All Broadcast articles in 13 March 2020 – Page 5
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News
BBC struggles to sway suppliers on subscription
Broadcast Indie Survey results highlight need for clarity in licence fee debate
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News
Indies warn over IR35 impact
Firms could be forced to cut size of production teams after tax legislation is implemented
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News
ITV wants answers from Sky
Chief exec questions intentions over PSB review and reiterates call to safeguard prominence
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Comment
Coronavirus requires cool heads
Epidemic is challenging normal business practices in many ways
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News
Znak & Co launches podcast arm
Sky Studios-backed indie teams up with podcast producer Coex Studios for companion shows and true-crime series
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News
Sky limits Osterley base to ‘critical workers’ for a day
Bulk of 7,500 staff to work remotely in trial to counter coronavirus threat
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Behind The Scenes
How C4 got Five Guys a Week
By speeding up the dating process and handing women the power, Label1 offers a fresh, romantic take on the genre
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News
Shine TV secures Quibi commission
Shine TV is promising “the shiniest-floor studio in competition history” with its first Quibi commission. ESG labels Shine TV and Authentic Entertainment are to co-produce Squeaky Clean (w/t), a series in which three contestants will engage in a cleaning competition. Each episode will consist of two rounds ...
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Comment
An open letter to the new DG … whoever she may be
Neglect your core, non-metropolitan, viewers at your peril, warns Fiona Chesterton
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News
STV outpaces BBC1 in Scottish primetime
White House Farm and The Masked Singer among the shows driving success
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News
First Stage Studios to run Edinburgh studio complex
Appointment will kickstart development of significant new facility
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News
Coronavirus threat alters Italian PSB schedules
Rai kids channels to add educational content as schools close
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Ratings
More than 1.5m join Miriam’s adventure
MONDAY: Margolyes’ mission to discover why the UK is so overweight opens above slot average while ITV’s Liar gains 500,000
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Critics
Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure
“Even in the hands of someone as likeable and funny as Miriam, the show suffered from fat-programming fatigue”
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News
Dorothy Byrne steps down as C4 news chief
Ian Katz hails long-serving exec’s creative flair and ’laser-like eye for a story’
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News
The Fast Show team reunites for Gold
Classic characters reprieved for Crook Productions’ two-hour retrospective
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Features
Producers hail idea-first sports commissioning
“If we had gone with a talent first approach, we would never have gotten some of our most interesting ideas off the ground”