All Broadcast articles in 23 September 2011 – Page 2
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NewsITV1 details Exposure strand
ITV1 is to reveal how Colonel Gaddafi armed the IRA and will expose a damagingly polluted city in Europe for its new investigative journalism strand.
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CommentHas data become the enemy of originality?
In an extract from Bafta’s annual TV lecture, Peter Bennett-Jones claims original and polemical programming is in short supply - and data could be the culprit.
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NewsC4 orders rap choir short
A Channel 4 online commission is to be made into a short film for new arts strand Random Acts.
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NewsIndia to remake Money Drop
Channel 4 game show The Million Pound Drop is to be adapted for audiences in India, Egypt, Malaysia and Taiwan.
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Comment21 Sep '11
“The raw battery acid of competition coating their nerves is inherently interesting.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsAl Jazeera boss replaced by Qatar royal
Al Jazeera’s director general Wadah Khanfar is stepping down after eight years to be replaced by Shaikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, a member of the Qatar royal family.
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LiveU launches handheld HD system
Video-over-mobile company LiveU has launched a handheld live HD video system for the online media market.
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RatingsBritish Bake Off continues rise
TUESDAY: The Great British Bake Off continues to go from strength to strength, rising to its biggest audience of the series.
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NewsRising costs dent Forbidden's profits
Growing awareness of cloud-based platforms helped Forbidden Technologies to post an increase in sales, according to the company’s chief executive.
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NewsWark to host BBC2 food quiz
Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark is to host a new quiz show based around food for BBC2.
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NewsPatten pledges to protect World Service
BBC Trust chairman Chris Patten has promised to safeguard the future of the World Service following concerns raised in a report last week.
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NewsBBC4 leads Grierson nods
BBC4 has scooped nine out of 40 nominations at the annual Grierson Documentary Awards.
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NewsDeluxe reshuffles digital intermediary operations
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group has merged two if its digital intermediary (DI) operations, with US-based Company 3 (CO3) taking over London-based Deluxe 142’s DI operation.
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RatingsTwo and a Half Men smashes Comedy Central record
TUESDAY: Comedy Central has recorded its biggest ever audience for the new series of Two and a Half Men.
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NewsBBC reveals new homepage
The BBC has unveiled a new look homepage that it claims will ease navigation of its website and provide more up to date trends of online use.
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NewsShine sells choir format to China
Shine International has sold celebrity format Clash of the Choirs to leading Chinese broadcaster CCTV1.
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CommentBBC’s schizophrenic faultline
In an extract from Bafta’s annual TV lecture, Peter Bennett-Jones claims there is a schizophrenic faultline in its make-up and management of the BBC.
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NewsDownton sponsor sparks complaints
Insurance firm Aviva’s sponsorship of ITV1 period drama Downton Abbey sparked complaints from viewers to Ofcom.
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NewsITV unwraps Text Santa project
ITV has teamed up with Asda and Global Radio to launch a major charity campaign that will culminate in two Christmas entertainment shows.