All Broadcast articles in 18 September 2014 – Page 5
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Critics
TV Critics: Cilla; Traders: Millions By the Minute; Glue
“It’s one of those extraordinary performances, like Julie Walters as Mo Mowlam, when an actor does more than play a real character; she becomes her.”
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News
ITV backs Californian digital start-up
ITV has teamed up with advertising agency WPP to invest in a Californian multiplatform start-up founded by filmmakers Jon and Jake Avnet and Rodrigo Garcia.
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News
Dame Janet Smith review nears completion
The much-delayed Dame Janet Smith review into the Jimmy Savile scandal at the BBC is “nearing the end of its work”.
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W1A set to return to BBC2
Hugh Bonneville-fronted BBC mockumentary W1A is heading back to BBC2 for a second series in 2015.
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News
Emma Read to exit ITN Prods
ITN Productions’ Emma Read is to leave the company next year, prompting a search for two new creative executives.
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News
Fairlight unveils 3D Audio Workspace
IBC 2014: Fairlight has showcased 3D Audio Workspace (3DAW), a new platform for immersive and object-oriented 3D sound production.
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News
Studer's Infinity Core gets AES67 upgrade
IBC 2014: Studer has announced AES67 audio-over-IP integration for its Infinity Core processor which drives the company’s flagship Vista X and Vista V digital audio consoles.
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News
Ricky Gervais calls time on Derek
Ricky Gervais appears to have pulled the plug on Channel 4’s Derek after pledging the cult comedy will bow out with a special one-off episode.
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Panasonic demos Varicam
IBC 2014: Panasonic has given a European debut to its third generation Varicam.
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Ratings
Mixed reception for Sunday Night At The Palladium
SUNDAY: ITV’s revival of classic variety format Sunday Night At The Palladium opened with 4.5m viewers, as The X Factor gained viewers.
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Comment
Scottish TV stands on the brink
A ‘yes’ vote would bring complex and seismic changes to the Scottish broadcasting system, writes Nigel Walley
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News
Ofcom: ‘very unlikely’ all local TV channels will succeed
Ofcom has admitted that it is “very unlikely” that all local television stations will survive after the Birmingham operator went bust last month.
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News
Roger Graef to advise Ten Alps chairman
Films of Record founder Roger Graef has formally stepped back from the day-to-day running of the company to become an advisor to Ten Alps chairman Peter Bertram.
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News
Premium sports rights to hit £17bn in 2015
Global premium sports rights will be worth £17 billion in 2015, a 12% year-on-year increase, according to research from consultancy Deloitte.
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News
BBC Earth set for online launch
BBC Worldwide is preparing to launch a “future-focused” online natural history brand BBC Earth which will be available around the world – including in the UK.
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Ratings
Tumble crashes out on low
SATURDAY: BBC1’s entertainment show Tumble crashed out with a series low audience, as Doctor Who also stumbled to its lowest ratings of the series.
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Critics
TV Critics: The Real Noah’s Ark; Doctor Who; Sunday Night at the Palladium; The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
“Just as things were getting really interesting, the programme-makers swerved from historical analysis into a version of Grand Designs.”
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News
Kudos set to sign AMC to Humans
Breaking Bad broadcaster AMC is set to board Kudos Film & Television’s sci-fi drama Humans for Channel 4 after original partner Microsoft closed its Xbox Entertainment Studios division.
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News
Protests over BBC Scottish referendum coverage
Scottish nationalists have called on BBC political editor Nick Robinson to be sacked over his “biased” independence referendum coverage.
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Ratings
Celebrity Big Brother final drops 1m
FRIDAY: The finale of Celebrity Big Brother finale drew 1m fewer viewers than the previous series climax, as Alan Carr: Chatty Man returned to Channel 4 around 800,000 viewers down on the last opener.