All Broadcast articles in 17 September 2015 – Page 4
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News
BBC is blocking path to innovation
Nigel Walley, managing director of TV consultancy Decipher asks whatever happened to the BBC’s promise to deliver its channels wherever and whenever?
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Ratings
Bear Grylls struggles for ITV
TUESDAY: ITV’s latest Bear Grylls format failed to beat competition from Channel 4 and Channel 5, while BBC2’s Grand Theft Auto drama The Gamechangers hijacked fewer than a million viewers.
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Bargain Hunt presenter suspended
Bargain Hunt presenter Tim Wonnacott has been suspended after clashing with producers on the in-house show.
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Features
IBC 2015: Interview with Avid CEO Louis Hernandez
Avid is to overhaul the way that it certifies third party software in a bid to speed up the process of creating apps for use with the company’s MediaCentral Platform.
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News
Fiona Campbell to chair Edinburgh TV Festival
BBC current affairs head Fiona Campbell has been appointed as advisory chair for the 2016 Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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Lucy Lumsden to leave Sky
Sky head of comedy Lucy Lumsden is stepping down after nearly six years to return to the “coalface” of television production.
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VoD study finds 'room for improvement'
Almost three-quarters of consumers think that there is “room for improvement” among on-demand and live streaming services, according to a study by VoD technology provider Brightcove.
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Technicolor acquires The Mill in £190m deal
Technicolor has acquired London commercials and promos VFX giant The Mill for £190m (€259m).
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Critics
TV Critics: Britain’s Biggest Adventures; The Changing Room; The Gamechangers
“This might have been the most likeable and enjoyable manifestation of tough-guy telly ever.”
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Hall: no plans to close CBBC and CBeebies
Tony Hall has claimed that the BBC has no plans to close its children’s television services.
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Plebs star to front hybrid ITV2 sketch show
ITV2 will send up some of television’s most recognisable brands in a hybrid sketch/prank show from the makers of Celebrity Juice.
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ABC gives Love a second bite at Bake Off
Love Productions has secured a second chance to make The Great British Bake Off a format hit in the US after agreeing a deal with network ABC.
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Features
Doing business in Thailand: trade and export guide
Thailand is in transition to Digital TV after the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) granted 24 commercial digital licenses to 19 companies to operate digital TV in Thailand in 2014.
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Ratings
Top 100 network programmes: 31 Aug - 6 Sept 2015
BBC1 launch show sees off X Factor, as Lady Chatterley steams ahead of ITV’s Jimmy Rose
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BBC stands up for funding deal
The BBC has strongly defended the negotiation of its funding deal with government at a select committee hearing, claiming it secured a better deal than in 2010.
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Hall defends The Voice and ‘luvvies letter’
Director general Tony Hall has pledged that the BBC’s next entertainment hit will be “home grown” and defended the decision to coordinate a ‘luvvies letter’ backing the broadcaster.