All Broadcast articles in 7 January 2011 – Page 3
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CommentOff Cuts: Evans shows no fear
Channel 4’s Famous And Fearless has earned its share of detractors, but co-host Chris Evans is taking it in his stride.
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CommentToast / Famous and Fearless
Catherine Neilan casts her eye over two of the week’s new shows.
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CommentFear and toadying in TV land
What three things would make it a happier new year for indies?, writes Tiger Aspect’s Clive Tulloh.
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NewsKandola to scour UK for Foxtel
Former ITV director of acquisitions Jay Kandola has been hired by Australian pay TV broadcaster Foxtel to scour the UK for potential shows.
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CommentSad tidings of freelance pain
Broadcast Freelancer Survey reveals a workforce lacking in opportunity.
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FeaturesHow freelancers view working in TV
From an increase in hours to a decline in standards and budget cuts, freelancers had plenty to say about their working lives. Moray Coulter reports on their industry perceptions.
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NewsShake-up to see Jain and Oldroyd leave C4
Two long-serving executives are to leave Channel 4 as part of its ongoing management shake-up.
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NewsAmis and Booth to feature in controversial C4 religion strand
Channel 4’s 4thought.tv will feature contributions from Martin Amis and Lauren Booth in the next few months as it shrugs off criticism for airing controversial views.
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MYP appeals for industry support to avoid collapse
TV diversity scheme Mama Youth Project (MYP) is at risk of folding unless it secures urgent support from the industry.
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NewsSky goes upmarket with Atlantic
Sky is kicking off a major push to convert “older, upmarket Freeview viewers” with the launch of scripted channel Sky Atlantic on 1 February.
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NewsCineflix set to secure rights to Steadfast TV’s back catalogue
Distributor Cineflix is on the brink of securing the rights to bust indie Steadfast Television’s back catalogue of content.
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NewsTV faces freelancer brain drain
More than half of TV freelancers expect to have quit the industry in 10 years’ time, according to a major survey of the sector by Broadcast.
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NewsWRC on the brink of pay-TV debut with ESPN deal
ESPN is poised to snap up the rights to the World Rally Championship (WRC) in a deal that would see the motorsport move onto pay TV for the first time.
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NewsCBBC to create own Glee Club
CBBC is creating its own Glee Club, offering children the opportunity to take part and raise money for this year’s Red Nose Day.
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NewsPolice defend ITV ban in Joanna Yeates case
ITV News has been granted access back into press conferences about the murder of Joanna Yeates, but Avon and Somerset police has insisted it will continue to ban journalists from press conferences if they “endanger the integrity” of the investigation.
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RatingsBritain’s Fattest Man draws 3m
WEDNESDAY: A documentary on Britain’s most obese man helped serve up a total of nearly 3m viewers across Channel 4 and C4+1.
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RatingsChristmas line-up deja vu
After a Christmas Day of programmes strikingly similar to last year’s, a battle for the family ensued
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CommentPrimeval / Episodes / Pink Saris
Radio 1’s Rob da Bank and presenter Gemma Cairney on dinosaurs, Hollywood and an Indian tonic.
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The Broadcast InterviewMurray Ferguson, Clerkenwell Films
The chief executive of Clerkenwell Films isn’t letting US interest affect its approach to making Misfits, he tells Ben Dowell.