All Broadcast articles in 12 June 2014 – Page 5
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Comment
A revolution in storytelling
Digital platforms are transforming documentary forms and reaching new audiences, says Jennifer Wilson
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News
Sky launches European football channel
Sky is to launch its seventh sports channel, billed as a home for European football.
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Critics
TV Critics: David Beckham: Into the Unknown; Caught on Camera; Britain's Whale Hunters
“What was lovely about the journey was that it worked”.
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News
Alan Yentob sues Trinity Mirror over phone hacking
Alan Yentob is preparing for a High Court battle with Trinity Mirror after accusing the Daily Mirror owner of hacking his phone.
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News
Discovery & Sky 3D explore Lost Worlds
Former Royal Marine Monty Halls will explore some of the world’s greatest natural wonders with world class climber Leo Houlding in Discovery and Sky 3D’s latest commission.
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News
Cohen frustrated over Quirke sound
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has expressed frustration and concern about the recent sound issues experienced in the BBC1 drama Quirke.
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TV pays tribute to Rik Mayall
The UK television industry has paid tribute to Rik Mayall, the comedy actor who died on Monday aged 56.
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C4 hunts specialist factual formats
DOCFEST: Channel 4 commissioner David Glover has claimed that the broadcaster was not “running up the white flag” in its hunt for specialist factual formats to follow Inside Nature’s Giants.
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Ratings
Big Brother powers down from launch
FRIDAY: Big Brother continued to pull in the viewers for Channel 5, but lost half a million viewers from its launch episode.
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News
The Garden opens up Tatler for BBC2
Inside Claridges-indie, The Garden Productions, is to go behind the scenes at high society magazine Tatler.
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News
Princess wins Lottery deal from Endemol
Shine Group’s Princess Productions has snatched the rights to produce BBC1’s National Lottery draws from Endemol.
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Comment
ITV Encore v ITV3: spot the difference
Can ITV sustain digital channels that pit Marple against Poirot, asks Stephen Arnell
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News
Harding: 'no escaping' BBC redundancies
BBC’s director of news and current affairs James Harding has told staff that future job cuts across the division are inescapable as the corporation ploughs ahead with its cost saving scheme.
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Ratings
Quirke ends on a low note
SUNDAY: BBC1 Irish drama Quirke bowed out with a series low performance as ITV’s Soccer Aid peaked with a crowd of 6.4m.
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News
BBC docs boss: formats could be on way back
DOCFEST: The BBC’s Emma Willis has hinted that Charlotte Moore and Kim Shillinglaw are keen to take more risks with docs on their channels - and that factual formats could be on the point of returning.
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BBCW drums up Dave Grohl deal
BBC Worldwide has scored the international rights to Sonic Highways, a music doc series directed by Foo Fighters’ frontman Dave Grohl for HBO.
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News
50 Cent drug drama gets digital release
50 Cent’s drug drama Power is to be made available in the UK after US cable network Starz struck a series of download deals.
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Critics
TV Critics: Wildfire 2014; Born in the Wild; I Bought A Rainforest; BGT Final
“Kate Humble looked like a woman who’d just been given a fatal medical diagnosis instead of a few facts and figures.”
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News
Russell Howard’s Good News moves to BBC2
Russell Howard’s Good News will move to BBC2 as the corporation begins to pave the way for BBC3’s switch online.
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News
Fresh One cooks up Canadian food format
Jamie Oliver’s Fresh One Productions has landed its first order since tying up with North American indie Bristow Global Media.