All Broadcast articles in 31 July 2014 – Page 2
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Ratings
CHARTS: Mixed fortunes for Games
Opening Ceremony tops the table for BBC1 but Games proper puts in an average performance
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News
BT TV subscriber growth slows
BT recorded its slowest quarter of growth for its TV business for over a year as the Premier League season drew to a close.
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Ratings
The Stuarts fails to overthrow The Plantagenets for BBC2
WEDNESDAY: BBC2’s three-part history documentary of The Stuarts got underway with 1.3m - down on the channel’s audience for The Plantagenets earlier this year.
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News
AMC in talks to acquire BBC America stake
Breaking Bad broadcaster AMC is reportedly in talks to acquire a significant stake in US cable channel BBC America.
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News
ITV2 reorders Freshers for extended run
ITV2 has ordered an extended second run of documentary series Freshers to air later this year.
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Critics
TV Critics: The Stuarts; Art of China
“Dr Clare is far too serious-minded for scandal or smut”
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News
Parker takes on exec chairman role at Sohonet
Sohonet has appointed Chuck Parker as executive chairman.
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News
DTG announces winners of TV Innovation Awards
The Digital TV Group has selected four winners of its annual DTG Television Innovation Awards, which it hosted in partnership with UK Trade and Investment.
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News
ITVS grows overseas business
ITV Studios generated almost half its revenue overseas in the first six months of 2014 as its international operations grew significantly.
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News
Objective to remake King of The Nerds for Sky 1
Sky 1 is to remake US entertainment format King Of The Nerds after striking a deal with Ben Silverman’s Electus and Objective Productions.
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News
Object Matrix combines MatrixStore with Flashnet
Nearline storage firm Object Matrix has combined its MatrixStore with SGL’s Flashnet storage management system.
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News
IABM appoints director for Asia Pacific region
The IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers) has appointed PeterBruce to the position of director for the Asia Pacific region.
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News
BBC S&PP to work on Elstree-based Tumble
BBC Studios and Post Production (BBC S&PP) will provide studio and post-production services from Elstree Studios and BBC Elstree for BBC1’s new primetime Saturday night gymnastics show Tumble.
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News
All3M America hires Shed US exec
All3Media America, the US division led by Wife Swap creator Stephen Lambert, has hired an executive from Shed Media and made a number of promotions.
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News
Brooker and Jones target US with House of Tomorrow
Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones will attempt to make inroads into the US scripted market via their new indie House of Tomorrow.
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News
LipSync to help fund and post two BBC dramas
LipSync Post will provide picture and audio post-production services and equity investment forRed Planet Pictures’ BBC dramas The Ark and The Passing Bells.
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News
RTS Young Technologist Award goes to BT engineer
BT software engineer Bobby Moss has won the annual RTS Young Technologist Award.
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C4 hires De Burgh in commissioning team reshuffle
Channel 4 has rejigged its commissioning team, moving Tom Beck from entertainment to factual entertainment to cover Tina Flintoff ’s maternity leave.
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Features
The Speakmans
Provide picture and audio post for the 20-part daytime series about celebrity behavioural therapists Nik and Eva Speakman
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Features
Royal Marines Commando School
Provide location and audio and picture postproduction services for the eight-part ob doc that uses fixed-rig cameras and embedded directors.