All Broadcast articles in 16 March 2012 – Page 2
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Comment
16 March '12
“This is good telly, not least because of its forthright presenter and its frilly subject matter.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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News
Former Daybreak exec joins Icon Films
Daybreak’s former deputy editor Paul Connolly has joined River Monsters indie Icon Films as development series producer.
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News
Indies to benefit from BBC pay download plans
The BBC’s plans to create a paid-for download service will open up a new revenue stream for specialist factual and fact ent indies, Pact has said.
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Ratings
MasterChef final peaks at 6.2m
THURSDAY: The MasterChef final scorched the competition with series high of 5.6m, beating the debut of ITV1’s new drama Love Life.
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Spray tans given boost
ITV1’s Benidorm is being recorded by nearly a million viewers while Geordie Shore, the Walking Dead, Glee and Homeland all recieved a PVR boost.
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Features
You Deserve This House
Full post for the 40 x 60-minute Channel 4 series in which Amanda Lamb oversees the makeover of an unsung hero’s home.
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Audience cool on White Heat
The vogue for mining recent history continued this week with BBC2’s drama White Heat beginning in the 60s, as one era officially died and a less certain but more thrilling one began.
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That end of term feeling
With Sport Relief and BGT looming, a number of shows ended and football dominated.
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Features
Gently does it for BBC4’s Dirk
As the Large Hadron Collider gears up its latest search for the Higgs Bosun, maybe it can also look out for whatever it was that made Douglas Adams’ brain. His Dirk Gently stories do make you wonder if it was created somewhere other than here.
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Genre Overview
Browse the top ten children’s, factual, drama, entertainment, sport and current affairs programmes from 5-11 March.
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Demographic Focus
Explore the ratings breakdown demographically across the main terrestrial and multichannel broadcasters from 5-11 March.
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Top consolidated programmes
Find out which programmes gained the biggest audience through recording from 27 February to 4 March and browse the top titles.
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Top 30 multichannel programmes
Find out the top 30 multichannel programmes for 5-11 March as well as the share of viewing across digital homes.
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Top 30 BBC2, Channel 4, Channel 5
Find out the top 30 programmes on BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from 5-11 March as well as the performance of all the terrestrials across week 10.
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Top 100 network programmes
Find out who topped the ratings league table for network programming from 5-11 March and browse the top 100.
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News
Budget set to grant tax breaks for UK drama
The campaign to secure tax breaks for high-end UK drama looks set for victory, with sources suggesting the Chancellor will announce the scheme in next week’s Budget.
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Timeline TV to open Salford premises
London-based sports post-production and OB specialist Timeline TV is mid-way through the build of a new base at MediaCityUK.
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Features
Conferences and trade shows
All of the big trade shows, conferences, award ceremonies and events in the broadcast calendar