All Broadcast articles in 15 January 2016
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News
Fountain Studios set to close
Fountain Studios, home of The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent, looks likely to close after the site and buildings were sold to a property developer.
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Sundog snares Claudia Lewis
Former Boundless producer Claudia Lewis is to join Sundog Pictures as its head of factual.
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Podcast
Talking TV: Tim Hincks & Robot Wars
Talking TV’s first episode of the year features a discussion on Tim Hincks’ departure from Endemol Shine Group and Robot Wars’ reboot.
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BBC seeks diverse assistant script editors
The BBC is hunting for two assistant script editors from diverse backgrounds to take up year-long contracts in its drama divison.
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Sky Q bolsters on-demand video offering
Sky has bolstered the range of short-form video content it will make available via its next-generation set-top box after signing deals with Barcroft TV, Electus and Funny Or Die.
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Ratings
Death in Paradise slips by 700k
THURSDAY: Death in Paradise continued to dominate for BBC1 despite losing twice as many viewers as ITV’s Jericho.
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News
BBC Worldwide commissioner Swanston departs
BBC Worldwide commissioner Julie Swanston is leaving to join theme park operator Merlin Entertainment, which runs Alton Towers, Legoland and Madame Tussauds.
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Poll: what do you think of the new Watch logo?
Share your thoughts on the new look for UKTV’s entertainment channel.
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BBC development ‘star’ joins Twofour
Ana De Moraes, the woman tasked with revitalising development at BBC Productions, is leaving the corporation after less than two years to take on a newly-created role at Twofour Group.
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BBC2 acquires OJ Simpson drama
A dramatisation of the trial of OJ Simpson is to air on BBC2 after it picked up the rights to a true crime drama from Fox 21 Television.
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Critics
TV Critics: Brian Pern; Busting the Drugs Millions; The World's Sneakiest Animals
“Given the abundance of talent and potential material available here, this comedy just isn’t sharp enough.”
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Ratings
Top 15 consolidated shows: 28 Dec - 3 Jan
If January means one thing in TV, it’s that as sure as 2016 follows 2015, the channels will serve up their big dramas to get us through this, the longest of all months.
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Ratings
Top 30 multichannel programmes: 4 - 10 Jan 2015
This week, BBC4’s exploration of the tsars delivered decent ratings, but not ones Tsar Nicholas II might have died for.
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Ratings
Top 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 4 - 10 Jan 2016
At 8pm, on what is apparently ‘Medical Wednesday’, BBC2’s Trust Me, I’m A Doctor defeated both C5’s GPs Behind Closed Doors.
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Ratings
Top 100 network programmes: 4 - 10 Jan 2016
The Voice easily beat ITV’s Ninja Warriors, but with 1 million fewer viewers than 2015
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Ratings
Top 50 Non-PSB shows: 4 - 10 Jan 2016
Sky 1 purrs to victory with the second and final episode of Sky 1’s Big Cats: An Amazing Animal Family
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News
Watch rebrands and secures EastEnders repeats
UKTV entertainment channel Watch is being rebranded as W and has snatched the rights to air narrative repeats of EastEnders following the closure of BBC3.
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News
Lineker indie gains Crystal Palace access
Gary Lineker’s production company Goalhanger Films has secured exclusive access to Crystal Palace for a fast-turnaround series for NBC Sports.
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TVF strikes Discovery deals
British distributor TVF International has sold a number of UK shows including Domino’s Pizza: A Slice of Life and Classic Car Rescue to Discovery across Asia-Pacific.
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Little Gem lands BBC1 migrant doc
TV doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken are to travel to locations including Greece and the Balkans to explore the migrant crisis for a BBC1 film from Little Gem.