All Broadcast articles in 13 February 2014 – Page 5
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Comment
TV must make the case for premium content
What does ITV Encore launch say about what viewers will pay for asks Stella Medlicott
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Comment
The Twitter verdict: Babylon
“Seriously trending - and dividing the audience across a wide spectrum.” Read on for the industry verdict on the Danny Boyle-directed comedy drama debate.
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News
Sky drives off with PGA Tour rights
Sky has won the exclusive rights to air live PGA Tour golf for the next seven years, seeing off competition from BT Sport.
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BBC Trust to launch major radio review
The BBC Trust is to launch a health check of the corporation’s entire UK portfolio of music and speech radio stations.
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Comment
Celebhunter: ‘Gonzo’ voice of a new generation
Director Matt Rudge argues broadcasters must back self-taught filmmakers
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News
ITV pushes ahead with Lewis
Lewis is to return for an eighth series in spite of previous claims from creator Colin Dexter that the ITV drama had run out of steam.
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Jamie Theakston returns to Forbidden History
UKTV is to bring back Jamie Theakston’s Forbidden History for a second series.
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Cowell’s Over the Top wins ITV pilot
Simon Cowell’s fledgling indie Over the Top Productions is piloting its first project - a primetime ITV gameshow fronted by Bradley Walsh.
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Keeping The Nation Alive goes Dutch
The Garden’s medical ob-doc format Keeping The Nation Alive is to travel to The Netherlands after ITV Studios struck a deal with Dutch broadcaster Ned1.
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Comment
Colin Davis in his own words
John Bridcut on turning around the esteemed late British conductor’s exit interview, which won the Gold award last week at French film festival, FIPA
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Ratings
Salamander starts steadily
Belgian crime drama Salamander got underway for BBC4 on Saturday with an audience in line with The Bridge opener.
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News
Discovery promotes Susanna Dinnage
Discovery has promoted Susanna Dinnage nine months after the launch of female-skewing network TLC.
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Ratings
Danny Boyle’s Babylon arrests 1.6m
Channel 4’s Danny Boyle-directed comedy drama pilot Babylon failed to arrest a big audience on Sunday - as The Musketeers continued to lose viewers.
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Elaine Paige takes stage for Sky Arts
Sky Arts has ordered a six-part series about musical star Elaine Paige from Fresh One Productions.
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PSBs plan Freeview VoD push
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are investigating the opportunity to launch industry-standard IPTV technology that would ensure their catch-up services work across all connected TVs.
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Ratings
Winter Olympics curtain raiser draws over 3m
The Winter Olympics opening ceremony skated off with a 3.4m peak on Friday - as Sky 1 launched Lee Mack’s Duck Quacks Don’t Echo to almost 360k viewers.
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Critics
TV Critics: Babylon; Salamander
“Babylon was not quite as great as the sum of its parts and the problem lay in Danny Boyle’s direction.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Banking more ethnically diverse than media
A study of the top 10,000 executives across British industry reveals a deep “diversity deficit”– and reveals the banking and finance sector is more ethnically diverse than the media.
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The Voice gets BBC2 spin-off show
The Voice UK is to be handed a Strictly: It Takes Two-style BBC2 spin-off show when the live rounds of the contest get underway.
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Cohen confirms end of all-male panel shows
BBC television boss Danny Cohen has reiterated the corporation’s desire to ban all-male comedy panel shows.