All Broadcast articles in 26 June 2015 – Page 6
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News
BBC launches Newsbeat app
BBC Newsbeat has launched its first mobile app, featuring trending tweets, Instagram posts and YouTube clips, to serve younger audiences with relevant news.
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IABM recruits IBC's Whitehead as business development director
The International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers (IABM) has appointed Darren Whitehead to the role of director of business development.
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Comment
How Channel 4 fell for 'oddball' drama No Offence
Broadcaster was the ‘magnetic north’ for our uncompromising vision, writes creator Paul Abbott
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Critics
TV Critics: True Detective; The Met: Policing London; Kevin McCloud's Escape to the Wild
“It is all very different from the first season and, I am glad to report, it is all very much the same.”
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Lion TV factual chief to head BBC formats and features
Lion TV director of factual Donna Clark is to exit the All3Media indie after six years to join the BBC as acting head of formats and features.
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Comment
Delivering a constant stream of news
The use of mobile streaming apps can help broadcasters engage with their audiences, says Jonas Vig
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Challenge orders Bullseye documentary
Classic gameshow Bullseye is the subject of a new Sky Vision Productions documentary for free-to-air channel Challenge.
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C4 locks up second series of No Offence
Channel 4 has ordered a second run of Paul Abbott’s cop drama No Offence ahead of its first series finale tonight.
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eOne & Creative England to invest in regional drama
The Walking Dead distributor Entertainment One (eOne) and funding body Creative England have agreed a partnership to develop and finance a drama slate from regional producers.
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Lebara launches foreign-language TV service
Migrant community brand Lebara has launched a set-top box and multiplatform service offering access to a raft of foreign-language channels.
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ITV tables improved 2016 pay offer
ITV has moved a step closer to concluding its dispute with broadcasting unions after offering staff an improved pay deal and concessions for 2016.
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Ratings
The Saboteurs debuts well for More 4
FRIDAY: More 4 Nordic drama The Saboteurs got underway with an audience nearly 100,000 viewers ahead of the channel’s slot average.
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BBC Studios plans will be tabled during charter renewal
The BBC has made clear that it will push ahead with plans to commercialise its in-house production division during charter renewal, amid growing industry concern and speculation that the corporation wants to kick the proposals into the long grass.
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In brief: BBCW; Endemol Shine; MTV
BBC Worldwide and Endemol Shine Group have expanded their commercial teams as Lip Sync Battle heads to China.
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BBC social media exec joins Netflix
BBC social media manager Rajiv Nathwani is leaving the broadcaster to join Netflix.
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Ratings
Black Work eases past Humans
SUNDAY: ITV drama Black Work held off competition from Channel 4’s Humans to win a competitive 9pm slot.
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Arqiva appoints new chief executive
Arqiva has appointed Simon Beresford-Wylie as chief executive.
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Roger Mosey criticises BBC ‘groupthink’
Former BBC editorial director Roger Mosey has claimed the corporation’s news reporting suffers from liberal “groupthink” and criticised the BBC Trust as a “shadowy force”.
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Ratings
Prized Apart loses 500k viewers
SATURDAY: BBC1 gameshow Prized Apart lost half a million viewers on its second outing.
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Critics
TV Critics: Black Work; Humans; The Legacy
“Despite the fine performances, it paled in comparison to other recent gritty cop dramas.”