All Broadcast articles in 9 October 2014 – Page 4
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News
Open newsroom day hosted by CDN
Broadcasters will open up their newsrooms to 500 budding journalists and news producers from under-represented backgrounds in an event organised by the Creative Diversity Network (CDN).
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News
London Live to cut volume of local repeats
London Live has been given the go-ahead by Ofcom to cut the volume of local programming repeats it must air by four hours per day.
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Comment
Getting self-shooters on the first rung of the ladder
With self-shooters in demand, we can’t afford to be complacent about the need for training, says Matt Bennett
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News
Merman revives More 4 comedy
Sharon Horgan’s indie has resurrected More 4 comedy The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret after picking up the rights from RDF.
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Comment
Can newbie ITV Be match the staying power of ITV3?
Tonight’s channel launch can help boost network’s Freeview offering, says Stephen Arnell
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News
Expert Women campaign scoops award
The BBC Academy’s Expert Women team has picked up a European Diversity Award for its work in identifying and training female contributors.
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News
Viacom to launch Spike TV in UK
Viacom is to launch male-skewing US channel Spike TV, home to shows such as Bar Rescue, on Freeview.
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Ratings
Pride Of Britain captures 5m
TUESDAY: ITV’s Pride Of Britain Awards dominated the 8pm slot as Brian Cox’s return to BBC2 with Human Universe resulted in a strong performance.
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News
TV Critics: Human Universe; The Driver; Cat Watch 2014
“The desire to lead us ‘on a journey’ was so overwhelming, it seemed, that many of the points got lost along the way.”
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News
Objective teams with magic agency
Objective Productions has partnered with magic talent agency Pickpocket to help it develop new projects.
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News
BBC defends EastEnders rape storyline
The BBC has defended a rape storyline in an episode of this week’s EastEnders after it received over 300 complaints from viewers.
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News
EE readies set-top box
Mobile operator EE has launched a set-top box, offering access to the range of Freeview channels and a host of on-demand services.
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Video
VIDEO: God Only Knows, BBC Music
Click to watch the BBC’s remake of The Beach Boys’ 1966 track God Only Knows, launched to celebrate the launch of the BBC Music initiaitive.
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News
Alaska to bling up more babies for C5
Channel 5 is searching for more crystal-covered dummies and spray-tanned babies after ordering a three-part run of Alaska TV’s Blinging Up Baby.
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News
ITV prepares £13m legal battle against Mediaset
ITV is taking legal action to recover £13m (€17m) from Mediaset after the Spanish broadcaster aired its game show format The Alphabet Game for five years without any rights.
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News
Miranda Hart commits to BBC1 entertainment format
Miranda Hart has committed to hosting a BBC1 entertainment show – but there are doubts over whether it will be a direct revival of The Generation Game.
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News
Entertainment One restructures London TV sales arm
The Walking Dead distributor Entertainment One (eOne) has restructured its London-based sales division to merge its TV and film arms.
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News
BBC to walk the Pennine Way
BBC2 and BBC Yorkshire are joining forces for a documentary series marking the 50th anniversary of the opening of Britain’s toughest walk – the Pennine Way.
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Ratings
Grantchester outperforms New Tricks
MONDAY: ITV drama Grantchester outperformed New Tricks on its debut – as BBC2’s Gogglebox-style format The Kitchen served up less than 1m viewers.
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Critics
TV Critics: The Kitchen; Grantchester
“All the stairs in the Shard wouldn’t provide enough naughty steps for this lot.”