All Broadcast articles in 11 December 2014 – Page 5
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Gold digs out Bob Monkhouse joke books
UKTV has ordered a documentary series about the life of Bob Monkhouse for Gold.
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C4: retrans fees worth £200m to commercial PSBs
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has claimed that securing retransmission fees from pay-TV platforms could be worth up to £200m each year to commercial PSBs.
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Toast of London to return for third outing
Channel 4 has commissioned a third series of Objective Productions’ comedy Toast of London.
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Toast outperforms first series
MONDAY: Channel 4 enjoyed a successful evening as Toast of London’s second series outperformed its debut run while Skint beat Posh People: Inside Tatler for the first time.
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Mark Soldinger to exit as Firecracker restructures
Firecracker Films founder Mark Soldinger is to leave the Big Fat Gypsy Weddings indie part of a management restructure.
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Ian Hislop urges BBC to become more 'pugnacious'
Ian Hislop has called on the BBC to become “more pugnacious” BBC after a period of cautious programming.
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Educating… heads to Cardiff
Channel 4’s Educating… strand is to leave England for the first time with a fourth series set in the Welsh capital city.
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Critics
TV Critics: Jamie’s Cracking Christmas; Toast of London; Gotham; Inside Tatler; Confessions of...
“Nobody makes cooking look easier or more inviting”
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British firms strike deals ahead of Asia TV Forum
British distributors including Sky Vision, Cineflix Rights and Fremantle Media have sold a slew of UK series to Asian broadcasters ahead of the Asia Television Forum (ATF).
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Broadcast Awards 20: vote for your favourite winners
To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Broadcast Awards, we are giving users of broadcastnow.co.uk the chance to select their favourite winning shows of the last two decades.
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C5 revs up dashcam car show
Channel 5 has commissioned a driving clips show from Shine North featuring an array of ‘dashcam’ footage.
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BBC extends late evening regional news bulletins
The BBC is to double the length of its late evening regional news bulletins in the run-up to next year’s general election.
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BBC1 lures Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is to make his first series for BBC1 - a three-part investigation into food waste.
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Tern secures 20 hours of BBC nations output
Tern Television has picked up over 20 hours of commissions from BBC Scotland and Northern Ireland, including a six-part documentary about Britain’s leading ski resort.
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STV and unions agree pay deal
STV has had its 2015 pay offer “unanimously” accepted by union members, days after ITV’s proposed pay deal prompted a ballot over strike action.
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ITV orders Planet's Got Talent
A back-flipping dog and a man who washes himself in soup are set to appear in an ITV spin-off of Britain’s Got Talent.
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Gogglebox registers series low
FRIDAY: Channel 4’s Gogglebox hit a series low as I’m A Celebrity… stole the show in the 9pm slot.
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EBU reveals board members
The European Broadcasting Union has revealed the line-up of its latest executive board.
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I’m A Celebrity ends on a high
SUNDAY: I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! finished its 14th run on a series high, although the finale was 700,000 short of last year.
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Critics
TV Critics: The Billion Pound Base; Remember Me
“This was a subtly powerful and intensely depressing film about the end of things and the limits of power.”