All Broadcast articles in 17 June 2016 – Page 5
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Critics
TV Critics: The Secret Life of Kittens; First Dates Abroad; The Great British Sewing Bee; Food Unwrapped; Heathrow
“I like cats, but the relentlessly twee narration left me in a mood to drown a sackful of them.”
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News
Media Production Show: day 1
Broadcast’s inaugural Media Production Show took place last week in Islington’s Business Design Centre. Click for the show highlights.
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ITN retains Channel 5 news contract
ITN will continue to make Channel 5’s news programmes until 2020 in a deal understood to be worth around £35m.
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Zig Zag strikes deal for Korean AI series
Zig Zag is to explore the future of artificial intelligence after striking a deal with South Korean broadcaster MBC.
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BBC lifts lid on chemical weapons lab
The BBC has gained access to one of Britain’s most secretive scientific research bases to lift the lid on how the military could respond to the threat of chemical or biological warfare.
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Fairhead: BBC board needs fresh thinking
Rona Fairlead has said it will be an “enormous privilege” to chair the BBC’s new unitary board and argued that she wants “fresh thinking” to protect the interests of audiences.
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Ratings
Top 50 Non-PSB shows: 30 May - 5 June 2016
The best of Sky News’ EU: In Or Out? interviews this week was Friday’s at 8pm with 397,800/2% as Michael Gove faced the public.
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Top 30 multichannel programmes: 30 May - 5 June 2016
ITV2’s Love Island returned on Monday at 9pm with 830,000/ 4%, outstripping 2015’s 7 June launch (590,000/3%).
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Top 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 30 May - 5 June 2016
On Sunday, the second of BBC2’s new Top Gear dropped 1.5 million from last week’s 4.3 million/23% to 2.8 million/14%
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Top 100 network programmes: 30 May - 5 June 2016
Lacking a Saturday night heavy-hitter, it’s the turn of the soaps to dominate the table this week
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News
Top Gear consolidates to 10-year low
Chris Evans’ all-new Top Gear took a turn for the worse as its consolidated ratings tumbled to a ten-year low.
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BBC3 to explore hate crime
BBC3 has unveiled a trilogy of films examining hate crimes in the US as news continues to emerge about the terrorist attack in a gay nightclub in Orlando over the weekend.
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British shows to shine at Cartoon Forum
The British animation tax credit is continuing to fuel a cartoon boom with nearly a quarter of the animated projects launching at this year’s international TV event Cartoon Forum hailing from UK and Irish indies.
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Ofcom rejects Vote Leave complaint
Ofcom has dismissed Vote Leave’s claim that ITV’s EU referendum coverage has unfairly favoured the Remain campaign.
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In brief: Dot To Dot; ITN; Disney XD
ITN Productions has joined forces with William Hill to launch a Euro 2016 series and Makers Channel, a Dutch-based YouTube rival, has launched in the UK.
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Ratings
Top Gear equals record low
SUNDAY: Top Gear slumped to what is believed to be one of its lowest overnight audiences since modern ratings began in 2002.
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Harry Hill and Jack Dee front Kickstarter pilot
Harry Hill, Jack Dee and Michelle Collins are set to star in a political comedy funded via crowdsourcing site Kickstarter.
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Sky shines spotlight on Freemasons
Sky 1 is to go behind the scenes at secretive organisation The Freemasons in a four-part documentary series.