All Broadcast articles in 17 April 2014 – Page 4
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News
Discovery on brink of Channel 5 deal
Discovery Communications and BSkyB are poised to announce a £350m deal to acquire Channel 5 from Richard Desmond’s Northern & Shell, Broadcast understands.
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BBC appoints HR director
The BBC has appointed Valerie Hughes-D’Aeth as its director of human resources.
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ITV extends YouTube deal
ITV shows such as I’m A Celebrity, This Morning and Coronation Street are in line to get dedicated YouTube channels following an extension of the broadcaster’s deal with the Google-owned video-sharing site.
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BBC3’s Zai Bennett to lead Sky Atlantic
Zai Bennett will become director of Sky Atlantic just weeks after it was announced that BBC3 is to move online next year.
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Comment
The rise of the 'instamentary'
Ian Russell explains how to make six docs for nine territories in four weeks
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Netflix US swoops for Hinterland
Netflix has picked up Welsh crime drama Hinterland to stream in the US after striking a deal with All3Media International.
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Ratings
Game of Thrones enthrals over 800k
Game of Thrones continued with nearly 820,000 viewers on Monday, as ITV’s crime drama Undeniable lost 350,000 viewers.
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Nerd scores US pilot with FYI
Nerd TV has become the latest UK indie to score a US deal after Jana Bennett-run lifestyle network FYI ordered long-lost love format You’re The One.
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Critics
TV Critics: Restaurant Wars; The Wonder of Bees
“This programme title might have struggled to meet the Trade Descriptions Act.”
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Discovery to air live Everest jump
Peacock Productions is producing a two-hour live special following climber Joby Ogwyn’s attempt to become the first person to jump from the peak of Mount Everest for Discovery Network International.
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NAB 2014: highlights from the show
Video: From AJA’s entry into the camera market to Sony’s latest 4K-capable device, here are some of our highlights from this year’s NAB show.
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Dragonfly boss Simon Dickson departs
Simon Dickson is to leave Shine-owned indie Dragonfly Film and TV after three years at the business.
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Vitec Videocom to acquire Autocue
NAB 2014: Vitec Videocom, a division of the Vitec Group, has agreed to acquire prompter firm Autocue from venture capital firm Root Capital.
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Skype launches broadcast video call system
NAB 2014: Skype has unveiled the first product to result from its acquisition of game show control firm Cat and Mouse.
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Zeebox rebranded as Beamly
Zeebox, the second screen TV service headed up by former iPlayer chief Anthony Rose, has rebranded as Beamly.
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Comment
The Twitter verdict: Britain's Got Talent
“Those electro Ukrainian men will work at stoner festivals all over Europe.”
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Jeremy Kyle Show rapped for treatment of 17-year-old
ITV has been censured for the “humiliation and distress” caused to a 17-year-old guest on The Jeremy Kyle Show.
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Ratings
Warwick Davies travelogue transports 2.7m
Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davies got underway with 2.7m viewers on Friday, down on his previous outing for ITV.
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Nutopia finds Jesus with CNN
Jane Root’s Nutopia is to explore the life of Jesus with a new six-part commission from CNN.
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BBC launches local radio training scheme
The BBC has begun a hunt for 45 aspiring local radio journalists to join its biggest ever apprenticeship scheme.