All Broadcast articles in 3 February 2017
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RatingsSunday success for BBC1
Countryfile, Still Open All Hours and Call The Midwife give channel the upper hand over ITV
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RatingsBBC2 freezes out rivals
BBC2’s best Winterwatch was Monday’s 8pm edition with 3.2 million beating C4’s Dispatches and Food Unwrapped, as well as Channel 5’s Police Interceptors repeat.
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RatingsHistory lesson boosts BBC4
BBC4’s British History’s Biggest Fibs With Lucy Worsely delivered the best performance of the PSB digital channels with 1.1 million.
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RatingsBleak return for Fortitude
Sky Atlantic’s Scandinavian drama returned but struggled to just 275,000 viewers, less than a third of series one’s launch episode in 2015.
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RatingsDramas prove their worth
BBC1’s new four-part thriller Apple Tree Yard began with 7 million viewers after 1.7 million recorded and watched, becoming BBC1’s third highest-rated Sunday 9pm drama in the past 12 months.
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NewsGALLERY: Broadcast Awards 2017
Familiar faces from across the industry gathered at the Grosvenor House in central London this week for the 22nd Broadcast Awards, hosted by Jonathan Ross.
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PodcastTalking TV: Broadcast Awards 2017
A special edition of Talking TV was recorded at the Broadcast Awards 2017 with interviews with all of the winners including Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Jools Holland.
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CommentPSBs must open up their platforms
If TV is to thrive in the digital era, broadcasters need to take bold steps, says Nick Walters
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NewsDigital sales surge for UK TV exports
The sale of digital rights generated more money for the British TV sector than new commissions in 2015/16, according to Pact’s UK Television Exports Survey.
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FeaturesRedefining children’s TV
Do the likes of Child Genius, Gogglesprogs and the Educating… strand fulfil C4’s PSB remit or do they represent a ‘get out of jail free’ card for the broadcaster?
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NewsBroadcast's Pick of the Week
Fake news and warm-bath drama are top of the agenda for Channel 4 and ITV respectively, while there will be plenty of nervous contestants ahead of the return of 4’s The Jump. Broadcast previews the week ahead.
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NewsMore details emerge of ITV's The Nightly Show
The tone and ideas for items for ITV’s upcoming chatshow format The Nightly Show have been revealed via casting calls to the public.
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NewsCITV shake-up in spotlight
The loss of a dedicated children’s commissioner in last year’s restructure is a concern for producers in the genre, but ITV insists it’s business as usual.
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NewsBBC Comedy exec moves to Netflix
Sophie Taitt, head of production at BBC Comedy, has relocated to Los Angeles to work for Netflix.
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CriticsThe Great Pottery Throw Down; Escape To The Wild; Parenting For Idiots
“This is a good show. Maybe Channel 4 should snap it up.”
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Video2017 entertainment on Channel 5
Lip Sync Battle and Alex Polizzi’s Secret Spain are among the shows set to air in the year ahead.
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NewsBBC completes marketing and audiences restructure
Jane Lingham has been named BBC marketing and audiences director for brand, media and planning, completing a restructure of the wider marketing and audiences department.
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NewsExodus refugee thanks the BBC
Syrian refugee Hassan Akkad, who filmed his perilous journey to the UK as part of Keo Films’ Exodus documentary series, has thanked the BBC for giving him the chance to tell his story.
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NewsThe Box snares ITVS digital chief
ITV Studios digital entertainment chief Athena Witter has joined The Box Plus Network to strengthen its original content offering.
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NewsTimeline TV Moment of the Year: Planet Earth II
Planet Earth II’s footage of newly-hatched marine iguanas escaping racer snakes was voted the Timeline TV Moment of the Year by guests at the Broadcast Awards 2017.