All Broadcast articles in 10 April 2014 – Page 2
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Critics
TV Critics: Under Offer: Estate Agents On The Job; Ian Hislop's Olden Days; W1A
“It’s hard to remember when such a great television find has been so badly wasted.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment
Digital world arrives at MipTV
MipTV felt a bit different this week, compared with even a year ago.
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News
Rivals hit out at BBC1+1 plan
ITV and Channel 4 have voiced concerns about BBC content, quotas and BBC1+1 plans – but ultimately backed the licence fee as the corporation prepares for its charter renewal.
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Comment
Can Sky take the drama throne?
Big-budget productions offer risk and reward in equal measure
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News
BBC charter a key issue for new culture secretary
Laying the groundwork for BBC charter renewal negotiations will be the biggest broadcast policy issue facing new culture secretary Sajid Javid.
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Features
Warren United, ITV4
This animated tale of football obsession is British through and through, says Tim Searle
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News
The hunt for global partners
MipTV was awash with producers, networks and broadcasters looking for international partners to co-finance high-end drama projects that appeal beyond national borders.
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News
DailyMotion in scripted first with sci-fi drama
Video-sharing site DailyMotion has commissioned a ‘sci-fi hipster’ drama as its first piece of original scripted content.
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News
BBC Trust eyes WoCC changes
The BBC Trust is preparing to launch a major review of commissioning quotas that is likely to signal the end of the current BBC guarantees.
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News
Krishnan Guru-Murthy: no progress on diversity
Krishnan Guru-Murthy has claimed that diversity in UK broadcasting has gone “backwards” over the past 20 years because bosses are “paralysed by the idea of doing something really radical”.
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News
Xbox partners C4 on Humans
Xbox has become a co-production partner on a major British TV project for the first time, joining Channel 4 to back Kudos Film & Television’s remake of Swedish sci-fi series Real Humans.
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Features
John Ryley, Sky News
The head of Sky News discusses his efforts to boost the number of female experts on screen
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News
UK firms set to gain from quiet Cannes
A relatively quiet MipTV was good news for British producers and distributors, who took advantage of a noticeable lack of Americans to strike deals.
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News
C4 takes Shipping Wars to series
Channel 4 has commissioned a full series of Shipping Wars - a UK version of A&E Television Networks’ logistics documentary.
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News
BBC appoints TV diversity champion
Danny Cohen’s ambition to tackle the diversity of the BBC’s television output has taken a step forward with the appointment of a specialist to lead the push.
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News
Peacock hires UK development chief
MipTV: NBC News’ Peacock Productions has appointed Dean Palmer as director of development of its UK division.
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News
Sajid Javid appointed culture secretary
Sajid Javid has been appointed culture secretary as the replacement for Maria Miller, who resigned earlier today.
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Ratings
The Call Centre rings up 1m
BBC3’s The Call Centre returned on Tuesday with nearly twice the audience of Channel 4’s epic drama New Worlds.
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News
Vice chief: big business backing vital
MipTV: Vice Media chief executive Shane Smith has claimed it is “almost impossible” to build an international media brand without investment from a large media conglomerate.