All Broadcast articles in 21 August 2014 – Page 6
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Faye Ward departs Ruby Films
Long-time Ruby Films and Television producer Faye Ward has left the company after 14 years.
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ITN & DRG plan Prince Harry birthday doc
Prince Harry’s forthcoming 30th birthday is to be the subject of a documentary after ITN Productions partnered with international distributor DRG.
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The Village dips below 4m
SUNDAY: BBC1 drama The Village slipped to below 4m as Channel 4’s latest Richard III documentary outperformed ITV’s World War I series.
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Sky Sports outscores BT Sport
SATURDAY: Sky Sports won the ratings battle against BT Sport on the opening weekend of Premier League action.
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Tumble jumps by 100,000
SATURDAY: BBC1 gymnastics format Tumble gained around 100,000 viewers for its second episode as BBC2 doc Andrew Marr’s Great Scots informed 660,000.
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London Live axes entertainment shows
Local TV broadcaster London Live is to cut back on its original entertainment commissions and acquisitions to focus on providing news and current affairs programming.
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Comment
Sky bids for permament change
Stuart Murphy anticipates ‘creative bounce’ from Sky’s diversity targets
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Here Come The Romanians documentary set for C4
Keo Films is to explore the lives of a group of Romanians who have migrated to the UK as Channel 4 adds to its slate of immigration-focused documentaries.
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Gordonstoun opens gates for Sky 1
Sky 1 is heading to Prince Charles’ alma mater Gordonstoun for its latest ob-doc.
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BT Sport plots in-house Champions League coverage
BT Sport is giving serious consideration to producing its coverage of the Champions League and Europa League in-house when it begins broadcasting the football tournaments next year.
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Endemol Beyond signs YouTube star
Endemol has expanded its online premium content network Endemol Beyond with the launch of an international sports-themed channel fronted by YouTube star KSI.
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C4 goes inside British Asian weddings
Channel 4 will attempt to recreate the success of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings with a one-off Shiver documentary about British Asian nuptials.
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Miranda Hart's Generation Game revival in the balance
Miranda Hart’s involvement in BBC1’s revival of The Generation Game has been thrown into doubt, as the channel unveiled a swathe of commissions, including a Karl Warner-produced entertainment format.
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Critics
TV Critics: Boomers; Andrew Marr's Great Scots; James May's Cars of the People
“So well-observed and authentic and British”
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Sky unveils diversity quotas
One senior production executive on all of Sky’s original commissions must come from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background, as part of an ambitious set of diversity targets laid out by the pay-TV broadcaster.
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Starz returns to Outlander
Left Bank Pictures’ sci-fi period drama Outlander is to return for a second series after being recommissioned by US network Starz.
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Police complain about BBC coverage of Cliff Richard raid
South Yorkshire Police has complained to the BBC about the way it handled coverage of the search on Sir Cliff Richard’s home last week.