All Broadcast articles in 4 September 2014 – Page 6
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News
BBC Children's boots up coding initiative
The BBC initiative to teach the nation how to write computer code has booted up with an ambitious partnership between its Children’s and Learning divisions.
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DCD agrees Matchlight sale terms
DCD Media has confirmed that it has agreed terms for a management buyout of Glasgow-based production company Matchlight, as revealed by Broadcast on Friday.
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Unions vote for strike action over BBC News cuts
BBC News faces a renewed strike threat after Bectu and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) voted in favour of taking industrial action over 415 planned job cuts.
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ITV hires planning and research boss
Neil Mortensen has been reappointed by ITV as director of planning and research to provide insight and analytics to divisions across the broadcaster.
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London Fashion Week to feature on iPlayer
BBC iPlayer is preparing to launch three fast-turnaround films from London Fashion Week.
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Comment
Time to turn the spotlight on IP
Diplomacy is needed to manage the shifting balance of content ownership, argues Stuart Cosgrove
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News
Five challenges facing Rona Fairhead
Broadcast examines the seismic issues Rona Fairhead will face when she replaces Lord Patten as the BBC Trust chair - from the role of BBC Productions to the future of BBC3.
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C4 returns to The Jump
Channel 4 is to take another leap into the cold after commissioning a second series of celebrity skiing format The Jump.
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Kudos strikes partnership with British Asian producer
Kudos is planning to produce more drama series told from a British Asian perspective after expanding a partnership with Parti Productions.
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Features
Broadcast Digital: Personalisation
Using data to personalise the TV viewing experience can boost audience figures and ease content discovery.
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Lars von Trier to make English-language TV series
Lars von Trier is readying English-language TV series The House That Jack Built for Danish public broadcaster DR and the team behind The Killing.
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C4 plans sex education doc and transports women to The Island
Channel 4 has ordered a one-off documentary series about sex education in schools and is to bring back The Island for two series featuring both male and female contestants as it refreshes its factual entertainment slate.
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Comment
The Twitter Verdict: The X Factor 2014
“#XFactor in a tweet: I want it so much. Absolutely fabulous. A million percent. Tragic backstory. Four yeses. Lousy ads, mostly”
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Ratings
Big School starts second term with 3m
FRIDAY: David Walliams’ sitcom Big School returned for a second term with 1.2m fewer viewers than the opening series launch.
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Nutopia beefs up US development
Jane Root’s Nutopia has hired a former executive from Breaking Bad broadcaster AMC to expand its US development team.
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Critics
TV Critics: The X Factor; Two Amigos; Crimes of Passion
“It’s hard to look at another Harry Styles haircut without seeing the contrivances nesting inside it.”
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Ratings
The X Factor underway with 9.5m
SATURDAY: Simon Cowell’s return to The X Factor helped add around 300,000 viewers to last year’s opener as the competition got underway with 9.5m viewers.
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A+E Networks to buy Vice stake
History owner A+E Networks is to acquire a 10% stake in youth media business Vice Media for $250m (£150m).
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Who is Rona Fairhead?
Rona Fairhead was the surprise choice to replace Lord Patten as the BBC Trust chair this weekend. A largely unknown quantity to the broadcasting industry, Broadcast runs the rule over the government’s preferred candidate.