All Broadcast articles in 3 April 2015
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News
V-Nova to demo "UHD at HD" compression tech
NAB 2015: A consortium of 20 industry firms including Hitachi Data Systems, Intel and Sky Italia have launched a range of compression products which they claim offers up to three times the compression gains compared with H.264, HEVC and JPEG2000.
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DPP joins forces with North American Broadcasters Association
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has formed a strategic partnership with the North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) in a bid to promote common standards for the international exchange of content.
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RTS opens Young Technologist Award 2015
Entries are now open for the RTS Young Technologist Award 2015.
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Dock10 builds fibre connection to The Space Project
Dock10 has invested in a fibre connection to link it with production facility The Space Project on the other side of Manchester.
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Ratings
ITV Leaders' Debate peaks with 7.4m
THURSDAY: The ITV Leaders’ Debate peaked with 7.4m (32.6%) viewers - but this was not enough to match the 2010 event.
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Podcast
Talking TV: Discovery Upfronts & Mip TV
This week’s edition of Talking TV, hosted by international editor Peter White, explores how a raft of British indies stormed Discovery’s US channels and looks ahead to Mip TV.
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ITV 'in talks to acquire The Weinstein Company's TV arm'
ITV is in talks to acquire the television division of The Weinstein Company for up to £630m, according to reports in the US.
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Top Gear fuels record daily iPlayer views
BBC iPlayer generated its highest-ever number of average daily TV requests in February, fuelled by a renewed interest in Top Gear following the controversy surrounding the show.
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Ratings
Top 30 multichannel programmes: 23 - 29 Mar 2015
BBC4’s new quiz The Quizeum launched on Wednesday at 8.30pm with 690,000/3%
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Top 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 23 - 29 Mar 2015
Dara And Ed’s Great Big Adventure attracted 2 million/9% to BBC2, ahead of C4’s One Born Every Minute and Channel 5 doc Breaking The Law
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Top 100 network programmes: 23 - 29 Mar 2015
A strong start for Trevor MacDonald two-part doc, while BBC1’s Ordinary Lies improves on debut
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Top 15 consolidated shows: 16-22 Mar 2015
BBC1’s new drama Ordinary Lies began with a consolidated rating of 5.6 million/22% after 945,000 recorded and watched.
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BBC appoints daytime boss
BBC1 head of planning and scheduling Dan McGolpin is to become the broadcaster’s daytime controller, stepping into the role vacated by Damian Kavanagh.
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Ratings
KFC doc serves up 3m for BBC1
WEDNESDAY: The Billion Dollar Chicken Shop came to a conclusion on BBC1, serving up an average audience of over 3m.
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Critics
TV Critics: Strangeways: Britain's Toughest Prison Riot; Gracepoint; DCI Banks
“It was an immature analysis, better suited to a student newspaper than a hour of primetime BBC.”
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Shine Australia chief execs to depart
The joint chief executives of Shine Australia, Mark and Carl Fennessy, are to leave the company following the Endemol Shine Group mega-merger.
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Broadcast launches genre pages
Broadcast has launched a new section on its website dedicated to the key programing genres.
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Help us shape Greenlight
Broadcast is currently looking for ways to improve Greenlight – its database of the latest TV commissions.
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Ratings
Top 50 Non-PSB shows: 23- 29 Mar 2015
Sky News’ Cameron And Miliband Live: The Battle For Number 10 averaged 322,000/2% on Thursday