All Broadcast articles in 16 October 2014 – Page 2
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Comment
Newsrooms must reflect modern Britain
The Open Newsrooms Day scheme is a step in the right direction, says Michael Jermey
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News
Facebook hires CNN exec for content push
Facebook has hired CNN veteran Nick Wren to forge partnerships with media companies.
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News
AOL kickstarts original commissioning
AOL UK has moved into commissioning for the first time, ordering online series fronted by Richard Bacon, Tess Daly and Rochelle Humes.
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News
The Garden’s creative director departs
The Garden Productions creative director Jonathan Smith is to leave the ITV Studios-owned indie at the end of the year.
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Ratings
CHARTS: Bake Off batters the rest
Final of BBC1 show cooks up a whopping 12 million, putting Strictly and X Factor in the shade
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Ratings
CHARTS: A purr-fect run for BBC2
On Tuesday at 8pm, BBC2’s Cat Watch 2014: The New Horizon Experiment began its stripped run with the best audience of the three days: 2.7 million/13%.
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Ratings
CHARTS: Solid start for newbie ITV Be
The Only Way Is Ibiza achieved 674,000/3% at 9pm; episode two on Sunday at 10.15pm drew 582,000/4%.
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Ratings
CHARTS: Disney doc is just the tonic
It was a good week for Disney Junior, whose best show was Sofia The First at 5.25pm on Wednesday with 279,000/2%.
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Ratings
CHARTS: Doctor stable at later time
The seventh episode of the eighth series of Doctor Who achieved a live rating of 4.9 million/22%, in line with the previous week
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News
Sir David Attenborough to lead raft of BBC natural history docs
Sir David Attenborough is to front three natural history documentaries as part of a major factual push from the BBC.
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Video
VIDEO: Grayson Perry: Who Are You?
Click to watch the trailer for Grayson Perry’s forthcoming Swan Films show for Channel 4
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News
Kantar buys into audio watermarking
Measurement firm Kantar Media has acquired the audio watermarking arm of Civolution to bolster its second screen presence.
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News
ITV hires Little Dot to run YouTube channels
ITV has agreed a deal with Little Dot Studios to manage its growing network of YouTube channels.
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News
Red Digital Cinema showcase 6K Red Dragon at the Broadcast Production & Post Forum
Red Digital Cinema will be showcasing its 6k Red Dragon sensor for the first time at the Broadcast Production and Post Forum.
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Ratings
Waterloo Road registers 3.3m
WEDNESDAY: Waterloo Road began a new term with a slot-winning outing as ITV’s Celebrity Squares checked out on a high.
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News
Sky Go Extra helps profit jump 10%
The number of subscribers to Sky’s premium Sky Go Extra service hit 1.5m as its quarterly profit jumped by more than 10%.
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Critics
TV Critics: Curing Cancer; Trust Me, I’m a Doctor; The Apprentice
“This gentle film was like sunlight itself.”
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News
Pact calls on BBC to ‘open up’ about terms of trade plans
The BBC has come under pressure to open up about its plans to overhaul the terms of trade amid concern that some true indies could lose out as a result of any changes.
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News
Netflix growth stalls following price hike
Netflix has blamed its decision to hike subscription fees for lower than forecast growth recorded over the past quarter.
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News
Richard McKerrow: give ideas a chance
Love Productions co-founder Richard McKerrow believes the industry must give good ideas more time to grow after the slowburn success of The Great British Bake Off culminated in 13 million viewers for last week’s final.