All Broadcast articles in 9 January 2014 – Page 2
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Ratings
Sherlock rockets to nearly 13m
The New Year’s Day instalment of Sherlock tracked down a final rating of nearly 13m after it was watched by the UK’s biggest ever catch-up audience.
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Ratings
Tomorrow People returns with record E4 ratings
The Tomorrow People became E4’s most successful US acquisition launch ever on Wednesday - pulling in almost 1.5m viewers.
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News
BBC preps Winter Olympics coverage
The BBC is preparing its most comprehensive digital coverage of the Winter Olympics to date, as it gears up to offer 650 hours of content online.
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Comment
DEBATE: Should C4 drop Benefits Street?
Should Channel 4 bow to a petition calling for Benefits Street to be pulled off-air?
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Features
What is 2014’s rising star?
Broadcast looks at the international shows that could take the world by storm this year
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Critics
TV Critics: Hurricanes and Heatwaves; This Is Jinsy; Britain's Immigrants; Midsomer Murders; 24 Hours in A&E
“A soothing, mildly diverting way of passing the time.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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News
Avid faces Nasdaq delisting
Avid faces the prospect of being delisted from the Nasdaq after it warned investors that is was unlikely to meet a deadline set by the stock exchange for the restating of its financial statements.
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News
IABM: strong year ahead for vendors
Broadcast equipment vendors are set for a strong 2014, with the prospect of the Winter Olympics, the World Cup and changes to the make-up of the outside broadcast (OB) facilities sector prompting expectations of bumper kit sales.
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Features
The Voice UK
Provide picture and audio post production for the third series of the talent show
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News
ITV scraps Exposure block in favour of single films
ITV plans to schedule investigative journalism strand Exposure throughout the year instead of in a single block of episodes – sparking fears the brand may be scaled back.
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News
Addison Cresswell colleagues vow to carry on his legacy
Staff at Addison Cresswell’s Off the Kerb and Open Mike Productions are still struggling to come to terms with his death over Christmas, but are determined to continue his legacy.
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Features
Driving engagement
Live event TV will be one of the key drivers for broadcasting in 2014, says Simon Ingram
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News
BBC S&PP promotes McLaren to commercial manager
BBC Studios and Post Production has promoted account manager Meryl McLaren to the position of commercial manager.
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News
Pact: BBC quotas will change
Pact believes a shake-up of BBC commissioning quotas is now inevitable as the corporation reshapes itself for charter renewal.
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Features
Writing for TV: Getting a break
From film school to the BBC Writers’ Room, is enough being done to nurture the next generation
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News
‘No change’ to 3D commitment as Sky’s Cassy exits
Sky 3D channel director John Cassy is leaving the broadcaster after 10 years to launch his own media venture.
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News
Sky and GME link up for Pick doc
Sky has worked with GroupM Entertainment for the first time to order its first original series for free-to-air station Pick TV – a 10-part ob-doc series using an innovative filming technique.
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News
BBC hires development head
The BBC is to draft in Twenty Twenty director of development Ana De Moraes to lead the inhouse central development unit created by Danny Cohen.