All Broadcast articles in 4 May 2012 – Page 2
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RatingsFoxes Live debuts with 1.45m
MONDAY: Channel 4’s Springwatch-style show examining urban foxes got off to a solid start - as the last Scott & Bailey beat Silent Witness.
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NewsWenger named C4 drama boss
Piers Wenger has been appointed as Channel 4 head of drama with immediate effect – moving across from the broadcaster’s film division Film4.
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NewsX Factor exec Siobhan Greene joins ITVS
ITV Studios has poached X Factor executive producer Siobhan Greene to rejuvenate its entertainment output.
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World’s Scariest returning to C5
Channel 5 has commissioned a second series of the World’s Scariest strand from Mentorn Media.
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NewsMurdoch "not fit" boss, say MPs
The Commons culture select committee has described Rupert Murdoch as “not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company” in a report that is also highly critical of his son James and claims other News Corp executives misled it about phone hacking at the News of ...
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NewsSherlock and Fresh Meat win South Bank awards
BBC drama Sherlock and Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat have picked up South Bank Sky Arts Awards.
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NewsEmmerdale going live for 40th
ITV1 is gearing up to broadcast Emmerdale live for the first time to celebrate the soap’s 40th anniversary.
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NewsHarris to offload broadcast kit division
Harris Corp today announced that it intends to sell its broadcast equipment division.
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NewsBSkyB posts £939m profit; claims it is "fit and proper"
BSkyB has staunchly defended its right to a broadcast licence following a stinging attack on its majority shareholder News Corporation yesterday.
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NewsSky1 to revive the Kumars
Sky1 has picked up former BBC comedy The Kumars for a refreshed version of the show after six-year hiatus.
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NewsArena inks football deal with ITV
Outside broadcast firm Arena Television has been awarded three new contracts by ITV Sport.
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NewsWorkman joins Scrub
HHB Communications’ Soho based post-production office Scrub has appointed Devin Workman to the role of sales executive.
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RatingsBin Laden no match for Crimewatch
TUESDAY: An ITV1 documentary on the hunt for Osama Bin Laden was put in the shade by BBC1’s Crimewatch, which drew its biggest audience in nearly a year.
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NewsBSkyB: Sky News hacking record clean
Internal reviews into email hacking and payments to police at Sky News have found “no evidence of impropriety or cause for concern”.
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NewsFoxes attract same web traffic as Big Brother
Channel 4’s new live interactive study of urban foxes in the UK attracted the equivalent web influx to the broadcaster’s website as a Big Brother eviction.
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NewsSky News launches in US/Canada
Sky News has today launched into the US and Canada, via streaming platform Livestation.
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NewsDyke: BSkyB should offload News Corp and Murdochs
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has said it would be in BSkyB’s interest to “offload News International and the Murdochs’ shares in the company”.
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NewsNEP acquires Bow Tie Television
US-headquartered OB and facilities provider NEP has acquired Bow Tie Television.
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