All Broadcast articles in 11 September 2014 – Page 3
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Ratings
CHARTS: Dynamo casts spell for Watch
Watch’s Dynamo: Magician Impossible returned on Thursday for a fourth series at 9pm and its 551,000/3% was the best non-sport rating of the week.
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Ratings
CHARTS: Bright Lights fades on BBC4
Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale Of Three Cities hit a series low on Wednesday with 208,000/1%
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CHARTS: Quiz night win for BBC2
Only Connect more than doubled its final BBC4 audience (831,000) on its BBC2 transfer.
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Ratings
CHARTS: Round one to Strictly
BBC1’s Sunday pre-launch show beats ITV’s The X Factor as the two go head-to-head
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News
TSL set to merge with IPE
Systems integrators and broadcast kit manufacturers TSL and IPE have agreed a merger.
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News
Soho Square launches production arm
Facility house Soho Square Studios has set up a production company and partnered with Bob The Builder creator Keith Chapman on a pre-school series.
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News
C4 pub doc to combine fixed-rig and structured reality
Eleven Film is to explore masculinity in the 21st century via a documentary for Channel 4 which will combine fixed-rig and scripted reality elements – and is set in a pub.
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News
HBO takes Nick Broomfield’s Tales Of The Grim Sleeper
HBO has acquired US rights to Nick Broomfield’s Tales of the Grim Sleeper, which was commissioned by Sky Atlantic.
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News
Broadcast TECH Young Talent Awards - shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Broadcast TECH Young Talent awards has been revealed ahead of the 6 November ceremony at Bafta.
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News
Rory Peck Award 2014 finalists announced
British filmmakers Ruhi Hamid and Ben Steele are among those nominated for the 2014 Rory Peck Awards.
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Ratings
Celebrity Squares whipped by Bake Off
WEDNESDAY: Celebrity Squares debuted with 3.4m viewers for ITV, but was unable to rise above a series high for The Great British Bake Off.
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Comment
C5 poised for profile boost
Thanks to Viacom’s scale, the broadcaster will be parking its tanks on Channel 4’s lawn, says Stephen Arnell
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News
IBC 2014: what's on the agenda?
IBC 2014: Attendees of this year’s show reveal their must-see exhibitors and equipment
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Critics
TV Critics: Scott & Bailey; All Creatures, Great and Stuffed; Celebrity Squares
“Moderately gripping and watchable in the extreme.”
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News
Rona Fairhead passes CMSC test
Incoming BBC Trust chair Rona Fairhead believes the BBC’s plan to effectively privatise its in-house production arm presents some “very large commercial issues”.
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News
Cineflix UK bosses seal MBO
Camilla Lewis and Rob Carey will strike out with their own indie after sealing a management buyout deal for the UK operations of Cineflix Productions.
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Comment
Time to consider cameras in court
Pistorius trial has opened up the debate, says Simon Bucks
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Behind The Scenes
Bad Bridesmaid, ITV2
Casting a comedian as the bad bridesmaid has forged a new hybrid format, writes Amy Dallmeyer.
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Features
Masterclass: Using Microvideo
BBC Academy’s Paul Buller talks to three microvideo producers.
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The Broadcast Interview
Antonia Hurford-Jones, Sky Living
Sky Living director reveals plans to defrock the channel of its fluffy image.