All Broadcast articles in 22 May 2015
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News
RTS adds director category to Craft & Design Awards
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has added a director category to its annual Craft & Design Awards.
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Pinewood partners with motion capture firm Centroid
Pinewood Studios has appointed Centroid as its preferred supplier of motion capture services to the group’s three UK studios.
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Features
Behind the scenes: Car Share, BBC1
A complicated five-camera rig was required to shoot Peter Kay’s latest comedy series
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News
BBC reaches weekly global audience of 308m
The BBC has estimated it reaches 308m weekly viewers internationally, after combining the reach of its news and entertainment audiences for the first time.
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Grand Theft Auto developer takes legal action over BBC drama
Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar Games has begun legal proceedings against the BBC over the corporation’s feature-length drama which tells the story of the controversial video game.
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School of Hard Sums heads Down Under
Fuji Creative Corporation has sold Dara O Briain’s School of Hard Sums to SBS2 in Australia.
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Kavanagh: BBC3 can be digital pioneer for the industry
BBC3 digital controller Damian Kavanagh has outlined his ambition for BBC3 to act as a ‘pathfinder’ for the future of digital TV.
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BBC1 orders WW2 Northern Irish drama
Ballykissangel writer Barry Devlin has penned a pre-watershed drama set in Northern Ireland during World War Two for BBC1.
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Firecracker follows Llewelyn-Bowen to China
Firecracker Films is to follow Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s attempts to launch a lingerie brand in China for BBC2 in one of three orders picked up by the factual producer.
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Ratings
British Soap Awards stumbles to 4.2m
THURSDAY: The British Soap Awards took place in front of an audience of 4.2m viewers – its smallest audience on record.
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News
RTE drama to explore Easter Uprising
RTÉ head of drama Jane Gogan has ordered a drama series about the 1916 Easter Uprising from Zodiak Media-owned indie Touchpaper Television.
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Critics
TV Critics: Mad Men; High Class Call Girls; The Game
“A thoroughly enjoyable finale for a stylish, extraordinary drama.”
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News
Night Will Fall scoops two Focal Awards
Night Will Fall, a feature-length production about the filming of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, picked up two awards at last night’s Focal International Awards.
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Ealing Studios acquires GreenAcre stake
Ealing Studios has acquired a significant stake in TV and film company GreenAcre Films and plans to forge a new creative partnership with the company.
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News
RTS Scotland Award winners revealed
Minnow Films BBC3 drama Glasgow Girls and Mentorn Scotland’s, Scotland Decides: The Big, Big Debate were among the winners at the RTS Scotland Awards 2014.
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Ratings
Top 100 network programmes: 11 - 17 May 2015
Home Fires and Jonathan Strange tie in live ratings, but +1 gives ITV show the edge