All Broadcast articles in 11 March 2016 – Page 5
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Features
Technology start-ups: Daring to be disruptive
Entrepreneurial spirit may abound in television, but successful technology start-ups are few and far between. Will Strauss talks to three that are attempting to buck that trend and break into the industry
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News
BBC Studios hires head of comedy
BBC comedy commissioner Chris Sussman is to replace Myfanwy Moore as BBC Studios’ head of comedy.
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News
Racing UK upgrades to HD
The Racing UK channel has been upgraded from SD to HD, just in time for the Cheltenham Festival.
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News
BBC1 & C5 prepare rival Henry VIII docs
Channel 5 is to go head-to-head with BBC1 after the broadcasters ordered rival documentaries about King Henry VIII.
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ITN unveils £180m revenue target
ITN has unveiled an ambitious strategy to reduce its dependence on TV news and bolster its revenues to close to £200m within the next five years.
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Behind The Scenes
Beats international: live streaming music
The ability to stream live music events from far-flung and tricky locations has brought niche and underground music to the masses, writes George Bevir
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Critics
TV Critics: Frontline Doctors; This Farming Life; Vet On The Hill
“It was an important insight into the very complex situation the world is facing.”
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News
Tony Hall to sound warning over governance proposals
Tony Hall will today sound a strong warning that Sir David Clementi’s BBC governance review could open the door to further erosion of the corporation’s independence.
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News
Paxman back on BBC for EU referendum
Jeremy Paxman is to return to the BBC to front a documentary on Brussels for an EU referendum season, while the corporation is also planning a raft of special programmes on black Britons.
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News
Anthony Hopkins plays Lear for BBC2
Sir Anthony Hopkins is returning to BBC2 as King Lear and the channel is planning a drama based on Olivier Award-winning play King Charles III.
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News
Charlotte Moore makes 'loud & clear' defence of BBC1
Content supremo Charlotte Moore has issued a “loud and clear” defence of BBC1 distinctiveness and claimed not to recognise the secretary of state’s criticism of the channel.
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Ratings
Top 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 22 - 28 Feb 2016
Channel 4’s Ugly House To Lovely House With George Clarke defeated the second of BBC2’s Big Dreams, Small Spaces
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Ratings
Top 30 multichannel programmes: 22 - 28 Feb 2016
Eurovision: You Decide a hit for BBC4 with 680,000 viewers
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News
Future of The Jump up in the air
The future of The Jump is up in the air after the third series of Twofour’s winter sports format was dogged by controversy.
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Ratings
Top 100 network programmes: 22 - 28 Feb 2016
ITV Churchill drama no match for BBC1 rivals Call The Midwife and The Night Manager
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News
Red Bull hires UK programming team
Former Maverick chief executive Jim Sayer and ex-Bullseye managing director Ed Crick are to run Red Bull’s UK programming team.
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News
Hall: Clementi recommendations risk BBC independence
BBC director general Tony Hall has reservations over proposed BBC governance changes that will enable secretary of state John Whittingdale to appoint half of the broadcaster’s new unitary board.
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News
Ripper Street cancelled by Amazon
Ripper Street will not continue beyond series five after the detective drama which started life on BBC1 enjoyed a renaissance on Amazon.
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News
Kevin Lygo briefs ITV staff on commissioning restructure
Kevin Lygo is to split ITV’s director of entertainment and factual roles, previously held by Elaine Bedell and Richard Klein, to create a flatter, more focused commissioning structure.
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News
Lion tracks GI Janes for C4
Lion TV is to shine a spotlight on a group of women as they prepare for life in the military for a Channel 4 documentary series.