All Broadcast articles in 26 July 2019 – Page 4
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News
Underworld builds crime slate
Channel 4 commission a ‘breakthrough moment’ for indie focusing on criminal programming
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James Cameron to exec BBC Studios’ Nat Geo debut
Hollywood director’s Earthship Productions to co-produce deep ocean dive
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Sky chief operating officer quits to join Boris Johnson
New prime minister hires Andrew Griffith as chief business advisor
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BBC seeks centenary controller
Corporation creates dedicated role to build momentum for 2022 celebrations
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Mercurio to pen Quibi sci-fi show
Line of Duty writer prepares ‘ominous’ thriller drama Transmissions with Jimmy Mulville
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IMG to produce and broadcast Fortnite World Cup 2019
The high-profile esports tournament finals to be live streamed online, and televised on in-flight sports channel, Sport 24 Extra
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MIPTV organisers unveil centralised exhibition plan
Reed Midem to spread the Cannes market across three floors of the Grand Palais
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Acorn TV names international head
Kerensa Samanidis joins from Turner Classic Media’s FilmStruck
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Video
A Confession, ITV
New drama series from Jeff Pope, produced by ITV Studios and Urban Myth Films
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ITVS GE signs first-look deal with drama start-up
Alchemy has been formed by The Miniaturist exec producer Kate SInclair
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Ratings
Daniel Radcliffe conjures 3.6m for BBC1
MONDAY: Wall to Wall Media’s long-running Who Do You Think You Are? steals march on its ITV counterpart and debuts ahead of last season
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Mixed start for Love Island US
CBS version of ITV2 hit has averaged around 2.5m but won praise for reaching young viewers
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Critics
Who Do You Think You Are?
“The genealogy stalwart, now on its 16th series and fresh from another Bafta win, remains consistently superb”
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Doc Fest content head quits over ‘colonial focus’
Luke Moody said ‘dinosaurs’ of British factual TV have narrowed focus of the festival programme
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Sony Pictures Television to rebrand UK entertainment portfolio
Film and general entertainment channels to come under single umbrella
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Video
Watchmen, Sky Atlantic
Set in an alternative history where ‘superheroes’ are treated as outlaws. Produced by White Rabbit
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News
Louis Theroux joins Edinburgh line-up
Dawn O’Porter to grill the documentary-maker on career and authored docs genre
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Huge archive of table tennis footage digitised for online library
Extensive content archive made accessible through new platform
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UKTV in carbon-neutral first
Steve Backshall confronts ’catch-22’ of travelling the world to talk about climate change