All Broadcast articles in 1 July 2016 – Page 3
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News
E4 triumphs at Digital Awards for second time
E4 has been named Channel of the Year at the Broadcast Digital Awards for the second year running.
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Puttnam: ISPs and digital giants should fund public service content
Lord Puttnam’s Future of Public Service Television report has called for the creation of a public service content fund that is bankrolled by digital conglomerates and internet providers.
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Fountain Studios closure date confirmed
The date for the closure of Fountain Studios has been confirmed, with the next series of The X Factor set to be the last show to shoot at the facility.
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Puttnam: Don't privatise C4
Channel 4 should not be privatised in full or in part, says former deputy chair Lord Puttnam.
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Comment
PSBs must be free to provoke
The Brexit vote has shown public service broadcasters’ folly in chasing the centre ground, says Des Freedman
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News
Puttnam calls to scrap licence fee
The BBC’s licence fee should be replaced, its royal charter abolished and government intervention curtailed to protect the corporation’s independence, according to Lord Puttnam.
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Critics
TV Critics: The Living and the Dead; Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth; Inside Porton Down; Taskmaster
“This is genuinely creepy, genuinely clever, without trying to rewrite the rules”
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Ratings
ITV prison doc locks up 2.7m
TUESDAY: ITV’s prison access doc Life inside Jail: Hell on Earth got underway with 2.7m while 1.8m tuned in to watch Andy Murray’s opening match at Wimbledon.
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Panorama editor heads to Oxford University
Panorama editor Ceri Thomas is leaving the BBC after 24 years.
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BBC wants digital expertise as it mulls iPlayer log-in
Tony Hall is keen to add digital and marketing expertise to the corporation’s new unitary board to help guide the MyBBC project.
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Hall: BBC has cut spend on top talent by 25%
The BBC has cut the amount it pays its highest earning on-screen talent by £2.3m, Tony Hall has revealed.
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BBC's Traffic Cops moves to C5
Channel 5 has picked up long-running blue light show Traffic Cops after 14 series on the BBC.
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Amazon acquires Steven Soderbergh drama
Amazon has acquired the UK rights to Steven Soderbergh’s high-end escort drama The Girlfriend Experience.
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Nickelodeon launches evening block
Nickelodeon is establishing an evening programming block to target teen audiences.
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Behind The Scenes
Life Inside Jail: Hell on Earth, ITV
To gain access to a tough US prison, we gambled with telling some stark truths about our intentions, says Lee Phillips.
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Critics
TV Critics: Superfoods: The Real Story; Wentworth Prison; Handmade: By Royal Appointment; Great British Sewing Bee
“The programme never offered up a working definition of the term ‘superfood’”
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News
Piers Wenger appointed BBC head of drama
Channel 4 head of drama Piers Wenger has been appointed BBC director of drama commissioning after four years at the ad-supported broadcaster.
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Ratings
England defeat peaks with 16m
MONDAY: England’s humiliating 2-1 defeat against Iceland became the most watched match of the Euros so far, peaking with over 16m tuning in to watch England crash out of the tournament.
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News
Sky produces cycling VR special
Sky is continuing its push into virtual reality programming with a behind-the-scenes special following the Team Sky cyclists.
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Sky 1 orders James Van Der Beek comedy
Sky 1 has ordered a James Van Der Beek-fronted family comedy from Cuckoo and Trollied indie Roughcut TV.
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