All Broadcast articles in 11 March 2016 – Page 3
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Critics
TV Critics: Dunblane: Our Story; Grantchester; Famous, Rich and Homeless
“I defy anyone who watched it not to have welled up – or worse. But at the same time, it was utterly absorbing.”
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Comment
Comedy works perfectly on social media if done well
Twitter is great for continuing the laughs once the show has ended, says Laura-May Coope
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News
Data chief Gill Whitehead exits C4 for Google
Data chief Gill Whitehead is leaving Channel 4 after eight years to join Google.
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Comment
Golden age? You must be joking
Comedy is subjective but the quality is as high as ever, says Phil Clarke
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News
Plimsoll wins jumbo natural history order
Plimsoll Productions, the indie set up by former RDF boss Grant Mansfield, has won a major commission to produce 50 hours of wildlife and natural history content from Zambia.
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News
Jo Brand returns to BBC4 for Getting On spin-off
Jo Brand is to reprise her role in BBC4 hospital sitcom Getting On in a spin-off series from Vera Productions.
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News
Base Media offers access to DIY cloud storage service
Base Media Cloud is opening up its cloud-based do-it-yourself storage and distribution service to other content owners, rights holders and distributors.
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Features
Sitcom revivals: bringing back the classics
Is the apparent appetite for reviving sitcoms a sign of a dearth of new ideas or risks – or a legitimate way to celebrate our comedy heritage? Paul Whitelaw investigates
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News
Connected-TV users fuel growth in Netflix viewing
More than a third of UK adults pay for subscription video-on-demand services such as Amazon Prime and Netflix, according to a study by Mediatel.
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News
Discovery hunts UK pitches
US network Discovery Channel is searching for motoring formats and Hunting Hitler-style investigations as it urgently looks to fill its schedule over the next 12 months.
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News
David Abraham grows tired of C4 privatisation limbo
Channel 4 ramped up its rhetoric over privatisation this week after becoming frustrated at being left in “a state of suspended anticipation”.
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News
Stephen Garrett plots more John Le Carré
Kudos founder Stephen Garrett has lifted the lid on his new drama indie, revealing plans to develop a BBC series with the author of the Twilight saga and expand the John le Carré universe following the success of The Night Manager.
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News
Sharon Horgan pilot to spearhead BBC comedy strand
The BBC is lining up a contemporary comedy from Catastrophe co-creator Sharon Horgan and The IT Crowd writer Graham Linehan as a counter to its season of sitcom revivals.
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News
Michele Buck sets out Company stall
Former Mammoth Screen joint managing director Michele Buck wants to empower new drama talent after being given a fresh lease of life as chief executive of Company Pictures.
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News
Vice and Red Bull move into TV
Digital disruptors Vice and Red Bull have both outlined their plans to move into linear television.
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Comment
Charlotte Moore gets defensive – again
BBC controller can’t simply ignore criticism over distinctiveness
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News
Charlotte Moore gets to grips with BBC2
Charlotte Moore has made reinvigorating factual on BBC2 her top priority after spending six weeks getting to grips with the channel in her new role.
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Features
High Dynamic Range: Stepping out of the shadows
HDR promises to take 4K footage to a ‘whole other level’, capturing TV images that offer unprecedented detail and texture even in the shadows. Adrian Pennington reports on the adoption of the technology
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News
In brief: Sky; Blurrt
Sky has invested in a southeast Asian subscription service and social media analytics firm Blurrt has hired a C4 producer.