All articles by Alex Farber – Page 114
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RatingsBGT live rounds underway
SUNDAY: The live rounds of Britain’s Got Talent got underway on ITV with 200,000 fewer viewers than last year’s equivalent episode.
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RatingsPaxman EU doc fails to get viewers’ vote
Jeremy Paxman’s first project for the BBC since he left Newsnight in June 2014 failed to match BBC1’s slot average.
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NewsFox debuts Outcast on Facebook Live
Fox is to debut horror thriller Outcast on Facebook Live – making it the first broadcaster in the UK to launch a show on the platform ahead of its linear TX.
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NewsBBC to trial subscription in major digital shake-up
The BBC has committed to trialling subscription services as part of a far-reaching digital shake-up, which includes plans to launch an industry wide streaming service, reportedly dubbed ‘Britflix’.
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NewsLisa Clark resurfaces at Eurotrash
Short-lived Top Gear executive producer Lisa Clark is to take charge of the Channel 4 reboot of Eurotrash.
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NewsBBC in recipe u-turn
The BBC has rowed back on its decision to mothball 11,000 recipes as part of the closure of its BBC Food site – with the content to be transferred to its Good Food sister.
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NewsGoing to the Dogs indie scores £1m investment
Going To The Dogs producer Latimer Group has raised £1m from Impact Ventures UK, an investment fund which supports social enterprises.
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NewsBBC Food to be axed under wide-reaching online cull
The BBC Food website is to be axed, while development spending on iPlayer will be put at risk, as the corporation aims to save £15m per year.
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NewsBBC 'has a duty' to offer iPlayer content to Sky Go
The BBC ‘has a duty’ to offer on-demand and live programming to a wider range of third party apps, most likely including Sky Go, according to the white paper.
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NewsiPlayer set to go Europe-wide
The government has directed the BBC to make iPlayer ‘portable’, meaning UK licence fee payers will be able to access the service when they travel across Europe.
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RatingsITV's Killer Women beats Epic Journeys
WEDNESDAY: Piers Morgan’s investigation into Killer Women for ITV proved too much for BBC1’s latest wildlife documentary series Nature’s Epic Journey.
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NewsSky and BBC trial VR in bid to reach younger viewers
Sky Sports and the BBC have conducted virtual reality trials on Premier League football and Welsh drama Hinterland, as the broadcasters attempt to reach younger audiences.
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NewsThe story behind Eurotrash’s return
Rabbit show-jumping, naked Germans and singing dogs could be returning to Channel 4 after the broadcaster resurrected late-night magazine show Eurotrash as part of its Brexit referendum coverage.
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NewsBoomerang, Indus & Twofour Wales merge
Twofour Group has merged Boomerang, Indus and Twofour Wales to create a single business led by managing director Matt Pritchard.
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NewsAmazon opens up to content creators
Conde Nast and StyleHaul are among the first publishers to take advantage of a push by Amazon to allow content creators to offer videos direct to the online giant’s customers.
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NewsRightster rebrand puts focus on original video
Multi-platform video network Rightster is to place original content production at the heart of its business after rebranding as Brave Bison.
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NewsIdris Elba indie hires development chief
Green Door Pictures, the indie led by Idris Elba, has hired a former FremantleMedia International executive to head up its development.
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NewsBBC reveals online sign-in stats
Almost 6.5m people have signed in to the BBC’s online services since the launch of Tony Hall’s MyBBC strategy – offering encouragement to the corporation as it steps up plans to require all visitors to log-in.
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RatingsThe Windsors gets off to royal start
FRIDAY: Channel 4 comedy The Windsors got off to a good start, while the Masterchef final and second series of Dave’s Hoff The record slipped.
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NewsFood Tube eyes fresh outlets
Jamie Oliver-owned YouTube network Food Tube is eying expansion onto other platforms to better position the business for growth.