All Broadcast articles in 3 April 2014 – Page 6
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HBO Nordics snaps up BBC2's Honourable Woman
HBO Nordics has acquired BBC drama The Honourable Woman after striking a deal with BBC Worldwide.
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Duck Quacks echoes across the world
Duck Quacks Don’t Echo is to travel across the world after Sky Vision closed a number of key programming deals.
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C4 explores music education and prostitution
Pianist James Rhodes and actor Rupert Everett will join artist Grayson Perry as high profile talent in Channel 4’s latest slate of factual programming.
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BBC under fire over climate change
The BBC must draw up “clear editorial guidelines” for reporting on climate change to avoid providing a “false balance” for audiences according to a group of MPs.
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Zig Zag lines up Herbert Bros for A&E
US cable network A&E has ordered a new reality series from Zig Zag, billed as the “natural successor” to Duck Dynasty.
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Sky Store enters DVD market
Sky is to send customers DVD copies of films they purchase digitally via Sky Store.
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Critics
TV Critics: New Worlds; Horizon: Living with Autism; Killer Magic
“This new cast of Skins graduates and ex-models didn’t quite live up to the Devil’s Whore originals.”
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CBS Reality launches on Freeview
CBS Reality has launched on Freeview, becoming the Hollywood studio / Chello Zone joint venture’s first channel to launch on the free-to-air platform.
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BBC1 shuts down Waterloo Road
BBC1 has announced that it will close the school gates on classroom drama Waterloo Road after 10 series.
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Crow TV appoints Sanderson to business role
Crow TV has appointed Matt Sanderson as business development producer.
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Twitter snaps up TV agency SecondSync
Twitter has acquired social TV analytics firm SecondSync and has revealed plans to launch a research program called Data of Now with Kantar Media.
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Sponsored
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Sky opens Animal House with Cineflix
Sky has acquired New Zealand animal documentary series Animal House as part of a 67 hour programming deal with Cineflix Rights.
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ITV reveals Alan Titchmarsh format
ITV has confirmed Alan Titchmarsh’s latest project – a three-part series unearthing Britain’s best domestic gardens.
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Comment
Diary of an AP: Get real with training
Why do producers expect freelancers to be able to use the latest kit, asks Ollie Scarth
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Nutopia’s Willgoss joins CB Films
Boutique factual indie CB Films has hired Nutopia producer Simon Willgoss as its head of development.
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BBCW chief joins Turner
BBC Worldwide’s Central European and Middle Eastern chief Ian McDonough is leaving the company as part of its latest wide-ranging staff changes.
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Ratings
London Live peaks with 50,000
London Live launched with a peak audience of nearly 50,000 viewers on Monday, as The Widower bowed out on a series high.
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Critics
TV Critics: London Live launch; Our Gay Wedding; Rev; Nigel Farage: Who Are You?
“Night one was amateurish, of course it was, but does everything need to be slick?”
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ITVS hooks NBC Charles Manson show
ITV Studios has secured a 13-episode straight-to-series order from US network NBC for Aquarius, a drama about a young Charles Manson.