All Broadcast articles in 5 February 2015 – Page 5
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News
In brief: Take Me Out; TalkTalk; RTS; Drinks Tube
Take Me Out prepares to revamp its social media strategy and TalkTalk adds 115k TV subscribers. Click for more in today’s news round-up.
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Boundless hires The Undateables exec
The Undateables producer Sarah Spencer has become Boundless’ second hire in less than a month.
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Ian Squires leaves ITV after 20 years
ITV controller of current affairs and news operations Ian Squires will step down after the 2015 general election, ending a 20-year career at the broadcaster.
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Comment
Religion loses out in BBC reshuffle
Once again, the BBC has failed to create a proper strategy for religious output, says Roger Bolton
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Behind The Scenes
Inside The Commons, BBC2
Anthony Geffen reveals how winning trust was key to capturing parliament as it’s never been seen before
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Ratings
10,000 BC transports 1.5m
MONDAY: Channel 5’s survival reality show 10,000 BC made a strong start at 10pm, as The Jump held off a Big Brother Live Bombshell at 8pm.
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Critics
TV Critics: 10,000 BC; Broadchurch; A Cook Abroad; Silent Witness
“Channel 5 has something Bear Grylls didn’t: an unlimited supply of divvies”
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News
Grant Mansfield's Plimsoll opens US office
Grant Mansfield’s Bristol-based indie Plimsoll Productions has opened an office in LA to help grow its burgeoning US business.
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Broadcast publisher MBI completes MBO
Media Business Insight, publisher of Broadcast, has completed its management buyout from Top Right Group in a deal backed by Mobeus Equity Partners.
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Fairhead: BBC charter renewal must not be handled by elite
Rona Fairhead will today warn that the job of renewing the BBC’s charter for the next decade should not be handled by a “small elite” if it is to deliver value for licence fee payers.
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ITV options physical game show
ITV has picked up the UK rights to Belgian physical gameshow format Eternal Glory and is piloting a car-focused panel show as it continues its attempts to appeal to male viewers.
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Broadcast Indie Survey 2015 opens
Submit your entry for the 2015 Broadcast Indie Survey, the most comprehensive analysis of the financial health of UK independent TV production.
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R1 rapped for confusion over Foo Fighters song
Nick Grimshaw’s Radio 1 Breakfast Show has been rapped after confusion at the station led to the DJ playing a Foo Fighters song containing offensive language.
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Behind the scenes: The Jump launch night
Broadcast goes behind the scenes on The Jump’s second series debut and hears how Channel 4 and Twofour hope that changes to the format will lift the show into orbit.
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News
C4’s Immigration Street order cut
Channel 4 has cut the number of episodes of Benefits Street spin-off Immigration Street after disruption from local residents resulted in a lack of footage.
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News
Splice hires new head of sound
Splice has recruited former Prime Focus head of audio Phitz Hearne to head up its sound department.
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News
Liberty Bell lands Call Centre exec producer
The Call Centre executive producer Jon Connerty has joined Avalon Factual indie Liberty Bell as an executive producer.
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Ratings
Nick Clegg can’t lift The Last Leg
FRIDAY: The appearance of deputy prime minister Nick Clegg couldn’t swell the audience of C4’s The Last Leg, while BBC1’s Musketeers fell to another low.
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Ratings
The Jump returns on high
SUNDAY: The Jump sprang into action for its second series with its biggest audience to date.
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Critics
TV Critics: Our Guy In India; Last Tango in Halifax; Animals in Love; The Secret World of Lewis Carroll
“Guy’s a good travelling companion, open-minded but not worthy, less annoying than the average celebrity.”