All Broadcast articles in 17 February 2012 – Page 6
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RatingsITV4 nets 1.3m with Africa football final
SUNDAY: Zambia’s dramatic penalties victory over the Ivory Coast in the Africa Cup of Nations final netted a peak of 1.35m viewers for ITV4.
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RatingsSky1’s Stella pulls 630k
FRIDAY: Comedy drama Stella nearly doubled Sky1’s usual audience figures as it continues to draw followers.
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NewsMidwife exec to head drama for BBC Scotland
Chris Aird, executive producer of BBC1 hit Call the Midwife, has been appointed head of drama for BBC Scotland.
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RatingsMrs Brown bows out with 8.3m
CONSOLIDATED: The series finale of Mrs Brown’s Boys was recorded by 2m viewers, helping the BBC1 comedy pull an audience of 8.3m.
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NewsRIG plans online radio sales hub
Industry trade body Radio Independents Group is to announce a proposal to launch an online content sales hub for programmes.
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RatingsTake Me Out pulls 5m
SATURDAY: Take Me Out lured its biggest audience of the series for the second consecutive week.
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News6 Music signs Serafinowicz
Comedian, writer and actor Peter Serafinowicz is to present a series of six shows in Adam & Joe’s old slot on BBC 6 Music.
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NewsBBC3 reboots Snog, Marry, Avoid
BBC3’s make-under show Snog, Marry, Avoid is being refreshed for its fifth series with comedian Ellie Taylor as presenter.
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NewsRadio 4 hunts 'New Elizabethans'
BBC Radio 4 is kicking off a hunt to find the 60 public figures who have had the greatest impact on life in the UK during the Queen’s reign to mark the Diamond Jubilee and create “a radio portrait of our age”.
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Comment13 Feb '12
“It seems to be a case of people inventing things because they can.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.
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NewsEntertainment One halts sale plans
Peppa Pig distributor Entertainment One has pulled the plug on a potential sale and is instead focusing on acquisitions.
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RatingsGraham Norton tops 4m mark
FRIDAY: A guest appearance from Dame Judi Dench helped The Graham Norton Show to its biggest ratings of the year.
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RatingsBBC1 draws biggest Baftas audience since 2004
SUNDAY: The British Academy Film Awards walked away with its biggest audience in eight years as silent movie The Artist swept the board.
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NewsDCD Media acquires Sequence Post
DCD Media has acquired the brand, assets and senior management of post facility Sequence.