All Broadcast articles in 2 March 2012 – Page 5
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BBC2 to probe Mitt Romney's Mormonism
The Mormon beliefs of US presidential candidate Mitt Romney is to be examined in a new documentary for BBC2.
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Catweazle creator Richard Carpenter dies
Richard “Kip” Carpenter, the Bafta-award winnning television screenwriter behind Catweazle and Robin of Sherwood, has died aged 78.
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Content to sell BBC thriller Line of Duty
Content Television has secured the international distribution rights to new BBC thriller Line of Duty.
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BBC Daytime head given peaktime powers
BBC Daytime controller Liam Keelan has been given responsibility for an additional 30 hours of peaktime programming.
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Oxford Union debates to be televised
Oxford Union debates, which attract speakers as diverse as Johnny Depp and David Cameron, could be televised after a new production company clinched the rights to broadcast the events.
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BBCW secures major content deal with Australia’s FetchTV
Australia’s FetchTV has acquired more than 1,750 episodes of BBC Worldwide programming for its VoD service.
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UKTV's Home ties with Aviva
Insurance firm Aviva has struck a year-long brand partnership deal with UKTV’s lifestyle channel Home that will include the production of 12 online shorts.
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New Girl tops 4oD chart
New Girl, one of Channel 4’s latest US acquisitions, has topped the 4oD chart for January by more than a million views.
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Talksport extends global reach
Talksport has signed a partnership deal with multiplatform radio aggregator TuneIn that will see its content distributed internationally to over 30m listeners.
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Comment
29 Feb '12
“It was pacey, strikingly filmed and good-humoured”. Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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ITV orders Selfridges drama
ITV is looking to replicate the success of Downton Abbey with a new period drama charting the story of high-end retailer Selfridges.
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Revenue rises at Pinewood Shepperton
Pinewood Shepperton has posted “record” results with revenue up 17% to £50.7m last year.
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Wallander and Whitechapel head to Japan
British TV detectives will be displaying their powers of deduction in Japan following several new deals by BBC Worldwide.
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Sony Movie Channel lined up for UK launch
Sony Pictures Television is launching the film-dedicated Sony Movie Channel this spring - a first for the brand outside of the US.
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Misfits indie unveils new sci fi dramas
Clerkenwell Films, the indie behind superhero series Misfits, are developing futuristic and supernatural dramas for US cable network BBC America.
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ITV profits up as production grows
ITV’s annual profits have increased by nearly a quarter as its five-year transformation plan has begun to show signs of traction.
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C4 to lift the lid on phone sex
Channel 4 will explore the phone sex industry in a one-off film which will follow three women operating in the industry.
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Target Entertainment goes into administration
International distributor Target Entertainment has gone into administration just 18 months after being bought by Metrodome.
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Greg James takes Scott Mills’ Radio 1 slot
Scott Mills is to be dropped from BBC Radio 1’s drivetime show after nearly eight years and replaced by Greg James as part of a schedule shake-up.
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Female line up for BBC2's Orbit
BBC2 is to launch a new factual series investigating how the Earth’s journey through space affects us on the ground, with an all-female line up.