All Broadcast articles in 8 April 2016 – Page 4
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Video
VIDEO: The Almost Impossible Gameshow, ITV2
The Intial produced gameshow returns with new contestants and new games
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News
Tony Hall in staunch defence of public service broadcasting
Tony Hall has defended the role of public service broadcasting and admitted that he feels under attack from the media and Westminster.
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News
Twitter to stream NFL games
Twitter has landed the global rights to stream the NFL’s Thursday Night Football games for free across the 2016 season.
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Critics
TV Critics: Drive; How Not to Do DIY; Bake Off Crème De La Crème
“This is going nowhere and I’d rather sit in traffic.”
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News
Sky News launches weekly debate show
Sky News is preparing to launch an unmoderated weekly debate show focusing on freedom of speech and lively debate.
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News
Channel 4 in talks to land BDO Darts
Channel 4 is in talks to land the BDO World Professional Darts Championships following the BBC’s decision to walk away from the Lakeside tournament after 38 years.
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News
Content sells World's Secret Agent to US
US subscription VoD service Acorn TV has picked up the rights to World Productions’ forthcoming BBC1 drama The Secret Agent.
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News
Studio Lambert hires development deputy
Studio Lambert has hired Natalie McArdle as its deputy head of development.
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News
eOne exec joins Lionsgate
eOne senior vice president Charlotte Thorp has joined Lionsgate UK as senior vice president and head of European television sales.
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News
FMI taps into Asian SVoD revolution
Fremantle Media International (FMI) has claimed viewing habits in Asia have “completely changed” after sealing SVoD deals for more than 1,000 hours across the continent.
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Ratings
Marcella dominates for ITV
MONDAY: Steve November will be leaving ITV with his head held high after Anna Friel thriller Marcella became the channel’s second new drama to launch strongly in a matter of days.
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Comment
Indies need to talk Whittingdale's language in C4 debate
Whittingdale is interested in hard economic facts, not vested interests protecting their position, says David Graham
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News
Lion and PBS in science doc deal
Lion Television is to develop and produce a number of archaeology-based documentaries for PBS’s flagship science strand Nova.
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Critics
TV Critics: Marcella; James May: The Reassembler; Sex Box
“The whole thing felt untethered to reality, which didn’t do much for its credibility but helped it to work surprisingly well as drama.”
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News
Cuckoo to return for another two series
BBC3 comedy Cuckoo is to return for another two series.
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News
Jack Thorne pens BBC's His Dark Materials adaptation
Triple Bafta-nominated screenwriter Jack Thorne has been unveiled as the writer behind the BBC1 adaptation of Philip Pullman’s fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials.
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News
Teletubbies re-boot secures second run
Canadian company DHX Media and CBeebies are developing a second series of Darrall Macqueen’s re-booted kids show Teletubbies.
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News
All3 sells Irish series to Amazon & BBC
The BBC and Amazon have acquired Irish soap Red Rock after striking a deal with All3Media International.
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Behind The Scenes
Dispatches: Britain’s Pensioner Care Scandal, Channel 4
Listening in to secret recordings of care home visits, just metres away in a car outside, was a distressing experience for Alison Ramsay