All Broadcast articles in 24 February 2012 – Page 4
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News
ITV1 plans push on weekend mornings
ITV1 is targeting a major push on original content for weekend mornings and is lining up a rival to BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen plus a fresh stab at Let’s Do Lunch With Gino & Mel.
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News
Sky 1 picks up C4 pilot Chickens
Sky 1 has plucked Simon Bird, Jonny Sweet and Joe Thomas’ comedy Chickens from Channel 4 in a deal that will see Big Talk Productions produce its first show for the channel.
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Comment
A nursery slope for TV talent
Many have started in kids’ TV – long may it continue, says Reem Nouss.
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Features
Radio Fast Train: freelance skills
The BBC Academy’s training day for radio freelancers offered sessions from the likes of Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac and Woman’s Hour presenter Jane Garvey. Ben Dowell reports on the key events.
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Comment
Off Cuts: Sky Living seeing double
To mark the launch of US drama Ringer, in which Sarah Michelle Gellar plays twins, Sky Living has been seeing double with a guide to the celebrity lookalikes in its midst.
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The Broadcast Interview
Wild Productions: Simon Cowell and Jim Incledon
The two-man team behind Wildlife SOS talk to Robin Parker about spreading an ethical message – and why Frozen Planet got it wrong.
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Comment
Viewer engagement comes with having a personality
Channel 4 benefits from allowing journalists to give views online, says Benjamin Cohen.
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Features
Outside Broadcasting: summer of sport
The quick succession of Euro 2012 and the Olympics threatens a shortage of skilled crew. Adrian Pennington finds out how the UK’s outside broadcasters will cope.
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Comment
Survival depends on tax breaks
Treasury must listen to the cause of British animation and drama.
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Behind The Scenes
Andy’s Wild Adventures, CBeebies
Combining natural history archives with the latest technology to immerse children in wildlife was challenging yet rewarding, says John Miller.
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Comment
Those Who Kill / Catholics / Jedward’s Big Adventure
Northern Upstart’s Judith Holder and Holler’s Alex Pullin on Danish drama, priests-to-be and Jedward.
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Comment
More sex please C4, we’re missing out
After reading Barry McFlynn’s searingly honest polemic ‘What is Channel 4 actually for?’ I feel compelled to throw my hat into the ring and pose a question that has been bothering me for some time: C4, where has all the sex gone?
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The Broadcast Interview
CBeebies/CBBC's 10th birthday
As the BBC’s children’s channels reach the ripe old age of 10, their controllers speak to Catherine Neilan about supporting UK producers and the impact of the move to Salford.
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News
S4C head of content departs
S4C’s head of content Meirion Davies is leaving the broadcaster after nearly 20 years to return to the indie sector.
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Features
White Van Man
Full post on the BBC sitcom about the challenges and frustrations of a reluctant handyman
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Ratings
ITV2’s Brits coverage draws 500k
TUESDAY: Celebrity Juice host Keith Lemon helped pull more than 500,000 viewers to the red carpet and backstage coverage of the Brit Awards.
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News
Southern Star names new CEO
Southern Star, the Australian production giant owned by Endemol, has hired a Seven Network executive as its new chief executive.
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News
BBC1 orders Postcode Lottery series
BBC Daytime has commissioned a new investigative series looking at how where we live can affect our life.
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Comment
Kidnap and Ransom, ITV1
Executive producer Rachel Gesua reveals the challenges behind bringing ITV drama Kidnap and Ransom back for a second run.