All Broadcast articles in 20 November 2015 – Page 4
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News
Rondo Media to co-produce Korean doc
Welsh indie Rondo Media has struck a documentary co-production deal with South Korean broadcaster JTV.
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Video
VIDEO: Deutschland 83, C4
The German spy thriller will form part of Channel 4’s foreign-language VoD service, Walter Presents.
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Ratings
England vs France match hits 9pm peak
TUESDAY: The football friendly between England and France, held days after the Paris terrorist attacks, was watched by twice as many fans as Friday’s defeat against Spain.
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Tom Hollander launches drama indie
Tom Hollander and his Rev collaborator Hannah Pescod have launched a drama production company to take advantage of the “huge appetite” for the genre.
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Electric Ray sets sports stars global challenges
Welsh rugby captain Gareth Thomas and Olympic sprinter Iwan Thomas are among the former sports stars that will compete in a set of gruelling global challenges as part of a new BBC2 series.
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Sky unveils premium set-top box
Sky has unveiled a new premium set-top box that will support ultra high-definition channels and make it easier for subscribers to access content on the move.
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Critics
TV Critics: Footballers, Sex, Money: What's Gone Wrong?; River; Doctor in Your House
“We learnt little more than we already knew about the ‘great game’.”
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BBC unveils £50m cut to sport and TV under savings plan
The BBC will be forced to relinquish sports rights and cut factual, entertainment and comedy budgets under proposals to save £150m by 2017.
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Sky confirms launch of UHD service
Sky has today confirmed that it will begin showing ultra high definition (UHD) content from next year.
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Lenny Henry: N&R-style quotas needed to address BAME 'market failure'
Sir Lenny Henry has branded the TV industry’s poor record on BAME representation as a “market failure” and urged Ofcom, the BBC Trust and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to force broadcasters to ringfence funds to address the issue.
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Voltage explores world's most bizarre properties
Channel 4 is to investigate the most bizarre properties on the planet in a 90-minute special from Voltage TV.
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John Whittingdale: rushed BBC funding deal will not be repeated
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has admitted that the rushed funding deal between the BBC and the government in July was not what he would have “chosen” and will not be repeated.
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Marks & Spencer opens doors to C4
Marks & Spencer is to throw open its doors to Channel 4 as part of a slate of shows which includes a drama from the producers of Line of Duty and the return of SAS: Who Dares Wins.
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Downton Abbey series finale grips almost 11m
Downton Abbey reeled in a consolidated audience of almost 11m viewers for the climax of its final series – its biggest audience since the penultimate episode of last year’s run.
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Chancellor failed to warn BBC about £725m raid
George Osborne failed to warn Tony Hall about a £725m raid on the BBC’s finances at a meeting just three weeks before the chancellor’s plans were announced in parliament.
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In brief: Runner Up; Objective; ICM; Nat Geo; Reef
RDF is lining up Dutch game show format The Runner Up with two broadcasters and Objective has landed a Channel 4 gadget series. Click for more
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ITV ups 2016 pay offer
ITV has decided to increase its pay offer for staff next year following the company’s “good performance”.
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Ratings
I’m A Celebrity sheds 1.1m
MONDAY: The second instalment of I’m A Celebrity was 1m behind last night’s episode and suffered a significant drop on its ratings at the same point last year.
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Critics
TV Critics: London Spy; The Coroner; How Britain Won the Space Race
“Taut, elegant brilliance I’ll be sticking with to the end.”
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POLL: which classic sitcom must the BBC revive?
The BBC is hoping to revive at least five classic sitcoms as part of a celebration of the genre. Which one would you like to see return?