All Broadcast articles in 28 August 2020
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CommentBullying: no time to waste
Resources are already available to tackle this problem, writes Seetha Kumar
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NewsSarandos defends Netflix cancellation strategy
Longevity is an outdated measure of success according to co-chief exec
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RatingsAutumn schedules stall without drama launches
This Sunday would traditionally mark the start of autumn ratings battle but Covid-19 changes everything
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NewsGenevieve Barr wins Red Planet Prize
Actress and writer pips journalist Nick Ahad with coming of age drama
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NewsEdinburgh: quotes of the week
’There were parts of the industry in which diversity meant making sure that there was a fair balance of people from Oxford and Cambridge’
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NewsTop commissions from Edinburgh
Highlights include an A Word spin-off, C4 bridge-building reality format and focus on racism in football
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NewsNewswrap podcast: Edinburgh special with Patrick Holland
The festival’s advisory chair on the MacTaggart, Ben Frow and the future of PSB
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Behind The ScenesComedy Central at the Edinburgh Fringe: remote but live
Our plan to recreate the energy of the UK’s leading comedy festival was a technical challenge like no other, says Chris Jones
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NewsFX chief: diverse talent is better for business
John Landgraf reveals commercial gains as two-thirds of shows directed by non-white males
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NewsAgents unpack adaptation trends
Battle for book rights and diversity challenges in the spotlight
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CommentOlusoga sets agenda for an important Edinburgh
MacTaggart lecture lays down gauntlet for industry to make good on diversity pledges
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RatingsI Hate Suzie hacks 100,000
THURSDAY: Sky Atlantic comedy drama gets underway ahead of Little Birds, while Sky 1’s League of Their Own returns to 350,000
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Behind The ScenesLodgers for Codgers: bringing the generations together
We combined flatmate speed-dating with intergenerational mixing to create our funny and emotional series, says Maia Liddell
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NewsITV orders black period drama
Drama Republic scores debut order for channel with Sara Collins novel
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CriticsI Hate Suzie
“A glorious mess of ideas, a potent, fizzing monument to the creativity of its makers”
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FeaturesLaura Burrell’s Lip Sync Battle love-in
ViacomCBS’s formats chief had no idea an adapted Tonight Show segment would take her all around the world – until it did
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NewsGeorgia Brown: don’t just pitch big budget
Amazon Euro originals chief aims to end ‘common misconception’ around budgets