All Broadcast articles in 20 February 2014 – Page 5
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C4 backs NYTVF drama contest
Channel 4 has partnered with Mad Men-producer Lionsgate to launch a New York Television Festival (NYTVF) competition to help uncover dramas from emerging US writers.
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Adam Barker made acting BBC2 boss
BBC editorial executive Adam Barker will become the acting controller of BBC2 when Janice Hadlow steps down early next month.
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Register for Broadcast: Building for the Future panel
Executives from BT, BBC Worldwide and UKTV will be among the panellists speaking at Broadcast’s Building for the Future event taking place next week at Bafta.
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Ratings
Doll & Em fails to muster 100k
Sky Living’s Emily Mortimer comedy Doll & Em got off to a shaky start on Tuesday – as ITV’s Champion’s League coverage hit a near 12-month high.
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Gogglebox handed 9pm slot
Channel 4 will move Gogglebox to a Friday 9pm entertainment slot next month as it bids to grow the format’s audience.
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BBC2 lands jumbo jet doc
BBC2 has ordered a big-budget international documentary coproduction from Arrow Media.
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BBC World Service handed £8m boost
The BBC World Service is to plough £8m into digital and multiplatform news initiatives in a bid to reach younger audiences.
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Critics
TV Critics: Doll & Em; Sewing Bee; Death In Paradise
“This is well done and brave. It feels close to the bone.”
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ITV buys stake in Teen Wolf indie DiGa
ITV has acquired DiGa Vision, the US indie responsible for MTV’s remake of Teen Wolf.
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BBC3's Uncle back for second series
Baby Cow Productions sitcom Uncle is to return after BBC3 ordered a second series.
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Vice and Fremantle forge food tie-up
Youth publisher Vice has partnered with FremantleMedia to launch an online food channel, with content distributed online and sold to international broadcasters.
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Halo appoints new dubbing mixer
Halo has recruited senior re-recording mixer Paul Cotterell to its film and drama team.
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Comment
Broadcasting the Baftas live
Is a two-hour time delay out of step with a growing desire for immediacy asks Andreas Wiseman
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Broadchurch debuts to 7m in France
Kudos Film and Television’s Broadchurch attracted 7m viewers for its debut on French TV last night - making it one of the top five most-watched shows of the year to date.
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Cineflix sends Massive Moves to US and France
Cineflix Rights has agreed a raft of deals including selling Windfall Films’ Massive Moves to US and French broadcasters.
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Black Beauty set for UK return
Clasic TV series The New Adventures of Black Beauty is to return to UK screens following a 15 year absence after Horse & Country TV acquired the rights to the show.
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Twitter to offer near-live Brits clips
Near-live video clips from The Brit Awards are to made available via Twitter after the social media platform closed its first Amplify deal in the UK.
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Ratings
C4 trumps C5 in benefits battle
In the battle of the live debates on Monday, Channel 4’s benefits show easily shouted down Channel 5’s immigration row.
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Sky in court over Must Be The Music
Sky has been accused of format infringement over Princess Productions’ talent contest Must Be The Music.