All Broadcast articles in 5 June 2014 – Page 5
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DEBATE: Is the BBC’s quota system broken?
As the BBC Trust looks into production quotas, the former chief creative officer of its in-house production arm has declared the system “irretrievably broken”.
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News
Armando Iannucci calls for BBC subscription service
The Thick of It creator and writer Armando Iannucci has urged the BBC to launch an international subscription service to help bolster its revenues.
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News
TV runners’ pay and diversity issues exposed
Bectu’s first-ever survey of runners shows that barely any earn enough to live in London and there is a lack of diversity among TV’s junior staff.
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Sky puts out The Smoke
Sky 1 has cancelled Kudos-produced fire-fighter drama The Smoke after a single series.
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Grass Valley releases updated Edius
Grass Valley has unveiled version 7.3 of its Edius Pro and Elite editing systems.
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Critics
TV Critics: Dinner at 11; A Very British Airline; Secret Life of Cats
“The real genius lay in the selection of these precocious pre-teens.”
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News
Heaney's TCB beefs up sales staff
TCB Media Rights, the international distribution firm set up by former Cineflix Rights boss Paul Heaney, has hired Mem Bakar as head of sales.
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BBC comedy's Kakkar joins Big Talk
The BBC’s head of in-house comedy development Saurabh Kakkar is leaving the corporation after two years to join Big Talk Productions.
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Pat Younge: abolish BBC quotas
Pat Younge, BBC in-house’s former chief creative officer, has argued that the corporation’s TV production guarantees are “irretrievably broken” and should be abolished during charter renewal.
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GALLERY: Big Brother: Power Trip House, C5
Channel 5’s Big Brother: Power Trip launches Thursday 5 June on Channel 5 with a new ‘power’ theme
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UTV plans Irish indie briefing
UTV is preparing to host a briefing session for indies in Dublin ahead of the launch of its Irish channel.
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Behind The Scenes
The Island With Bear Grylls, C4
As C4’s survivalist adventure draws to a close, two of the castaway crew talk about life in front of the camera
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Sam Bickley made acting BBC3 boss
Sam Bickley, BBC3’s head of documentaries and features commissioning, will step up to run the channel in an acting capacity later this month.
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Impossible's 360 Production sold to Rare
360 Production has been snapped up by the nascent production group established by Ingenious exec Antony Fraser and former Red Arrow chief Joel Denton.
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Ratings
England friendly nets 8.3m for ITV
FRIDAY: England’s last match on home soil before departing for Brazil peaked with more than 8.3m viewers, forcing Have I Got News For You to a series low.
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Video
VIDEO: Secret Life Of Babies, ITV
Oxford Scientific Films’ Secret Life of Babies for ITV shows how the first two years of our lives are the most critical.
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News
DCD revenue hit by US slowdown
DCD Media revenue dipped by £2m last year, as the firm was hit by reduced output from its US production arm.
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Diane Coyle: BBC must be a kaleidoscope of diversity
The BBC Trust’s acting chairman Diane Coyle has insisted that the corporation must reflect the “kaleidoscopic” diversity of modern Britain.
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Ratings
Quirke uncovers 3.7m
SUNDAY: BBC1 crime drama Quirke shed 500,000 viewers as it returned for a second episode.
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Carl Froch knockout draws 300,000
SATURDAY: Carl Froch’s knockout blow to George Groves helped Sky Box Office to a peak of more than 300,000 viewers.