All Broadcast articles in 23 October 2014 – Page 2
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News
Tom McDonald defends BBC conservation strategy
BBC science commissioning chief Tom McDonald has defended the broadcaster’s decision not to feature explicit conservation messages in its natural history programming.
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Whizz Kid in talks with new backers
Whizz Kid Entertainment is in talks with potential investors after Ingenious wound up the media investment fund that owns nearly half of the indie.
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ITV takes legal advice over Beat Bullying administration
ITV is taking legal advice after discovering a charity that received £700,000 from the broadcaster’s Text Santa appeal plans to use the donation to pay off its debts.
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Behind The Scenes
The Missing, BBC1
The creators and stars of BBC1’s new thriller speak to Olly Grant about keeping on top of its time-shifting plot
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Ratings
Lynda Bellingham helps Loose Women to two-year high
Lynda Bellingham’s final TV interview helped Loose Women to its biggest audience in more than two years - as ITV2 enjoyed success with the Mobo Awards.
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Critics
TV Critics: Grayson Perry: Who Are You?; How to Get Away with Murder; The Apprentice
“With every passing minute of Grayson Perry: Who Are You? it became clearer who Grayson Perry was: simply the most intelligent artist working in Britain today.”
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Comment
TV and online worlds collide
Long-discussed convergence is finally happening, says Kate Bulkley
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News
C5 agrees origination boost with Ofcom
Channel 5 has pledged to increase the volume of original productions and news programming in primetime following its acquisition by Viacom.
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Louise Pedersen exits All3Media after a decade
Louise Pedersen is leaving All3Media International to set up the UK division of Playground Entertainment, the high-end drama producer set up by former HBO Films boss Colin Callender.
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Crow TV ’s Max McGonigal takes the reins at Clear Cut
Former Crow TV managing director Max McGonigal has resurfaced as managing director of Clear Cut Pictures.
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BBC seeks post firm for in-house factual shows
The BBC is looking to appoint a post-production company to run an in-house facility for its factual department as it looks to boost the amount of post work carried out by third-party suppliers.
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Soho reseller Root6 to open Glasgow office
Soho-based reseller and systems integrator Root6 is to open an office in Glasgow.
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BBC risks ‘market distortion’
The BBC risks creating a “significant market distortion” when BBC Productions is hived off into a commercial entity if it is not transparent about in-house costs.
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Hoho plans remake of Wind In The Willows
Wind In The Willows is poised to be the next classic children’s brand brought back to life following a glut of British kids’ TV revivals.
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C4 signs up Little Dot to create pilots for Shorts
All3Media digital company Little Dot Studios is to create a pilot a month for Channel 4’s online short-form video platform Shorts.
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Mary Berry heads to Shine for next BBC2 series
Shine Soho, the indie label behind all UK MasterChef series, has lured Mary Berry away from Love Productions for her latest BBC2 format.
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Features
VOD and OTT: Moving with the TV times
From changing viewer habits to the importance of a mixed model, experts discuss the growth of VoD
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ITV sets out comedy wishlist
ITV comedy commissioner Saskia Schuster wants to work with new writers as she bids to fill slots across the commercial broadcaster’s main channel and ITV2.
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BBC3’s Snog Marry Avoid? set for US remake
Long-running BBC3 series Snog Marry Avoid? is to be remade in the US for Discovery-owned broadcaster TLC.
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Comedy Central courts ‘tribes’
Comedy Central is preparing an online video gaming and endurance series featuring YouTube star KSI and is hunting more ideas that will appeal to digital “tribes”.