All Broadcast articles in 3 April 2020 – Page 5
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Ratings
Steph trails rivals with 234k
MONDAY: C4’s live lunchtime show up 63% on average audience but level on share
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News
Bectu: government excluding half of TV’s freelancers
Indies urged to step up to the plate and help those ‘loyal to their productions’
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News
Freelancers: are you entitled to support?
Bectu provides the answers to freelancers seeking government support
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Ratings
Friday Night Dinner is C4’s biggest comedy in a decade
C4 comedy returns with 2.4m and a 41% share of young viewers in a big Friday night for the channel
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News
The Steph Show: Broadcast’s verdict
Necessarily a little rough around the edges, C4’s new daytime host brought energy and warmth to her housebound show, says Joanna Tilley
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Video
Trying, Apple TV+
BBC Studios comedy about a couple trying for a baby. It is the first Apple TV+ British original
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Behind The Scenes
The Snow Spider, CBBC/BBC Wales
‘We wanted our adaptation to do justice to the original trilogy, so we made a conscious effort to give it a Welsh voice and sense of wonderment’
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News
TVU Anywhere gives TV3 a unique fan perspective
Mobile app from TVU Networks enables large scale fan interaction with hosts and each other remotely.
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News
C4 names Louisa Compton news chief
Dispatches and coronavirus docs commissioner promoted as Dorothy Byrne’s successor
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News
Warner and Sony-backed SE Asian SVoD shuts down
Majority owner Singtel commences liquidation process on Hooq
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News
Unions press Treasury on freelancers left in limbo
Bectu and Creative Industries Fed seek answers from government over self-support scheme
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Ratings
Dragon’s Den picks up 800k since series opener
SUNDAY: The BBC2 stalwart and travel format Race Across The Road show considerable gains while BBC1 drama The Nest drops viewers
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Sponsored
How NFTS graduates are powering British drama
Almost two-thirds of high-end shows currently employ the school’s alumni
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Video
Brews Brothers, Netflix
Comedy series about two estranged brothers who end up running a brewery together
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Features
Programme Index tracks coronavirus content
Broadcast Intelligence’s Programme Index follows pandemic’s effect on the commissioning landscape
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News
Comedies dominate C4’s BritBox shows
Peep Show, Chewing Gum and Friday Night Dinner among broadcaster’s programmes on PSB SVoD
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Critics
Friday Night Dinner
“The gently surreal writing and note-perfect performances made eliciting laughter look effortless when, of course, it’s anything but”
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News
Broadcast goes online-only temporarily
Weekly print edition suspended during coronavirus; online offer to be enhanced