel 4 has flagged a ratings “erosion” of flagship shows including One Born Every Minute and the Educating strand and is set to shift its factual output away from UK domestic issues.
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Media Production Show programme unveiled
The full seminar programme for Media Production Show has been unveiled, with two days of keynote sessions and panel debates featuring creative and craft experts from the worlds of TV, film and commercials.
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Hall pledges to improve regional representation
BBC director general Tony Hall has pledged to make noticeable improvements to the portrayal of the devolved nations on the BBC within the next three years.
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Amazon to co-produce BBC3's Fleabag
US online streaming service Amazon has boarded forthcoming BBC3 comedy Fleabag.
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Ratings
Sky Atlantic's Billions starts solidly
THURSDAY: Sky Atlantic acquisition Billions started solidly for Sky Atlantic and Peaky Blinders lost viewers.
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ITV defends The Secret
ITV has defended its “proud history of factual dramas” after The Secret was criticised in parliament.
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In brief: Ealing Comedies & EastEnders' eco credit
Richard E. Grant explores Ealing Comedies for UKTV’s Gold, while EastEnders has won a sustainability award.
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BBC and government at loggerheads over BBC1
The future of BBC1 will become a key battleground over the coming months as the government and corporation attempt to nail down the new charter.
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Behind The Scenes
Hetty Feather, CBBC
Convincing children that ‘old stuff ’ is worth watching is one thing; curbing contemporary slang on set is quite another, discovered David Collier
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C4 tech chief: digital distribution too complex
A lack of standardisation has made delivering content to online audiences a frustrating experience that is “hard work” and “expensive”, according to Channel 4 chief technology officer Orpheus Warr.
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BBC must ‘tread lightly’ around rivals
The government white paper has highlighted a need for the BBC to “tread more lightly and considerately” around its rivals to minimise its impact on the commercial sector.