All Broadcast articles in 16 October 2015 – Page 4
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Derren Brown unveils Vaudeville Prods
Derren Brown has unveiled a production company to take creative control of his future TV projects.
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Channel 5 cooks up weekend format to rival Saturday Kitchen
Channel 5 is to go head-to-head with BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen with a two-hour live magazine show for Saturday mornings.
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BBC on brink of The Voice recommission
The Voice UK is on the brink of being recommissioned for BBC1.
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iPlayer to stream Elton John concert
BBC iPlayer is to offer visitors an exclusive Elton John performance from Cornwall’s Eden Project.
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Social TV: it's just a fad, right?
Social networks can help ailing linear viewership figures, says Connect Four’s Tom Bowers
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Kim Longinotto to receive Grierson award
The Grierson Trust has named filmmaker Kim Longinotto as the recipient of the BBC Trustees’ Award.
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Abraham: privatising C4 risks 19,000 jobs
The privatisation of Channel 4 would place 19,000 jobs in the indie community at risk, according to chief executive David Abraham.
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Cohen: no conspiracy theory behind my departure
Director of television Danny Cohen has told Broadcast his decision to leave the BBC is about his personal need for a fresh challenge rather than any “climactic situation” facing the corporation.
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Ratings
First Dates hooks up 2m
MONDAY: Stand Up To Cancer’s First Dates special performed solidly but was unable to beat Friday’s charity-themed Gogglebox.
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Cohen: BBC faces seismic challenges
Danny Cohen has acknowledged that he is leaving the BBC as it prepares for “challenges the like of which [it] and the television industry have never faced before”.
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Media Global Links joins Tico Alliance
Manufacturer of broadcast network infrastructure and transport systems Media Global Links is the latest company to join the Tico Alliance.
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Critics
TV Critics: The Walking Dead; Sex Diaries: Trans Lovers; Rhyme, Rock and Revolution
“Just how long can you be chased by zombies for before it all starts to get a bit boring?”
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Danny Cohen: letter to staff
Click to read the note sent to BBC staff by outgoing director of televison Danny Cohen.
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Batcam appoints Miller as chairman
Former head of sport at the BBC and Channel 4 Mike Miller has taken on the role of chairman at UAV filming firm Batcam.
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Danny Cohen to leave BBC
Danny Cohen is to leave the BBC to “pursue a new leadership challenge”.
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SNP demands more funds from Tony Hall
Scottish culture secretary Fiona Hyslop has urged Tony Hall to launch new channels and invest more of the licence fee north of the border at a meeting with the director general.
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Liberty buys stake in Bigballs
Liberty Global has continued its UK indie acquisition spree with the purchase of a stake in You, Me and the Apocalypse co-producer Bigballs Media.
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In brief: Sky & Disney; Classic Car Show; Last Panthers
Sky has extended its wide-ranging deal with Disney, C5’s Classic Car Show goes global and HBO Nordic picks up Sky’s Last Panthers.
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England's World Cup ends quietly for ITV
SATURDAY: England’s dead rubber rugby win over Uruguay was beaten by Australia’s defeat of Wales, while Strictly Come Dancing hit a series high.
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Colette Foster lifts lid on Birmingham indie
Colette Foster, the former Remarkable Television co-managing director, hopes to spark a renaissance in TV production in Birmingham with the launch of hew new indie, Full Fat Television.