All Broadcast articles in 19 March 2015 – Page 5
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RatingsArthur & George bows out with 3.5m
MONDAY: ITV drama Arthur & George failed to recover after again being pitched against FA Cup football as Channel 4’s latest benefits documentary started confidently.
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NewsTop Gear cleared over use of word ‘pikey’
The BBC Trust has rejected a complaint about the use of the word “pikey” in an episode of Top Gear in February last year.
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NewsBBC2 to share The Clare Balding Show
BBC2 has agreed a deal with BT Sport to share the latest series of The Clare Balding Show.
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CriticsTV Critics: Raised by Wolves; Kew on a Plate; A Fair Cop; Britain’s Benefit Tenants
“Bright, brash, blinking funny and brilliantly realised”
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NewsPlayground hires Film 4 executive
Colin Callender’s Playground Entertainment has continued its push into the UK with the hire of Film 4’s senior development editor.
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NewsSky ups investment in video start-up
Sky has ploughed an additional £3.4m into 1Mainstream, taking its total investment in the US video delivery platform to £4.8m.
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NewsDiscovery tracks 1000-mile runner across UK
Tuesday’s Child is to follow endurance athlete Sean Conway as he runs almost 1000 miles in six weeks for a Discovery documentary.
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NewsBBC develops 'smart' radio service
Director of radio Helen Boaden has warned the BBC risks damaging “our family silver” if it fails to innovate around its audio content and outlined plans to develop a “smart” digital radio service.
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RatingsTop 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 2 - 8 Mar 2015
On Tuesday at 8pm, BBC2’s Natural World: Super Powered Owls flew off with 2.1 million/10%
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes: 2 - 8 Mar 2015
The Keith Lemon Sketch Show achieved 704,000/4% at 10pm on Thursday; 245,000 more than last week
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RatingsTop 15 consolidated shows: 23 Feb - 1 Mar 2015
BBC2’s Wolf Hall launched with a live rating of 3.9 million/ 16%, which rose to 6 million/21% after recording
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RatingsTop 100 network programmes: 2 - 8 Mar 2015
BBC1’s Poldark managed a very strong 7 million/ 29%, around double the audience of ITV’s Mr Selfridge
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NewsBetty founder Liz Warner to exit
Betty chief executive Liz Warner is to step down from the Discovery-owned indie she founded more than 13 years ago.
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NewsC4 reveals terms of trade vision: size matters
Channel 4 has called for the size of an indie to help determine its qualifying status and warned that its investment in original content could fall if the terms of trade are not updated.
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NewsZoella’s management firm hires Maverick exec
Social media management firm Gleam Futures has hired Maverick digital producer Claire McArdle to develop a range of ideas for its YouTube talent roster.
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NewsIn brief: CBBC; Charles Allen; High Noon
CBBC series is to return for a second series as ITV begins legal action against Charles Allen. Click for more in today’s news round-up.
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RatingsBBC2 stalls over lack of Top Gear
SUNDAY: Top Gear’s absence put a dent in BBC2’s ratings - with Dave, The Voice UK and All Star Family Fortunes all benefiting from the channel’s loss.
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VideoVIDEO: The Ark, BBC1
Click to view the trailer for the Red Planet Pictures one-off drama retelling the biblical story of Noah.
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NewsITV orders shepherding format Flock Stars
ITV is to train celebrities up as shepherds in its latest bid to find a factual entertainment hit.
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NewsABC picks up Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef
ABC Australia has acquired the rights to Atlantic Productions’ forthcoming BBC1 natural history series David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef.