All Broadcast articles in 17 June 2016 – Page 2
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Take That talent hunt replaces Voice UK
BBC1 has found its replacement for The Voice UK next year – an eight-week talent hunt for the stars of a new Take That stage musical.
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TV isn’t lacking ballsy women
Is confidence the issue, or old-fashioned sexism? asks Steven D Wright
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Public service content fund should not be limited to TV
White paper should allow us to cater for children on all platforms, says Matt Deegan
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C4 training scheme focuses on diversity
Channel 4 will only accept individuals who are disabled or from a BAME or socially-disadvantaged background onto its production training scheme next year to improve industry diversity.
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Shiver Cymru opens with Aberfan disaster
ITV has commissioned a documentary to mark the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster.
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Arrow blasts off with US SVoD NASA doc
Live From Space indie Arrow Media is heading back into the stratosphere with the NASA Juno Mission after securing its first SVoD commission.
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Longevity doesn’t stop a show being ‘distinctive’
BBC leads the way in daytime schedules that offer quality viewing, says Dan McGolpin
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Ratings
Euro 2016 outscores gorilla doc
WEDNESDAY: France’s second Euro 2016 outing failed to hit the heights of the tournament opener as BBC1’s documentary about a ‘talking’ gorilla proved the best of the rest.
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Critics
TV Critics: Koko; Exposure; Rescue Dog To Superdog
“A portrait of two highly intelligent beings – one human, one gorilla – caught forever between unbridgeable worlds. It was hard to know whom to feel most sorry for.”
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ITV and Sky invest in eSports channel Ginx TV
Sky and ITV have partnered to launch a 24-hour eSports channel, Ginx eSports TV.
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Lambent boss: nothing to fear in UHD content
Producers don’t need to be fearful of shooting, post-producing and delivering Ultra High Definition programmes, according to Lambent Productions co-managing director Ollie Tait.
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Post-production ‘in rude health’
The post-production industry is enjoying a boom in work, but the usual pressures, caused by stagnant rates and the availability of talent, remain.
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Versailles indie heads to UK
Newen, the French super-indie behind BBC2 period drama Versailles, is set to expand into the UK after it was acquired by commercial broadcaster TF1 earlier this year.
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UKTV and Avalon set out comedy talent strategy
UKTV’s Richard Watsham has warned of the industry’s tendency to second-guess ideas and shoehorn talent into preconceived formats.
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Simon Andreae’s Naked eyes genres beyond fact ent
Naked Entertainment, the indie established by former Fox and Discovery commissioner Simon Andreae, is to branch out into digital series, specialist factual and general entertainment after winning its first two factual entertainment commissions.
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TV split over online content
Broadcasters are divided on the merits of original online content commissions, but agree that experimentation is key to reaching audiences in new ways, according to a future-gazing panel at Broadcast’s Media Summit.
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Pact warns against Brexit
Pact chief executive John McVay has argued that a vote to leave the European Union next week will mean Britain loses a seat at the table when critical legislation on TV distribution is being negotiated.
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BBC Studios to mirror All3Media
BBC Studios will look to mirror the operating structures of super-indies including All3Media and Endemol Shine Group after director Mark Linsey finalised his top management team.
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Comment
The production talent conundrum
BBC Studios and mega-indies share challenge of energising staff
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ITV factual vision takes shape
ITV factual entertainment boss Sue Murphy is beginning to exert her influence as the department bids to find a hit on the scale of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!.