All Broadcast articles in 20 January 2017 – Page 3
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C4 lifts the lid on Crystal Maze revival
The number of young viewers that watched Channel 4’s The Crystal Maze celebrity revival last year was a driving force behind the decision to bring back the cult gameshow for a supersized series.
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TV steps up fake news fight
British broadcasters are redoubling efforts to fight the phenomenon of fake news after pouring resource into fact-checking units.
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C5 seeks jaw-dropping events
Channel 5 is to push into event programming as it searches for big-budget formats to reduce its reliance on Endemol Shine’s Big Brother.
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Playbox adds functions to Neo and CloudAir playout systems
BVE 2017: PlayBox Technology will demonstrate enhancements to its server-based Neo and SaaS-based CloudAir broadcast playout systems at BVE.
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SAM recruits Myers as IP product manager
Snell Advanced Media (SAM) has recruited Phil Myers to lead its IP product range.
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BBC News exec joins Moore's top team
BBC News’ chief finance and operating officer has been appointed as director of content Charlotte Moore’s second-in-command.
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Britdoc strikes BBC funding deal
Documentary backers Britdoc has partnered with the BBC in a three-year co-funding and engagement strategy partnership.
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UKTV renews C4 sales deal
UKTV has extended its sales partnership deal with Channel 4 in a deal thought to be worth around £1bn.
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Broadcasters bump New Year shows
Channel 4 and Channel 5 have bumped two primetime shows following poor ratings performances.
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Hulu to double original commissions
NATPE: US SvoD service Hulu is planning to double its volume of original commissions this year.
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Wife Swap rebooted for Brexit special
Wife Swap is to return to Channel 4 for a Brexit-themed special.
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Ratings
Knockout ratings for Idris
TUESDAY: Idris Elba helped Discovery to almost double its slot average - a feat also achieved by Channel 4’s Meet The Trumps, the first outing for David Glover and Mark Raphael’s indie.
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BBC plans mental health season
Blink Films has landed a one-off BBC1 documentary exploring the physiological effects of stress as part of a season of mental health programming to play across the BBC this spring.
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Kate Phillips: 2017 is year of entertainment
NATPE: BBC entertainment controller Kate Phillips has hailed 2017 as “the year of entertainment” following the launch of Take That-themed format Let It Shine and ITV’s The Voice UK.
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A+E to ramp up in-house production
NATPE: A+E Networks president and chief executive Nancy Dubuc kicked off the three-day event by addressing the “arms race” for high-end programming and the “complexity of pressure” on channel brands such as Lifetime and Crime + Investigation.
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Critics
Meet the Trumps; Sugar Free Farm; Revolting; Martin Clunes
“It’s a shame it doesn’t reveal that Donald was actually born in Mexico, but it’s still pretty good.”
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Twitter TV chiefs depart
Twitter’s former TV chief Dan Biddle is leaving the social media giant after more than four years.
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Root6 shifts machine room to Clerkenwell data centre
Root6 has moved its machine room out of the company’s Wardour Mews HQ and relocated it in Volta’s data centre in Clerkenwell.