All Broadcast articles in 13 March 2014 – Page 4
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Critics
TV Critics: Shetland; iPlayer originals; Insane Fight Club
“Amid the procedural boilerplate, glimmers of a more interesting show shone through.”
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News
Ross Video acquires newsroom platform firm
Ross Video has acquired newsroom automation firm Automated Data Systems
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News
Purnell warns against licence fee evasion plans
James Purnell has argued that decriminalising licence fee evasion would present a “huge risk” to the future of certain BBC services.
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News
BBC1 lines up third David Walliams adaptation
BBC1 is to adapt David Walliams’ children’s book The Boy in the Dress for its third Christmas collaboration with the Little Britain Star.
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News
Sky wins Must Be The Music court case
Sky has won a High Court case after it was accused of format infringement over talent format Must Be The Music.
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News
MPs bid to reverse BBC3 decision
Labour MP John McDonnell has tabled an Early Day Motion in parliament calling on the BBC to reverse its decision to close BBC3 as a television channel.
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News
Simon Beaufoy & Tony Garnett develop spy series
Slumdog Millionaire writer Simon Beaufoy is among the team developing a TV drama series about the real-life police spies who have infiltrated British activist groups over the past 50 years.
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News
Ofcom renews C4 licence
Ofcom has extended Channel 4’s licence for a further 10 years with the broadcaster’s out of England spend set to triple.
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News
Adam Curtis and Frankie Boyle lead iPlayer originals
Adam Curtis, Bob Mortimer and Frankie Boyle are among a slew of stars commissioned to create original content for the revamped BBC iPlayer.
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News
C5 counts down with Objective
Channel 5 has commissioned seven entertainment-based countdown shows including The Ultimate Action Movies hosted by Vinne Jones.
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News
Discovery visits wolves in Siberia
Discovery Networks International is heading to Siberia to follow a group of wolves after acquiring 90-minute documentary Wolves Unleashed from UK distributor Scorpion TV.
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Ratings
Michael McIntyre ties with Graham Norton
Michael McIntyre’s talk show launched in line with Graham Norton’s 2005 chat show The Bigger Picture on Monday.
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News
BBC beefs up iPlayer
The BBC has overhauled the design of the iPlayer online with an emphasis on images to make it easier for users to discover shows they are interested in.
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Critics
TV Critics: EDL Girls; Great Canal Journeys; Photographing Africa
“The film was even-handed if not especially illuminating.”
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News
Content strikes Caryn Mandabach deal
Distributor Content Media Corporation has struck a first look deal with Peaky Blinders producer Caryn Mandabach Productions.
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News
Former GMTV boss to oversee Loose Women
Former GMTV showrunner Martin Frizell is to become the editor of Loose Women.
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News
Tiger Aspect meets the taxman for C4
Channel 4 is to discover what makes the taxman tick in a three-part documentary series from Tiger Aspect.
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News
Turner reveals comedy slate
Turner Broadcasting is to air four new long-form animated comedy series on Cartoon Network after the channel drew a record audience in 2013.
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News
Event planned to reveal Broadcast Indie Survey 2014
Register to attend the Broadcast Indie Survey event on 19 March and get a sneak preview of the key findings ahead of its publication.
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News
Panasonic and Sony launch Archival Disc
Sony and Panasonic have joined forces to launch the successor to Blu-ray which they hope will grow the market for long-term, optical storage.