All Broadcast articles in 4 September 2014 – Page 2
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Educating the East End registers 2.2m
THURSDAY: Educating the East End failed to achieve the results of Educating Yorkshire on a busy night for new launches.
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News
Blueprint wins first TV order with Sadie Jones adaptation
In Bruges producer Blueprint Pictures is to make its debut TV project – an adaptation of Sadie Jones novel The Outcast for BBC1.
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Mallett stands down as BBC S&PP boss
Anna Mallett is stepping down from her role as chief executive of BBC Studios and Post Production (S&PP) to lead the broadcaster’s efforts to establish a commercial production arm.
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CDN Awards open for business
Nominations for the Creative Diversity Network (CDN) Awards have opened and Broadcast readers will ultimately be able to decide the winner of the Groundbreaking Programme Award.
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Critics
TV Critics: Educating the East End; Chasing Shadows; Castles in the Sky
“Educating the East End might yet end up with a set of As”.
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BBC removes Doctor Who beheading scene
The BBC has edited this Saturday’s episode of Dr Who to remove a beheading scene following the murder of two American journalists by Islamic militants.
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Twofour creates branded content business
Twofour has merged its Arabia, Digital and Rocket Science divisions into a single business that will create branded content for a variety of platforms.
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Panasonic launches 4K camcorder
IBC 2014: Panasonic has unveiled the HC-X1000, a camcorder capable of recording UHD 60p/50p footage on an SD card.
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Broadcasters slam London Live bid to slash local content
Channel 4, Channel 5, UKTV and rival bidders have lined up to slam London Live’s proposals to radically reduce its commitment to local programming.
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CHARTS: Scandi drama matches up
The cool approach of Scandi TV detectives gave way to BBC4’s series of hot-blooded Swedish murderings.
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CHARTS: BBC2’s Indian summer
BBC2 will be pleased they took us to see India while C4 continued to lift the lid on the world of dogs to tail-wagging effect.
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CHARTS: X Factor hits highs and lows
But still manages to beat BBC1’s Doctor Who and Countryfile in weekend primetime slots
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News
Sky takes fixed-rig to the pub
The Nightclub Toilet producer Firecracker Films is to give pub quizzes the fixed-rig treatment in a genre-bending ob-doc series for Sky 1.
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Frankie Boyle to dissect Scottish referendum for BBC
Frankie Boyle is to dissect the Scottish referendum result for the BBC in a one-off comedy event hosted on iPlayer.
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Vice secures £300m investment
Silicon Valley investment firm Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) and A+E Networks have invested more than £300m in youth publisher Vice.
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Critics
TV Critics: Our Zoo; Horizon
“It wasn’t quite animazing, and it wasn’t quite mid-week, either, but it was almost shamefully watchable”
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Monty Python doc prepped by Gold
UKTV is to build on the success of its Monty Python live performance with a documentary about the legendary comedy troupe.
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Great British Bake Off hits record peak
WEDNESDAY: The Great British Bake Off hit a record peak of over 9m viewers after its audience was stoked by the fall-out from last week’s controversy.