All Broadcast articles in 18 September 2014 – Page 3
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Ratings
Ratings analysis: the weekend starts here...
How sleeper hit Gogglebox has helped Channel 4 in the battle for Friday nights
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News
Pact slams BBC and C4 for ‘peddling terms of trade myth’
Pact chief executive John McVay has claimed that Channel 4 and the BBC are “peddling a myth” about terms of trade needing to be overhauled to protect smaller indies.
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News
Zodiak to Bling Up US babies
Channel 5’s controversial reality series Blinging Up Baby is set to be remade in the US as part of a Zodiak Rights funding strategy.
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News
ChannelFlip extends reach
Shine-owned multi-channel network (MCN) ChannelFlip has drawn up ambitious growth plans, including proposals to work with rival networks’ YouTube stars, the launch of a talent agency and a children’s service.
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Films of Record shifts focus to ‘lighter factual’
Films of Record wants to branch out into lighter factual content in an effort to secure longer-running series following Roger Graef ’s decision to step back.
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BBCW revives indie interest
BBC Worldwide is planning a renewed push on its UK indie investment strategy, according to chief executive Tim Davie.
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Comment
TV's hunt for a new reality
Broadcasters should give the genre a twist, urges Claudia Rosencrantz
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News
ITV on the hunt to replace Rising Star
ITV is to plunder its entertainment development slate as it looks to fill the hole in its schedule left by the cancellation of Keshet entertainment show Rising Star.
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Features
Crackanory, Dave
Dave’s storytelling series use a multi-purpose location to create new worlds on a budget
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News
C4 sets out Shorts strategy
Channel 4 has lifted the lid on its short-form content commissioning strategy as it looks to build its Shorts hub into a destination for young online audiences.
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Ratings
Rizzoli & Isles on par for Alibi
It’s rare nowadays to come across a place of which you haven’t previously heard. With information so swift, no place is hidden. But recently I thought I’d found one.
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Sour return for Lemon
‘Squeamish’ is an understatement. If the word ‘brain’ is plonked in the same sentence as ‘stem’ and ‘cell’, the world starts a-whirlin’ and it might be “look out floor, here I come”.
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News
BBC3 pulls back from online-first strategy
BBC3 has rowed back from its strategy of premiering all scripted comedy online in favour of an ad hoc approach.
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News
Euston Films appoints development boss
Former BBC Drama development executive Noemi Spanos has joined FremantleMedia UK indie Euston Films as head of development.
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News
Broadcasters finalise referendum coverage
BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky News have finalised plans for comprehensive news coverage of the final stages of the Scottish referendum as voting gets underway tomorrow.
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C4 appoints deputy head of features
Channel 4 has promoted features commissioning editor Alex Menzies to the newly created position of deputy head of features.
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ITV’s Bradby: reporting on the referendum ‘unpleasant’
ITV political editor Tom Bradby has condemned some Scottish referendum campaigners for “sinister” behaviour and thrown his support behind the treatment of his BBC counterpart Nick Robinson.
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Sky exec joins 7 Wonder
Sky commissioner Chris Wilson has joined 7 Wonder as the fledgling indie’s head of popular factual.
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Sky Sports gets more personal
Sky Sports is to start offering personalised VoD clips on its website after signing a deal with video streaming provider Ooyala.
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News
Animal Planet catches Big Fish Man with Tern
A hunt for the world’s largest freshwater fish is to begin on Discovery’s Animal Planet after it greenlit a six-part series from Scottish indie Tern TV.