All Broadcast articles in 29 October 2010
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NewsBBC hunts for head of TV and iPlayer product
The BBC is hunting for a head of TV and iPlayer product to work closely with the broadcaster’s editorial teams to develop new digital products.
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NewsBBC reallocates Nelson's multiplatform remit
The controller of BBC Vision’s multiplatform and portfolio Simon Nelson will not be repleaced when he leaves this month, with his duties being split between three existing members of staff.
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NewsS4C brings Weather Central to UK
Welsh language channel S4C has signed a deal to become the first UK broadcaster to provide a weather service based on the technology of global forecasting group Weather Central.
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Comment29 Oct '10
“The televisual equivalent of having a bucket of warm wee drizzled over your head for an hour.” Read on for more of last night’s reviews.
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RatingsMonte Carlo... fails to sparkle
THURSDAY: The first episode of ITV1’s celebrity road trip Monte Carlo or Bust failed to really excite audiences last night as Channel 4 did well with a doc on child geniuses.
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RatingsRandom characters rack up ratings
Wizards, aliens, the Kray Twins, spies and an idiot all feature in this week’s consolidated ratings round-up.
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FeaturesMisfits series 2 promo
Create a comic book-style 60-second spot with a non-stop seamless transition travelling up, down and along a high-rise block of flats.
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FeaturesBBC Radio 2 Electric Proms
Design and direct a promo that features faces of iconic artists recreated from pop memorabilia.
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NewsEurosport appoints UK MD
Eurosport has promoted David Kerr to managing director of its UK division following a five year career at the broadcaster.
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NewsC4 to boost comedy slate by £5m
Channel 4 is to spend £5m more on comedy in 2011, including new projects from Noel Fielding and Chris Addison.
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NewsE4 acquires US answer to Inbetweeners
E4 has acquired a new comedy series from the US that centres around college life in the 1980s, which the channel is angling as a successor to The Inbetweeners.
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RatingsFrom Essex to the moon
Time to say farewell to the successful but calamitous The Inbetweeners as they bibble off into adulthood on 2.6 million/13%.
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RatingsSunday one, Saturday nil
In olden days, when kids played football in kits made of wool booting a heavy leather ball on boggy ‘pitches’ dreaming of glory, 3pm on Saturday was sacrosanct.
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RatingsStrictly takes to the air
The shiny floor show reaches new heights with a helping hand from a flying former minister
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RatingsITV’s big guns take primetime
A fifth of UK viewers tune into X Factor, while international football and Downton prove their worth.
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NewsBBC pensions: NUJ to strike, Bectu accepts proposals
BBC staff who are NUJ members will go on strike next month - but their counterparts at Bectu have accepted the corporation’s latest pension proposal.
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NewsDAB listening fails to grow
RAJARS: DAB radio has failed to make any significant gains over the last quarter with its weekly reach growing by just 0.3% and the total hours of listening it accounts for remaining flat at 162m.
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NewsMoyles & Evans lose listeners
RAJARS: Both Chris Moyles and Chris Evans, hosts of the breakfast shows for BBC Radio 1 and 2, shed listeners over the past three months.
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RatingsMiners doc fails to excite for C4
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4’s documentary about the rescue of the Chilean Miners, Buried Alive, failed to extract viewers’ excitement last night, drawing an average 1.27m audience – less than three-quarters of the slot average.