All Broadcast articles in 28 August 2014 – Page 4
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True North co-founder departs
True North co-founder Glyn Middleton has left the indie after 13 years following investment secured from Channel 4.
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Ratings
Sky Living wins 240k with Emmys coverage
TUESDAY: The 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards highlights show peaked with 240,000 viewers after moving to Sky Living from 5 USA.
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HBO Europe hires London-based drama exec
HBO Europe has hired its first London-based executive, The Borgias producer Steve Matthews.
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Former Discovery exec Andrew Jackson joins Plimsoll
Former Discovery executive Andrew Jackson has joined Grant Mansfield’s fledgling indie Plimsoll Productions.
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Critics
TV Critics: Super Senses; Everyday Miracles; In the Club; Building the Dream
“The second instalment had more than enough standout moments to transcend its format.”
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Brown Bob wins first BBC show
Fledgling indie Brown Bob Productions has hired Flame Television’s head of development and picked up its first commission - a BBC daytime format.
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Comment
Richard Attenborough blazed a trail for C4
The former C4 chairman left an extraordinary legacy
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Chris Evans hints at TFI Friday revival
Cult chat show TFI Friday may make a return to Channel 4 for a one-off special episode according to former host Chris Evans.
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50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy draws 300k to Sky
MONDAY: Sky 1 bucket list show 50 Way To Kill Your Mammy got underway with more than 300,000 viewers as over 2m tuned in to the Scotland Decides debate on BBC2.
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Arri to release UHD upgrade for Amira
Arri has entered the Ultra High-Definition (UHD) camera market with a software upgrade for its Amira that will allow the camera to shoot ProRes UHD footage.
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BBC3 cooks up chicken shop sitcom
A sitcom set in a fried chicken shop, produced by Bwark and Two Brothers Pictures, is one of three comedies green-lit by BBC3.
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Love heads to Stockton for Benefits Street follow-up
Stockton-On-Tees’ Kingston Road has been selected by Love Productions as the location for the second series of Channel 4’s Benefits Street.
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Comment
Creating Doctor Who's Half-Face Man
One of the biggest visual effects challenges for Peter Capaldi’s debut was realising the ‘Half-Face Man’ character.
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Sex Box scores US series
Controversial Channel 4 show Sex Box has been picked up for a full series in the US following a successful local pilot.
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BBC First creates interactive Twitter drama
International channel BBC First has called for Twitter users to contribute ideas to an online drama.
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Amazon pilots The Foundation & Brown Bag kids shows
UK kids producers The Foundation and Brown Bag Films have picked up pilots from online video streaming service Amazon.
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World Cup boosts UTV profits 62%
UTV has reported a 62% boost in profits as a result of an improving advertising market driven partly by the World Cup 2014.
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Critics
TV Critics: Doctor Who; 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy; Under the Dome
“No disrespect to Smith or any of the others, but we have a true actor in the part this time.”
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CBS to remake Friday Night Dinner
US network CBS is to remake Big Talk Productions sitcom Friday Night Dinner.
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Sherlock pulls off Emmy hat trick
BBC1 drama Sherlock has won a trio of awards at the 2014 Emmy Awards.