All Broadcast articles in 18 October 2019 – Page 4
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Ratings
Lenny Henry comedy trawl humours 150,000
First of comedian’s three-part re-visit of the archives doubles Gold’s 81,000 (0.4%) slot average
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Critics
Lenny Henry’s Race Through Comedy
“It was flabbergasting to look back and see how different the cultural climate was 50 years ago.”
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News
Bad Wolf: His Dark Materials honours ‘adults-first’ tone
Jane Tranter: Philip Pullman adaptation does not shy away from dark and difficult themes
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News
Rugby World Cup audiences up by a third, says ITV
Japan-Scotland match is highest rating game of the tournament so far
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News
Kipchoge marathon reaches 500m+ TV viewers
The INEOS 1:59 Challenge gets 4.9m YouTube views and reached 500m+ TV viewers
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News
BBC takes action on ‘invasive’ insurance forms
Simpler health questionnaire introduced after pressure from industry
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VIS UK outlines scripted push as Jill Offman expands role
Five projects unveiled as exec becomes Viacom International Studios MD
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News
Object Matrix announces certification with Quantum StorNext
Joint solution enables customers to seamlessly tier data between StorNext and MatrixStore
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News
Grease is the word for HBO Max
WarnerMedia streamer orders high school spin-off series of classic movie
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Comment
TV needs to offer more variety
Our constant diet of quality drama is becoming a little hard to stomach, says Steven D Wright
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News
Turning up the heat on sizzles
Development process is becoming tougher as British commissioners follow the US lead
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ITVS: distributors merger will revitalise slate
Consolidation of four distribution arms set to create mega-catalogue of around 50,000 hours
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News
Pay-TV subs set to take SVoD hit
Broadcast Intelligence research highlights need for operators to aggregate new services to halt declines
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Features
Meet the controllers: BBC special
Podcast: director of content Charlotte Moore on SVoDs, while channel controllers Patrick Holland and Cassian Harrison discuss their wishlists
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News
Viacom and Youku strike multi-year deal
Broadcaster and streamer to produce a kids animated series
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News
DNEG plans London stock market listing
VFX specialist aims to raise £150m from the listing to reduce debt and fund further expansion
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News
E4 picks up Paul Feig drama
NBC musical comedy-drama Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist comes to channel next year
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Thames MD: X Factor Celebrity is ‘Diet Coke’ version of show
Amelia Brown: Show is a sign of confidence in the long-running format