All Broadcast articles in 6 February 2014 – Page 7
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Critics
TV Critics: Births, Marriages and Deaths; Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
“I haven’t cried so much during a television programme since Hayley croaked it in Coronation Street.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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News
C4 signs up 10m registered users
Channel 4 has signed up 10m people to its online viewer database, including half of the UK’s 16-24 year olds, as it prepares to use the data to inform its commissioning process.
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News
C4 takes comedy pilots to series
Channel 4 has earmarked Caitlin Moran’s comedy Raised By Wolves and unaired pilot Scrotal Recall for full series.
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News
ITV staff accept pay offer
ITV’s unionised staff have voted overwhelming in favour of the company’s latest pay offer.
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News
MPs scrutinise Fincham's BBC payoff
A group of MPs has called on the BBC to provide more answers about the £500,000 payoff former BBC1 boss Peter Fincham received in 2007.
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Behind The Scenes
Babylon, C4
We wouldn’t have dreamed of doing a cop show before Danny Boyle approached us, says Jesse Armstrong
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News
ITN appoints new chief technology officer
ITN has appointed Bevan Gibson to the role of chief technology officer.
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News
Lovefilm exec Mackenzie joins Pro7
Former Sky and Lovefilm executive Lesley Mackenzie has joined German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 to run its digital entertainment businesses.
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News
Wild Pictures staffs up for genre push
Factual producer Wild Pictures has beefed up its senior team after securing several commissions from the BBC and ITV.
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Comment
The Twitter verdict: Big Benefits Row: Live
“Hats off to @channel5_tv for stealing #C4’s topical thunder.” Read on for the industry verdict on the live debate.
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Comment
Diversity in TV – put up or shut up
It’s time to stop talking and start taking acting on diversity measures before TV loses its revelance completely, argues Simone Pennant
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News
TalkTalk targets 1m YouView subs
TalkTalk expects to have signed up almost 1m TV subscribers to its YouView service by the end of March after adding 175,000 homes during the previous quarter.
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Ratings
The Jump vaulted by C5's Big Benefits Row
The finale of Channel 4’s The Jump lost out in the race with Channel 5’s Benefits Street-inspired debate on the welfare system on Monday.
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Critics
TV Critics: DCI Banks; The Jump; Storyville
“There is so little to enjoy in DCI Banks. Tompkinson does lugubrious well but he’s let down here by a wan script.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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News
BBC delves into shopping addiction
BBC1 is to explore the world of shopping addiction in a one-off documentary produced by Twofour.
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News
Lords warn against BBC top-slicing
The government must resist growing pressure to carve up the BBC licence fee during charter renewal negotiations, according to an influential group of peers.
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News
Mark Thompson apologises for DMI
Former BBC director general Mark Thompson has apologised to MPs for the £100m Digital Media Initiative (DMI) fiasco on another gloomy afternoon for the corporation.
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News
C5 News appoints deputy editor
Channel 5 News executive Cait Fitzsimons has been promoted to deputy editor of the bulletin.
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News
C5 rings up bailiff doc
The bailiffs and repo workers responsible for reclaiming the nation’s bad debt are the subject of a Touch Productions doc series for Channel 5.