All Broadcast articles in 1 March 2013
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RatingsAnt & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway delivers 7m for ITV
The revival of Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway delivered more than 3m more viewers than the duo’s gameshow Red Or Black? achieved.
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FeaturesShootout: Sony Vs GoPro Vs Drift
We test the latest wearable cameras from Sony, Drift and GoPro to find out which can withstand the most punishment and produce the best images.
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CommentTV Critics: Ripper Street; Wonders of Life; A Great British Air Disaster; Wild Arabia; Beat The Ancestors; Top Gear; Mr Selfridge
“You would not necessarily go out of your way to see it, but it was fun.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentDEBATE: The Pollard inquiry evidence
What have the transcripts of interviews with BBC key execs revealed to you?
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NewsBBCWW kicks off Showcase with drama sales
BBC Worldwide has kicked off its annual Showcase event in Liverpool with a raft of sales of big-budget dramas including Da Vinci’s Demons, Top of the Lake and Ripper Street.
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NewsGot Talent and Idol brands boost FremantleMedia revenues
The …Got Talent and …Idol formats helped FremantleMedia record a revenue rise of 19.7% - although profits dipped to just above £121m.
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RatingsRipper Street concludes with 5m
BBC1 drama Ripper Street bowed out with an audience that was 1m down on ITV rival Mr Selfridge.
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NewsHistory goes banger racing and treasure-hunting
History has commissioned two factual entertainment series following a banger racing team and band of treasure hunters.
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NewsBT buys ESPN channels business
BT has acquired ESPN’s UK channels business as the Disney-owned broadcaster begins to exit the market.
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NewsSky Living snaps up Hannibal
Sky Living has acquired NBC’s Hannibal after striking a deal with Gaumont International Television.
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NewsJames Murdoch: News Corp has "unfinished business" with Sky
James Murdoch has said that News Corp still has “unfinished business” with Sky following its failed attempt to acquire the entire company in 2011.
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RatingsBlack Mirror finale struggles for C4
Black Mirror bowed out on a series low of under 900,000 – as ITV’s Aylesbury prison documentary won the 9pm slot for the second consecutive week.
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CommentTV Critics: Dancing on the Edge; Black Mirror; Food & Drink; HMP Aylesbury; Extreme Fishing
“It featured narrative machinery so surreally creaky that you wondered at times whether it would end up being explained away as a dream sequence.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsSnog, Marry, Avoid? back for sixth run
BBC3 has order a sixth series of Remarkable Television’s Snog, Marry, Avoid? to air this spring.
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NewsGermany's RTL orders The Audience from ITVS
The Audience is to remade in Germany after ITV Studios struck a format deal with RTL.
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NewsBBC to overhaul freelancer payment system
The BBC is to overhaul its freelancer payment services in a bid to strip out paperwork and speed up transactions.
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NewsExclusive Media to rep Icon film library
Exclusive Media, the company behind Daniel Radcliffe’s The Woman In Black, has acquired international television and digital rights to Icon’s film library, which includes Mean Streets and What Women Want.
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NewsGeordie Shore heads to Oz for sixth season
MTV UK has renewed Geordie Shore for a sixth season, which will see the reality stars head to Australia.
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NewsC4's Anne Bulford to join the BBC
Incoming BBC director general Lord Hall has poached Channel 4’s chief operating officer Anne Bulford to take on a wide-ranging commercial role.
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NewsDCMS scolded over ‘feeble grip’ on finances
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has been told it has a “feeble grip” on its finances after its accounts failed to give an “accurate picture” of the value of the BBC’s assets.