All Broadcast articles in 29 January 2015 – Page 6
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News
London Live to cut 20 staff
The Evening Standard’s local television station London Live is to cut 20 jobs and plough the savings into commissioned and acquired content.
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Pact to launch in the US
Industry trade body Pact is to launch a US arm to support the growing number of indies winning business across the Atlantic.
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C4 hires Shorts commissioner
Channel 4 has strengthened its Shorts commissioning team with the addition of Little Dot Studios’ content exec Isaac Densu.
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Retort hires head of development
FremantleMedia UK indie Retort has hired former Channel 4 deputy commissioner Nana Hughes as its head of development.
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ITV lines up Cricket World Cup highlights
ITV has applied for permission from Ofcom to air highlights of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
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CTO Burrows to exit Channel 4
Channel 4 broadcast and distribution chief technology officer Kevin Burrows is to leave the broadcaster.
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IABM to launch online training courses
The IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers) is to launch an online training curriculum.
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Comment
Comment: muddled thinking clouds BBC3 bid
So little of Avalon and Hat Trick’s BBC3 bid adds up. What’s their long-term goal, asks Stephen Arnell.
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Sky Vision and Passion land factual deals
Sky Vision and Passion Distribution have struck separate factual development deals with Night Will Fall-producer Spring Films and Amanda Rees’ Tifini.
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In brief: Crossing Lines & The Undateables
Alibi has picked up Crossing Lines, while Channel 4 has greenlit a fifth series of The Undateables. Read on for more of the day’s round-up.
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C4 loads up The Jump game
Channel 4 will offer fans of The Jump the chance to get involved in the action via a mobile game.
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Critics
TV Critics: David Starkey's Magna Carta; Broadchurch; South Side Story; Catastrophe
“You daren’t doze off in front of the telly, in case [Starkey] snatches up a bullet of chalk and hurls it at your head through the screen.”
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Ratings
Broadchurch hits halfway point with 5.6m
MONDAY: ITV’s Broadchurch hit its halfway point with its lowest ever audience, but leapfrogged BBC1’s Silent Witness to win the 9pm slot.
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Imagine Communications to acquire RGB Networks
Imagine Communications has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of multiscreen video delivery firm RGB Networks.
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Zodiak Rights targets US growth
Zodiak Rights has promoted Andreas Lemos to lead a renewed push into the US.
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Big Star’s Little Star gets third run
12 Yard Productions’ celebrity parent-and-child format Big Star’s Little Star has been commissioned for a third series by ITV.
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Tony Hall: TV watershed won't last
BBC director general Tony Hall has suggested that the TV watershed will become increasingly irrelevant as viewing habits change.
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Bear Grylls to front I’m A Celebrity-style format
Bear Grylls will lead a band of eight celebrities through an unforgiving rainforest in a new I’m A Celebrity-style entertainment format for ITV.
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BT Sport confident of landing Gary Lineker
BT Sport is in serious discussions with Gary Lineker over signing the presenter to host its Champions League coverage from next season.