All Broadcast articles in 8 December 2023
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Ratings
Boiling Point steams ahead
BBC1 kitchen drama cooks up a 63% ABC1 profile, while Three Little Birds is on song for ITV1
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News
C5 foray into natural history continues with Steve Backshall
Hippo and crocodile series to be produced by True To Nature
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News
Final Pixel Academy & Screen Scotland launch VP fellowship programme
Pair working with Nightsky Studios and Blazing Griffin on the programme
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News
DAZN launches free tier
Registered users will have access to selection of live content as well as non-live content
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News
BBC3 orders family sitcom from White Gold indie
Fudge Park prepping Daddy Issues from Brassic writer Danielle Ward
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News
Japan’s Toho buys £180m stake in Fifth Season
Tokyo entertainment giant’s investment gives it 25% of Severance producer-distributor
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News
FITE rebrands as TrillerTV
Streaming platform has concentrated on combat sports, but recently moved into football
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News
TNT Sports to broadcast Club World Cup
Manchester City is representing Europe in the competition
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News
Nest lands first commission with Dating Naked for Paramount+
Rylan Clark fronts show where singles dispense of clothing while looking for love
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News
MTV veteran Craig Orr exits company
Longstanding commissioner freelancing for Nest Productions after quietly stepping down
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Behind The Scenes
Keeping It Up: The Story of Viagra, BBC2
Director Stephen Bennett on rising to the challenge of telling the story of the little blue pill
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News
Stats Perform and WTA agree extension to data and streaming deal
Official WTA live scores, stats and content will be available across Stats Perform’s worldwide distribution network until the end of the decade
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News
AE Live unveils AR graphics for NBC Sports’ Thanksgiving football
The graphics company’s creative agency, Ignite, designed a traditional Thanksgiving table spread that came to life
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Comment
BBC’s future up for grabs, even as good sense prevails with chair
Samir Shah breaks the mould, but faces plenty of challenges as licence fee review kicks off in earnest
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Ratings
Strictly tops the Saturday leader board with 7.8 million
Popular BBC1 stalwart comfortably Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows on ITV1
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Consolidation gives I’m A Celebrity much-needed lift
Over its first eight days the 2023 series averaged 9.2 million
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Ratings
Bake Off final’s 4.4 million fails to rise to previous highs
This year’s final episode was the lowest since BBC2’s second final in 2011