All Broadcast articles in 19 December 2013
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NewsThe Hospital Club invests in gallery gear
The Hospital Club has kicked off a round of improvements to its studio facilities with £250,000 of investment in a new vision mixer and switchers.
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RatingsMrs Brown’s Boys triumphs on Christmas Day
Mrs Brown’s Boys entertained its biggest overnight audience on record to propel it to victory in a fierce Christmas Day ratings battle.
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NewsOpen Mike's Addison Cresswell dies
Open Mike Productions owner and influential comedy agent Addison Cresswell has died at the age of 53.
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CommentTerrestrial terrors at Christmas
Alan Griffiths on the emerging rights battle betwen free-to-air and pay TV operators
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NewsBroadcast Top 20 of 2013
Stories about Channel 4 were among the most-read of the year. Click through to see what else proved popular in 2013.
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NewsBroadcast Top 10 Features
Broadchurch, Educating Yorkshire, Steven Moffat and Jimmy Mulville. Click through to read the pick of the year’s Behind the Scenes and The Broadcast Interview.
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NewsXbox to investigate mass burial of ET videogame
Man on Wire producer Simon Chinn is excavating a landfill site containing millions of unsold Atari videogames in a documentary for Xbox.
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NewsYellow House strikes CCTV deal
Kids producer Yellow House English has secured a deal with Chinese broadcaster CCTV to air its animated TV series Baby Beetles across the country.
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NewsThe Dales cancelled by ITV
ITV’s Adrian Edmondson-fronted factual brand The Dales will not return for a fourth series.
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NewsThe 10 most read technology & facilities stories of 2013
From SIS Live’s exit from the OB market to BBC S&PP’s decision to pull out of central London, closures top our list of this year’s most-read stories
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NewsAnimal Planet joins C4 on Nile walk
Discovery Networks’ Animal Planet has partnered with Channel 4 on its ambitious documentary Walking The Nile.
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RatingsHim & Her ends on a high
Him & Her bowed out with its biggest audience in two years on Thursday - as The Great Train Robbery’s audience held reasonably steady on Thursday.
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NewsCBBC debuts first show on iPlayer
BBC iPlayer requests in November were up by over a quarter year-on-year - as CBBC revealed plans to debut comedy drama series 4 O’Clock Club via the VoD service.
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NewsThe Office opens in the Czech Republic
Ricky Gervais comedy The Office is poised for its latest remake - this time in the Czech Republic.
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CriticsTV Critics: Him & Her; Utopia; Educating Yorkshire at Xmas
“Claustrophobic, grubby and as unsettling as it is funny.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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PodcastTalking TV: Christmas quiz
The final Talking TV podcast of 2013 serves up a festive treat as producers and the Broadcast team go toe-to-toe in a Christmas quiz.
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NewsBBC DMI bosses collected £18,000 in bonuses
The BBC paid senior managers overseeing the failed Digital Media Initiative (DMI) £18,000 in bonuses, it has emerged.
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NewsR4 political chief slams BBC portrayals of disability
BBC Radio 4’s chief political correspondent Gary O’Donoghue has criticised the corporation’s drama output for allowing actors to effectively “black up” to play people with disabilities.