All Broadcast articles in 27 March 2014 – Page 2
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YouView secures £100m funding
The future of YouView has been secured after all seven partners, including the terrestrial broadcasters, committed to the connected-TV platform for a further five years.
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BBC must halve senior managers to hit Trust target
The BBC must halve its number of senior managers over the next 20 months or fail to hit a stretching target set by Lord Patten, according to Broadcast calculations.
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BBC launches child protection policy review
The BBC has launched a stand-alone investigation into its child protection and whistleblowing policies following delays to the Dame Janet Smith review.
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Baby Cow, Big Talk and Shed break into US
Baby Cow, Big Talk and Shed Media have secured series from a range of cable networks as UK indies continue to make substantial gains in the US.
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Zig Zag preps Prince Harry dating show for Fox
US network Fox has commissioned Zig Zag Productions to produce a secret dating format in which American girls try to woo a man they think is Prince Harry.
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Boulder Creek poaches Fox exec
UK producer and distributor Boulder Creek International has poached Fox acquisitions exec Kelly Convey.
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Ratings
Dead Famous DNA locates 1m
Dead Famous DNA, Channel 4’s attempt to reveal more about the genetics of deceased famous people, didn’t have the chemistry to connect with a big audience on Wednesday.
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BBC axes The Review Show
The BBC has axed its 20-year old arts round-up The Review Show less than 12 months after switching it to a monthly BBC4 format.
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Buyers look forward to NAB
Trade show delegates eagerly await new products from the likes of Sony and Panasonic
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Critics
TV Critics: MasterChef; W1A; Dead Famous DNA
“After a decade it’s feeling like same old same old.”
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Ericsson's Red Bee deal given final clearance by Comp Commission
The Competition Commission has formally cleared Ericsson’s takeover of Red Bee Media.
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C5 buys webcam erotica doc
Channel 5 has picked up Web Cam Girls, a documentary produced by Back2Back Productions and backed by Brighton-based distributor Electric Sky.
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Behind The Scenes
Generation Cryo, MTV UK
We let the participants follow their own path on the journey to find their sperm-donor dad, says Ellen Windemuth
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Pop targets original series
Kids channel Pop wants to move into original commissioning for the first time after launching on free-to-air platform Freeview this week.
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Features
How local TV is shaping up
How one of the biggest developments in British TV for decades is taking shape
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Sky boosts diversity drive with scholarships
Sky is to strengthen its support of diversity within the TV industry by offering five new scholarships for young people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Celebrity Juice producer joins BBC
Celebrity Juice and Sweat The Small Stuff producer Ed Sleeman is to join the BBC’s entertainment commissioning team and take on the BBC3 brief left by Sean Hancock.
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Sky hunts head of entertainment
Sky is searching for a replacement head of entertainment and Stuart Murphy wants to act quickly. He could unveil a replacement for Phil Edgar-Jones within the next four weeks.
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ITV adds The Dentists to access docs slate
ITV is paying a visit to the dentist with an ob-doc from Keo Films that will form part of its slate of access projects.
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Sky Arts unveils bold strategy
Sky Arts is to enter a new phase of growth with an increased budget under new boss Phil Edgar-Jones.