All Broadcast articles in 16 December 2011 – Page 3
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NewsLucky Day wins trio of orders
Lucky Day has secured three orders from the BBC and Channel 4, comprising one children’s series and two daytime shows.
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NewsC4 announces multiplatform tour
Channel 4 will hold 30 multiplatform events across the country in a drive to attract new ideas and has committed to a training scheme during 2012 - an initiative titled Fuel 4.
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NewsBBC’s Accused heads to Australia
BBC1 crime drama Accused has been sold to broadcasters in Brazil, Africa and Australia on the back of a brace of new awards.
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NewsSky 1's Spy gets second series
Sky 1 comedy Spy is to return for an extended second series next year.
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NewsDRG secures Amazon sales
DRG has revived international interest in a Sky1 travel doc starring X Factor USA host Steve Jones.
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NewsC4's Bank Job scores 1.7m plays
The online game to recruit players for Channel 4 game show The Bank Job has been played 1.7m times in a week.
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RatingsGypsy Christmas unwraps 5m
TUESDAY: Big Fat Gypsy Weddings returned to Channel 4 with a vengeance and paved the way for the successful comeback of Shane Meadows’ drama This Is England.
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NewsBBC: MPs "pushing on open door" over local radio
BBC bosses have indicated local radio could see some of the proposed budget cuts revoked, telling MPs that their campaigns to save services were “pushing at a partly open door”.
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Comment14 Dec '11
“Children are the ruin of even the most carefully watched budget.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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RatingsHim & Her ends on 570k
TUESDAY: BBC3 comedy Him & Her ended on a low in the face of stiff competition.
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NewsThompson turns table on tabloids over Frozen Planet
The BBC’s director general has turned the tables on tabloid reports of Frozen Planet fakery suggesting it has more to do with the corporation’s coverage of the Leveson inquiry than polar bears.
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NewsSky Anytime+ ad banned
A high profile TV advert for BSkyB’s on-demand service Sky Anytime+ has been banned following a complaint from rival Virgin Media.
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NewsPatten: sacking Clarkson would be dangerous precedent
Sacking Jeremy Clarkson for saying public sector strikers should be shot would set dangerous precedents, the chairman of the BBC Trust has said.
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NewsBBC3’s Mongrels heads to US
BBC3 puppet comedy Mongrels is to be shown in the US for the first time through VoD site Hulu.
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NewsHowe takes on BBC's in-house reins
Tamara Howe has been promoted to controller of BBC’s in-house production operations, taking on management responsibility for flagship programmes such as EastEnders, Top Gear and Strictly Come Dancing.
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NewsSawalha to front kitchen DIY series
Loose Women’s Nadia Sawalha is to front a 20-part series about DIY in the kitchen that aims to help homeowners make the most of the space they have.
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NewsTwofour hires former C4 exec
A former Channel 4 commissioning editor has been named the new head of factual for indie Twofour.
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RatingsBBC3 tourettes doc draws 560k
MONDAY: BBC3’s documentary about a tourettes sufferer with ambitions of becoming a singer performed well.
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E4’s Hairdresser restyled for the Netherlands
E4 series The Great British Hairdresser has been remade for audiences in the Netherlands.
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NewsTime Warner back in for Endemol
Time Warner is ready to pay €1bn in cash for Endemol, which is itself focused on restructuring its €2bn of debt.