All Broadcast articles in 20 March 2014 – Page 5
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Google Chromecast launches in UK
Google’s media-streaming device Chromecast has gone on sale in the UK today, allowing users to send programmes from a mobile device or laptop to view on their TV.
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Ratings
BBC3’s Hair hits high
BBC3’s Steve Jones-fronted hairdressing competition Hair reached its quarter final stage with a series high on Tuesday, as Shetland shed nearly 300,000 viewers.
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Critics
TV Critics: Food Prices: The Shocking Truth; Undercover Doctor: Cure Me, I'm Gay
“It was not shocking, but it was full of interesting points.”
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Comment
LISTEN: Line of Duty interview
Ahead of tonight’s Line of Duty climax, Broadcast interviewed exec Simon Heath about BBC2’s police corruption series.
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Channel 4 triumphs at the RTS Awards
Channel 4 walked away with more gongs than any other channel at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards, with winners including Gogglebox and Educating Yorkshire.
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Made In Chelsea heads to New York
Made in Chelsea stars including Spencer Matthews and Lucy Watson are headed to New York for a spin-off of the E4 smash.
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Alan Titchmarsh quits ITV show
Alan Titchmarsh is quitting his ITV daytime show after seven years to focus on other projects.
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Lenny Henry: BBC must ring-fence funds for BAME shows
Lenny Henry has called on the BBC to extend the model used to guarantee its nations and regions spend to black and ethnic minority (BAME) productions.
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BBC spent £6,500 suing Daily Star
The BBC spent more than £6,500 on legal fees helping former chief financial officer Zarin Patel to correct a Daily Star article that claimed she personally helped presenters “dodge” tax.
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Comedy Playhouse revived by BBC
BBC1 is to revive its Comedy Playhouse strand with a hat-trick of sitcom pilots, including a story starring Hugh Dennis as a BBC weatherman.
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A new era for storytelling
Coming Up alumnus Alexander Stewart assesses C4’s rethink of the drama strand
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RDF hires BBC producer Catherine Welton
BBC features and factual entertainment producer Catherine Welton is to join RDF Television’s Bristol division as an executive producer.
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The Widower murders Silk
Jeff Pope’s latest ITV drama The Widower got off to solid start, murdering competition from BBC1’s Silk on Monday evening.
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London Live signs second-screen deal with Monterosa
The opinions of Londoners will be compared live on-screen following a deal between London Live and second screen specialists Monterosa.
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UTV pre-tax profits fall 16%
Economic headwinds in the first half of 2013 blew UTV’s full-year results off course, with the Northern Irish broadcaster’s pre-tax profits falling nearly 16%.
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Sky revamps EPG to boost VoD
Sky has rolled out the most significant revamp of its EPG in over 15 years to put more emphasis on VoD content.
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Critics
TV Critics: The Widower; Life and Death Row
“The absolute glue here is Reece Shearsmith as Webster. His was a twitch-perfect performance.”
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DPP inks common subtitle standard
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has agreed a common standard for access services files.
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UKTV appoints Watsham director of commissioning
Dynamo: Magician Impossible commissioner Richard Watsham has been appointed director of commissioning at UKTV following the departure of Jane Rogerson.
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Harris splits into Imagine Communications and GatesAir
Harris Broadcast has split into two companies: Imagine Communications and GatesAir.