All Broadcast articles in 16 October 2014
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News
Posthouse founder Juergen Kantenwein joins Codex
Digital recording and workflow company Codex has hired Juergen Kantenwein as its new head of technical marketing.
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C4 and Box TV head to Platform Festival
Channel 4 has teamed up with Box TV and events company Live Nation to broadcast a series of performances from Manchester’s Platform Festival.
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BBC America boards London Spy
US cable network BBC America has boarded Working Title Television’s BBC2 thriller London Spy.
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Ratings
Our Girl bows out with 3.7m
SUNDAY: BBC1 war drama Our Girl bowed out with a series average of 3.8m - as Strictly regained its Sunday night ratings lead over The X Factor.
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Comment
Copyright law reform comes at a price
New laws will unlock ‘orphan’ material, but it could cost time and money, says Sarah Lazarides
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News
Frankel film under starter's orders for C4
Oxford Scientific Films will explore the story of legendary racehorse Frankel in a Channel 4 documentary ahead of Royal Ascot next year.
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US networks adapt Moone Boy and IT Crowd
US broadcasters are remaking Sky’s Moone Boy and Channel 4’s The IT Crowd as they continue to look to the UK for shows to adapt.
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Ceri Thomas confirmed as Panorama editor
Ceri Thomas, the BBC’s former head of news programmes, has been confirmed as the permanent editor of Panorama.
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Ratings
Strictly widens gap on The X Factor
SATURDAY: Strictly Come Dancing waltzed off with a series high, beating The X Factor by 1.5m viewers.
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News
BBC1 bumps Citizen Khan into earlier slot
Citizen Khan is to move to a pre-watershed slot as BBC1 bids to attract a broader audience to the Asian sitcom.
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Sky scraps Mr Sloane and Trying Again
Sky has cancelled Sky Atlantic comedy Mr Sloane, starring Nick Frost, and Chris Addison’s Sky Living sitcom Trying Again.
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Betty sets up ugly date for TLC
The Undateables producer Betty is to follow singletons with hidden medical conditions including alopecia and hyperhidrosis as they try to find love in a dating format for TLC.
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BBC1 plans Frank Sinatra tribute
Bands, choirs and solo artists are to perform a selection of Frank Sinatra songs for a BBC1 entertainment show celebrating the centenary of the singer’s birth.
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Gogglebox spies Man vs Fly TV format
Sony-backed indie Gogglebox is looking to transform Man vs Fly into a traditional TV format after its launch on The Sun website.
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Electric Ray highlights inequality for C4
Sony-backed indie Electric Ray is to make a studio show for Channel 4 in which host Richard Bacon will shine a spotlight on inequality in Britain.
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Vice News goes global
Vice News is capitalising on its rapid growth with the launch of seven local newsrooms and local language channels.
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Podcast
Talking TV: Mipcom & Brian Cox
The latest instalment of Talking TV rounds up all the biggest news from Mipcom and hears from BBC Productions’ science boss Andrew Cohen.
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Ratings
The Great Fire engulfs rivals
THURSDAY: ITV’s dramatisation of The Great Fire of London smoked out almost 5m viewers on a busy evening across the schedule.
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Critics
TV Critics: The Great Fire; The Knick; Detectorists
“The opener was surprisingly limp, until the fire itself showed up.”
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CBS launches SVoD service
CBS has launched an online video service in the US which will allow subscribers to access live TV and watch series including The Good Wife, Blues Brothers and Survivor on-demand.