All Broadcast articles in 3 February 2017 – Page 5
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James Corden becomes Fulwell 73 partner
James Corden has become an equity partner in Carpool Karaoke indie Fulwell 73.
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xG Technology completes $16m Vislink deal
US-headquartered wireless communications firm xG Technology has completed its acquisition of Vislink Communication Systems for $16m (£12.8m).
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Ratings
Halcyon slips to low
MONDAY: ITV’s wartime drama The Halcyon slipped to a low while BBC1’s Silent Witness continued to dominate.
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Ooona, Screen and Cavena to launch subtitling app
BVE 2017: An online subtitling application developed by three subtitling technology firms will be launched at BVE in February.
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Lionsgate signs Bonafide first-look deal
Lionsgate has struck a first-look deal with The Last Post indie Bonafide Films as the Mad Men producer looks to expand its television footprint in the UK.
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Twitter preps first European live broadcast
Twitter has agreed its first European live streaming deal – partnering with Sky Sports News to provide coverage of football’s transfer deadline day.
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C5 factual commissioner to depart
Channel 5 factual commissioner Ninder Billing is leaving the broadcaster to return to production.
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Critics
George III; Art of France; French Adventure
“Here was another frustratingly GCSE-level slice of history from the BBC, determined to patronise viewers with bland pedagogic instruction.”
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Big Light hires BBC drama exec
BBC Drama creative director Katie McAleese has joined Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light Productions.
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BBCS wins Question of Sport tender
BBC Studios has won the £4m tender to make A Question of Sport – the first show to be put up for grabs after the broadcaster scrapped its in-house guarantee.
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Gordon Ramsay returns to ITV
Gordon Ramsay is returning to ITV with a “hard-hitting” documentary series and a daytime cookery quiz, as well as a hosting stint on The Nightly Show.
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Ratings
Hell Week burns viewers
SUNDAY: Special Forces lost over 400,000 viewers on its return to BBC2, while the Australian Open tennis final peaked with 800,000 for Eurosport.
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Maxine Watson joins Twenty Twenty
Twenty Twenty has appointed BBC documentaries commissioner Maxine Watson as director of programmes.
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Evening Standard editor joins Today programme
London Evening Standard editor Sarah Sands has been hired as editor of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
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Endeavour lands bumper run
ITV has ordered an extended fifth series run of Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour.
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Netflix delves Inside British Vogue
Netflix has picked up the US rights to BBC documentary series Absolutely Fashion: Inside British Vogue after striking a deal with distributor Drive.
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Indie Summit: speakers announced
Mark Linsey, Kim Shillinglaw, Sara Geater and Mel Leach are among the high profile speakers at Broadcast’s Indie Summit in March.
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The CW buys Sky's Hooten & The Lady
US cable network The CW has picked up Sky 1 action drama Hooten and The Lady from Sky Vision, marking one of the distributor’s biggest scripted US deals to date.
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Ratings
Let it Shine falls 1m behind The Voice
WEEKEND: The Voice opened up a significant lead over Let It Shine after the BBC1 format slipped below 5m viewers.
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Critics
Francis Bacon; Apple Tree Yard; Special Forces; The Brit Who Tried To Kill Trump
“This was a barnstorming arts documentary that paid no lip service to the notion that we need to know about an artist’s technique to understand his work.”