All Broadcast articles in 22 February 2019
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NewsBroadcast Digital Awards 2019: deadline for entries extended
Two new categories added to this year’s event
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FeaturesLifting the lid on The Dead Girls Detective Agency
The challenges of making drama that will keep Snapchat users gripped
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NewsC5 cleared over CBB
More than 25,000 complained to regulator, which rules that Channel 5 had the right safeguards in place
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CommentBBC1 is boldly redefining mainstream comedy
Alan Partridge’s high-profile return is a victory for both performer and character, while Fleabag’s new slot points to an exciting future
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VideoAfter Life, Netflix
New comedy series written and directed by and starring Ricky Gervais. Produced by Derek Productions
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RatingsFlack fails to fly
THURSDAY: W’s debut drama shed viewers to end with a low of fewer than 40,000
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SponsoredWhy Netflix is the SVoD to beat
Barclays relationship director Tom Dods on challenges to the streaming giant’s dominance
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NewsBBC using 5G for live radio innovation in Orkney
Tech trial is part of the 5G RuralFirst initiative and runs for six weeks
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NewsInbetweeners duo strike BBC football comedy
Iain Morris and Damon Beesley land six-part order for Afternoons
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NewsFremantle signs first-look with Chilean producer
Larrain brothers’ Fabula kicks off relationship with Spanish-language thriller La Jauria
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CriticsSleeping with the Far Right
“Alice Levine is a fine broadcaster on youth TV, Radio 1 and her hit podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno, but seemed out of her depth here”
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NewsBBC Scotland eyes local talent
Content chief Steve Carson hopes new channel will act as a springboard for young creatives
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NewsThe Play That Goes Wrong reimagined for BBC1
Mischief Screen secures debut commission from Shane Allen
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NewsCurzon cinema boss responds to Netflix row
Philip Knatchbull calls on rights holders to ’see the value of the theatrical experience’
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RatingsShetland too much for ITV’s island-hopper
BBC1’s returning drama easily saw off rival’s Martin Clunes travel doc, down 500,000 on launch
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RatingsSeamless start for Sewing Bee
Fifth series of The Great British Sewing Bee opened with 2.4 million