All Broadcast articles in 17 July 2015 – Page 4
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Boundless appoints managing director
Boundless creative director Hannah Wyatt has been promoted to managing director after Patrick Holland left to become BBC head of documentaries.
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Love to explore culture & community for latest C4 doc
Benefits Street indie Love Productions is following up its controversial Channel 4 series with a show exploring religion, culture and community in the UK.
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BBC trustee considered resigning over licence fee deal
BBC trustee Richard Ayre has revealed he considered resigning after discovering the BBC was to be saddled with the cost of licence fees for the over-75s.
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Scottish culture secretary slams government BBC action
The Scottish culture secretary has slammed the government for making decisions that could “slash and diminish” the BBC without consulting the SNP.
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Boomerang lands 60 hours of C4 business
Twofour Group indie Boomerang has won 60 hours of business from Channel 4 including a one-off documentary about high-end removal firms and a bumper second series of Posh Pawnbrokers.
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Great Ormond Street moves 1.4m
TUESDAY: BBC2’s Great Ormond Street documentary series got underway with a bigger audience than The Bank as Only Connect replacement Hive Minds started strongly on BBC4.
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Chris Bryant: the BBC is under siege
Shadow culture secretary Chris Bryant has claimed the BBC will be reduced to a “national irrelevance” by 2027 if the government continues its “bully crusade” against the broadcaster during charter renewal.
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Critics
TV Critics: Great Ormond Street; Hive Minds; The House That £100K Built; Imagine
“Last night’s programme was a brilliant opener to what looks like being another remarkable series.”
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Bullying cases fall at the BBC
Around 13 staff were found guilty of bullying at the BBC in the year to end of March 2015, as the number of bullying and sexual harassment cases at the corporation fell 37%.
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Top stars urge prime minister to protect the BBC
A host of top stars including Brian Cox, Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench, have written to the prime minister urging him to protect the “precious institution” that is the BBC.
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Hall: BBC’s future must not be dictated by commercial interests
Tony Hall has argued that the future of the BBC should not be decided by “narrow commercial interests” but by the British public.
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BBC network spend in Scotland tumbles
Political pressure on the BBC from Scotland could be ramped up after the corporation spent less in the country in 2014 on network TV and appreciation fell for BBC Radio Scotland.
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Worldwide pledges to return £1bn to BBC
BBC Worldwide plans to return around £1bn to the corporation cumulatively over the next five years, despite a dip in profits following the sale of 49.9% of the business to AMC Networks.
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ITV US president steps down
ITV Studios America president Orly Adelson has stepped down, prompting a restructure at the US business.
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C4 orders health slate
Channel 4 has ordered a raft of health-based feature shows from Twofour, Fresh One and Broadbean Media.
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BBC TV channels suffer further falls in reach and appreciation
Audience reach and appreciation scores for all the BBC’s major television channels has decreased for the second year, despite content spend growing at all but BBC4, CBBC and CBeebies.
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Read resurfaces at Birmingham's Custard Factory
Former Wimbledon Studios managing director Piers Read has been appointed managing director at Birmingham’s The Custard Factory.
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Rookies arrests 3.3m
MONDAY: ITV police documentary Rookies won the slot despite recruiting an audience below slot average, while Hair’s migration to BBC2 failed to result in an uplift.
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BBC back office spend rockets £100m
BBC back office support costs have rocketed by almost £100m at a time when the corporation has warned that services could be at risk from further funding cuts.
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Lifetime revives Britain’s Next Top Model
Lifetime has revived Britain’s Next Top Model two years after the format was axed by Sky Living.