All Broadcast articles in 3 April 2015 – Page 3
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News
Sky News unveils election plans
Sky News is to feature live election coverage from 270 declarations after partnering with wireless camera kit provider Live U.
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TV execs to enter Big Brother house
A group of senior TV executives are poised to enter the Big Brother house this summer.
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North One wins Gold commission
Gold is to profile Oliver Reed, Spike Milligan and The Two Ronnies as part of a six-part comedy commission.
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UK indies win big at Discovery Upfronts
Raw Television, Arrow Media and World Media Rights have all scored major US commissions from Discovery as part of its annual line-up of programming.
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Video Europe agrees deal for kit hire company Cruet
Video Europe has agreed a deal to acquire broadcast kit hire and crewing firm Cruet.
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TVF strikes 4K doc deals
Japanese broadcaster NTT Plala has acquired a raft of 4K documentaries from UK distributor TVF International.
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Thames hires head of development
Fremantle Media UK indie Thames has hired Superhero Television founder Lucas Green as its new head of development.
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Ratings
England friendly peaks with 7.1m
TUESDAY: England’s 1-1 draw with Italy peaked with 7.1m outscoring the crowd that tuned in for the Euro 2016 qualifier against Lithuania on Friday.
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Blink lands Korean doc deal
Blink Films has struck a landmark partnership with Korean broadcaster EBS after working closely with Argonon-backed business enabler The Bridge.
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ITV launches legal challenge to strike ballot
ITV’s pay dispute with the unions is becoming increasingly bitter after the broadcaster legally challenged a strike ballot that could have disrupted its election day coverage.
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Critics
TV Critics: Costa del Sol: Last Brits Standing; Back in Time for Dinner; Nurse
“We got an evocative look at ex-pat life long after the end of happy hour.”
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BBCW strikes new Bake Off deal in Oz
The Great British Bake Off has switched broadcasters in Australia after pay-TV network Lifestyle Food took over the format rights from terrestrial channel Nine Network.
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BBC’s creative industries impact revealed
BBC research has found that £450m (37%) of the corporation’s external investment in UK creative industries in 2013/14 went to companies with less than 49 employees.
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DCMS kicks off retrans fees consultation
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has kicked off a consultation exploring the deregulation of the TV market – a move which could result in the PSB channels benefiting from retransmission fees but losing their EPG prominence.
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Jacqui Oatley joins ITV
BBC sports anchor Jacqui Oatley has joined ITV to front its coverage of sports including football and darts.
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Top Gear Live gets greenlight
BBC Worldwide has given the greenlight for Top Gear Live to continue following Jeremy Clarkson’s “fracas” - with the caveat that all BBC branding will be removed from the event.
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Video
VIDEO: W1A, BBC2
Hugh Bonneville returns as BBC head of values Ian Fletcher in the broadcaster-based sitcom.
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VIDEO: The Island With Bear Grylls, C4
The Shine TV survival format is to return for a second series with an all-male and an all-female islands.
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Chart: All3Media indie turnover
Following All3Media’s acquisition of Neal Street Productions, click to see where it ranks in the group based on each indie’s 2014 turnover.