All Broadcast articles in 20 March 2020 – Page 2
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Ratings
Question Time informs 3.5m in new slot
THURSDAY: Audience-free BBC1 debate show adds 1m, while ITV’s coronavirus special is Tonight’s biggest edition in two years
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News
C4 buys Hitler car rivalry doc
TCB Media Rights pre-sells Wiser Films single to plug scheduling gap
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Critics
Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema
“Another informative, funky film lecture from the heavyset dude in the dark suit and tie, with the grey quiff and heavy-rimmed glasses”
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News
SVoDs ease traffic to help with broadband woes
Streamers to reduce bitrates across all European streams
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News
BBC/Lionsgate JV chief shifts to AMC Networks
Dan McDermott to oversee original shows at networks including AMC and BBC America
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News
ACF ploughs £200,000 into coronavirus-related radio shows
Fund seeking entertainment and lifestyle ideas that ‘fill gaps’
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News
Directors UK joins freelancer chorus
Trade body lobbies government to help members ‘falling into poverty’
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News
C4’s coronavirus contingency plans emerge
Hollyoaks cut to three weekly eps as broadcaster bids to mitigate impact across the schedule
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Ratings
BBC News hits 9.5m peak
WEDNESDAY: Aftermath of Boris Johnson’s daily address helped 6pm bulletin rise to new heights on BBC1
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News
Coronavirus crisis delays BBC kids’ chief’s departure
Alice Webb stays on to steer home-education programme as schools prepare to close
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News
STV tops up local business growth fund by £10m
Scottish broadcaster also increasing news output
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Features
My Mentor: Emma-Rosa Dias on Dorothy Byrne
How the C4 head of news became a friend and mentor for life
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Ratings
Kate & Koji and Repair Shop divert 11m
WEDNESDAY: ITV sitcom and BBC1 format launch impressively as audiences seek light relief
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News
BBC Studios throws open Writers Academy to all
Professional credits and agents no longer a requirement for drama scheme
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News
Great Point Media hires eOne exec
Toby Melling joins drama funder as vice president of television sales
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News
BBC launches Culture in Quarantine
Corporation talking to arts bodies about getting public watching and interacting with exhibitions and creatives from a distance