All Broadcast articles in 4 December 2015 – Page 4
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News
BBC3 boss sets out online roadmap
BBC3 digital controller Damian Kavanagh has spelled out how the youth channel will transition online after the move was finally given the greenlight last week.
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News
CMSC ready to scrutinise C4 privatisation plans
The chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee (CMSC) has made clear that any attempt by the government to privatise Channel 4 will be subject to scrutiny from his group of MPs.
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Comment
Crunch time approaches for C4
Industry must have its say over government’s privatisation plans
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David Abraham warns of privatisation’s 'devastating' consequences
David Abraham believes a privatised Channel 4 would create an in-house production division and have a “devastating” effect on the diversity of the indie sector.
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The Broadcast Interview
David Abraham, Channel 4
Channel 4’s chief executive tells Broadcast why he believes privatisation would have serious repercussions for some parts of the industry and sets out his views on terms of trade
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News
Love lands Great British Bake Off spin-off
Love Productions has landed a Great British Bake Off spin-off in which teams of professional pastry chefs will go head-to-head.
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ITV whips up Ann Summers-inspired comedy drama
ITV has commissioned Brief Encounters, a comedy drama inspired by lingerie retailer Ann Summers , from CPL Productions.
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Vindica wins BBC Store payment deal
BBC Worldwide has opted to use subscription billing firm Vindica’s CashBox system to manage payments for its BBC Store offering.
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David Lammy lodges complaint over Question Time’s diversity
Labour MP David Lammy has complained to the BBC about a lack of diversity on Question Time, prompting the corporation to reveal fewer than 10% of panellists are from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background.
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Comms agency Way to Blue acquires Project Factory
Communications agency Way To Blue has acquired UK and Australian-based digital creative agency The Project Factory (TPF).
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Video
VIDEO: Walter Presents, C4
Deutschland 83, Match Day and The Lens will feature on the foreign-language on-demand service.
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News
C5 swoops for Heroes Reborn
Channel 5 has signed its latest superhero series - acquiring Heroes Reborn for youth-skewing station 5*.
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Video
VIDEO: Christmas 2015 on BBC1
Sherlock, Luther and Citizen Khan are among the channel’s festive highlights.
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Ratings
Kirstie's Handmade Christmas unable to top 2014
TUESDAY: Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas was unable to outperform last year’s seasonal starter as Capital and The Murder Detectives both slipped.
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News
Mentorn's Worst Driver heads to China
Mentorn Media’s format Worst Driver is travelling to China after a deal was struck with online streaming service iQIYI.
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UKTI seeks tech ambassadors for SXSW 2016
UKTI is searching for 15 innovative British businesses to become tech ambassadors at film festival SXSW 2016.
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BBC3 writers call for network tariffs
Writers of BBC3 shows have demanded improved terms when their programmes air on the broadcaster’s linear channels, following the decision to schedule them in peak-time slots.
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Undateables producer launches indie
The former executive producer of The Undateables, Amelia Hann, has established an indie to produce factual and factual-entertainment formats.
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Critics
TV Critics: Kirstie's Handmade Christmas; Catastrophe; Power to the People
“Watching the first episode of her “three-part spectacular”, I have never been more thankful to be escaping Britain during the great Christmas rigmarole”
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US Bake Off makes ‘so-so’ start for ABC
The Great British Bake Off’s second US adaptation made a solid, if unspectacular debut for ABC on Monday night, according to reports in America.