All Broadcast articles in 24 April 2015
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RatingsTop 100 network programmes: 13 - 19 April 2015
Newzoids and The Delivery Man get off to a decent start but Ninja Warrior UK fails to match launch
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RatingsTop 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 13 - 19 April 2015
C4’s The Supervet defeated both BBC2’s Coast Australia and C5’s The Last Days Of Rasputin
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NewsBT and Aspera to offer file transfer service
BT has partnered with Aspera to offer a new subscription-based file transfer service.
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NewsCamera firms show kit for shooting live UHD content
NAB 2015: Manufacturers including Sony, Panasonic, Grass Valley and Canon launched kit for shooting live Ultra High Definition content at the NAB trade show in Las Vegas as the range of equipment suited to studio and sport productions begins to mature.
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RatingsJeremy Clarkson’s final Top Gear outings popular on iPlayer
Jeremy Clarkson’s final two outings as the host of Top Gear helped the show top the iPlayer charts last month.
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NewsEricsson expands access services operation to US
NAB 2015: Ericsson has launched a closed captioning service in the United States.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: ITVBe's impact on ITV2
Female-skewing channel takes viewers away from ITV2, but helps grow ITV’s overall audience.
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NewsITV committed to live Sound of Music event
ITV remains committed to celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Sound of Music amid suggestions that it was originally eyeing an Easter TX date for the live extravaganza.
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NewsMentorn hires former Betty head of features
Mentorn Media has hired former Betty head of features David Emerson as head of formats and features, as well as making three other appointments.
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RatingsW1A beats ITV’s Ice Rink on the Estate
THURSDAY: W1A returned to BBC2 with 1.5m viewers, beating the final part of ITV’s Ice Rink on the Estate.
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CriticsTV Critics: W1A; Madam Secretary; Inside No. 9; The Last Days of Charles I
“A needle-sharp satire of the awful incompetence, arrogance and piffle of life within the BBC.”
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NewsRemarkable managing director steps down
Remarkable Television joint managing director Colette Foster is to step down after eight years with the company.
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NewsDiscovery to examine Churchill's secret weapons
The British bazooka and the limpet mine are among Winston Churchill’s secret military inventions to be explored in a documentary from Discovery and Sky Vision.
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NewsTop Gear executive producer resigns
Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman has resigned from the BBC a month after Jeremy Clarkson’s contract was not renewed.
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NewsJohn Bishop scores BBC1 variety show
John Bishop is to a host a BBC1 Saturday night variety show from Hackney Empire.
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NewsC5 follows Kellie Maloney transformation
Initial is to follow the transformation of boxing promoter Kellie Maloney as she physically becomes a woman in a one-off film for Channel 5.
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CommentCrowdfunding: the new kid on the financing block
The traditional route to funding TV is being challenged, says Indiegogo’s Miranda Fleming