All Broadcast articles in 24 July 2014 – Page 2
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Ratings
Safe landing for E4’s 100
After more than 630,000 recorded and watched, The 100 finished on 2.5 million/10%, making it E4’s best title for nearly two years
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News
London Live bids to radically reduce local content
London Live wants to radically reduce its commitment to primetime local programming under plans submitted to Ofcom.
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Critics
TV Critics: Diamond Geezers and Gold Dealers; The Honourable Woman; Penguin Post Office
“A film that was little more than a space-filler.”
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Ratings
Secret Life of Students pulls 500k
THURSDAY: Channel 4’s The Secret Life of Students and Channel 5’s Black Market Britain endured disappointing climaxes as the Commonwealth Games grabbed the lion’s share of the peak time audience.
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News
Sky Europe programming budget pegged at £4.6bn
BSkyB will collectively commission original content across Italy and Germany as part of the creation of Sky Europe with a total programming budget of £4.6 billion.
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News
US reality television Code of Conduct proposed
A New York city councillor has appealed for broadcasters and production companies to adhere to a code of conduct to improve working conditions for reality television producers and writers.
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News
Ten Alps secures £300k investment
Ten Alps’ shareholders have ploughed £300,000 into the company for “business development and general working capital requirements”.
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News
Sky completes Euro mega-merger
BSkyB has completed a deal to create Sky Europe, bringing together Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland in a multi-billion pound deal.
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News
BBC distribution team to join Future Media
The BBC’s distribution department will merge with Future Media’s business development team next month in a bid to consolidate online and traditional distribution under a single group of staff.
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Comment
Be flexible to retain talent
TV can do more to stop talented women leaving the industry just when they reach their creative peak, says Kate Beal
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Ratings
Commonwealth Games opener peaks with 9m
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s coverage of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony peaked with over 9m viewers and dented the rest of the schedule.
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News
Wish-lists: ITV execs reveal priorities
ITV commissioners Richard Klein, Elaine Bedell, Helen Warner, Paul Mortimer and Steve November revealed their wish-lists at ITV’s annual Producers’ Forum earlier this week.
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Critics
TV Critics: The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway; Operation Cloud Lab; The Mimic
“I’d challenge anyone to not utter a silent ‘wow’”
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News
Unions ready to fight BBC over news redundancies
The BBC may have averted a strike during the opening of the Commonwealth Games this week – but it faces a fresh threat of industrial action over job cuts in its news division.
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News
BBC to hire champion for disabled talent
The BBC will recruit its first disability champion to its commissioning team as it prepares a two-pronged plan to improve opportunities for disabled talent.
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News
King Bert eyes ent push following BBCW tie-up
King Bert Productions, the indie established by former BBC comedy boss Jo Sargent and comedians Miranda Hart and David Walliams, is eyeing a push into entertainment formats after striking a first-look deal with BBC Worldwide.
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News
Video Europe merges with GLP to boost market share
Video Europe is to merge with frame-rate conversion kit supplier Galaxy Light and Power (GLP).
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News
ITV to poll indies over diversity
ITV will survey indies to gain a better understanding of working conditions and diversity in its programming supply chain as it bids to better reflect UK society.
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Behind The Scenes
Blinging Up Baby, C5
A killer title landed us the commission, but the hard part was still to come says Ian Lamarra
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News
BBC First eyes scripted drama
BBC Worldwide chief executive Tim Davie has revealed that global drama channel BBC First will offer UK indies major scripted opportunities after its launch this summer.