All Broadcast articles in 24 July 2015 – Page 4
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Ratings
Benefits & Botched Up Bodies boost C5
TUESDAY: Channel 5 enjoyed a successful night after Benefits By The Sea and Botched Up Bodies helped it outperform Channel 4 from 9pm.
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Sky Sports scores online Premier League clips
Sky Sports has won the rights to offer near live Premier League digital clips, which will also feature on The Times and The Sun website.
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Raw hires head of factual
Discovery-owned Raw TV has promoted Richard Bond to its head of UK factual after picking up a raft of new business.
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Former Remarkable boss sets up indie
Colette Foster, the former co-managing director of Remarkable Television, has launched an indie three months after revealing she was leaving Endemol Shine UK.
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Sony to launch drone business
Sony is partnering with a Tokyo start-up to launch a drone subsidiary business.
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UK start-ups win IBC stand space
IBC 2015: Six UK media technology start-ups have been picked by the DTG to exhibit at IBC after taking part in a Dragon’s Den-style competition last night.
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BBC defends EastEnders gay scene in funeral parlour
The BBC has defended a gay scene in EastEnders set in a funeral parlour, which has provoked almost 50 complaints to Ofcom.
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Global audiences bypass iPlayer restrictions
A report on the viewing demographics of iPlayer has found that almost 65m people are bypassing geo-restrictions to access the platform from outside of the UK.
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Sky 1 takes Richard Hammond into the jungle
Richard Hammond has landed his first post-Top Gear job, heading into the jungles of the Amazon for a Sky 1 documentary.
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Atomized wins race to follow Atlantic Challenge
Multiplatform producer Atomized is to follow the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge rowing race after winning a competitive pitch from ad-funded programming business Precious.
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Critics
TV Critics: Me and My New Brain; Child Genius; Not Safe for Work
“It was the unexpected sidelights on life that made this documentary stand out.”
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Timeline opts for combined Aframe and Root6 workflow
Timeline North is the first UK post facility to employ both Aframe’s cloud-based service and the ContentAgent file-based workflow management tool.
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Sir Peter Bazalgette calls for more connected BBC
Arts Council England chair Sir Peter Bazalgette has urged the BBC to partner with more third-party organisations and improve its outreach capabilities to generate more value for licence fee payers.
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In brief: The Wonder of Britain; Attenborough; Big Star's Little Star
ITV reschedules Julia Bradbury’s The Wonder of Britain and recommissions Big Star Little Star, while Sir David Attenborough will front BBC doc The Hunt.
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BBC Academy pilots online training course
BBC Academy has partnered with the University of Birmingham, Creative Skillset and training provider Futurelearn to pilot an online training course for the creative industry.
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Comment
BBC North: how we made the dream a reality
As BBC England boss Peter Salmon prepares for his new role as the first BBC Studios director, he reflects on the corporation’s achievements in Salford.
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You’re Back in the Room to return for ITV
ITV has ordered a second series of Tuesday’s Child hypnosis format You’re Back in the Room.
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Ofcom boss draws ‘line in sand’ on BBC governance
Ofcom is open to the idea of taking on increased responsibility for regulating the BBC, but would “put a line in the sand” at governing the corporation.
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Discovery follows David Baddiel on the Silk Road
David Baddiel is heading down the Silk Road in a four-part travelogue for Discovery.
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Ratings
Rookies beats Bookies to win the 9pm slot
MONDAY: The terrestrial channels went head-to-head in a 9pm battle of the ob docs last night – with ITV’s Rookies coming out on top.