All Broadcast articles in 15 July 2016
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NewsMaker Studios preps KSI-fronted gaming format
Maker Studios is hunting a UK buyer for a new short-form video game format produced by YouTube star KSI.
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NewsAmazon and Netflix ramp up non-scripted plans
Amazon and Netflix have redoubled efforts to commission a slew of non-scripted series from British producers.
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NewsSue Murphy hires spell 'big sense of adventure' for ITV
Sue Murphy’s first hires spell “a big sense of adventure” for ITV’s factual entertainment department, according to senior figures of the TV industry.
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PodcastTalking TV: the highlights part 2
In the second of two special editions of Talking TV, host Jake Kanter returns to interviews with First Dates executive Nicola Lloyd, writer Tony Jordan on Dickensian and unlocks the secrets of Storage Hunters UK with Sean Kelly.
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RatingsThe Investigator arrests 3m
THURSDAY: Simon Cowell’s take on true crime failed to light up ITV, while Ross Kemp transported more than 500,000 to Sky 1 for his Isis documentary.
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NewsKudos lands BBC1 gay drama
BBC1 has ordered a two-part drama set in both the 1940s and the present day from novelist and screenwriter Patrick Gale.
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VideoBehind the trail: C4's Superhumans
Channel 4’s three-minute 2016 We’re the Superhumans ad was shot over 12 days and includes more disabled people ever before featured in a UK ad.
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CriticsTV Critics: Ross Kemp: The Fight Against Isis; The Investigator: A British Crime Story; The Question Jury; Love Child
“Kemp’s occasional Partridgisms aside, this was actually a pretty solid documentary, blunt and informative, with impressive access to people and places.”
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NewsMade in Cardiff gains ground
Made in Cardiff is pulling in a bigger audience than CBS Drama, History and National Geographic across the area, according to figures released by the local TV operator.
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NewsBroadcast Awards 2017: open for entries
The Broadcast Awards are returning in 2017 – click now to enter.
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NewsKaren Bradley named culture secretary
Staffordshire MP and former Home Office minister Karen Bradley has been appointed culture secretary in Theresa May’s newly formed cabinet.
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NewsBBC News and BBC World News to stay separate
BBC News and BBC World News will continue to broadcast as separate channels, director of news and current affairs James Harding confirmed to staff.
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RatingsTop 15 consolidated shows: 27 Jun - 3 Jul 2016
BBC1’s new drama The Living And The Dead launched on Tuesday 28 June at 9pm with 4 million/18% after 840,000 recorded and watched.
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 4 - 10 July 2016
The fifth episode of Sky 1’s Agatha Raisin drew 451,000/2% on Tuesday at 9pm, its best of this run in overnight ratings so far.
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes: 4 - 10 July 2016
Tuesday’s Love Island was ITV2’s best yet with 1.3 million/7% at 9pm, more than Channel 5’s Big Brother opposite
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RatingsTop 100 network programmes: 4 - 10 Jul 2016
BBC triumphs in head-to-head battle after Andy Murray win kicks off a day to remember
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RatingsRDF 8pm shows secure 45% share
WEDNESDAY: RDF Television secured an almost 50% share of viewing after it was responsible for three 8pm shows across BBC1, ITV and Channel 4.
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NewsTurner tracks down C4 data chief
Channel 4 data chief Pedro Cosa is to join Turner to help transform the commercial broadcaster into a ‘consumer-centric, data-driven’ business.
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NewsIndustry split over Liz Warner outburst
Liz Warner’s condemnation of TV as “old, boring and dying” has divided opinion, with senior figures split over whether creative lethargy has infected the industry.