All articles by Alex Farber – Page 152
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NewsTalkTalk targets 1m YouView subs
TalkTalk expects to have signed up almost 1m TV subscribers to its YouView service by the end of March after adding 175,000 homes during the previous quarter.
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NewsC5 News appoints deputy editor
Channel 5 News executive Cait Fitzsimons has been promoted to deputy editor of the bulletin.
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NewsLondon Live orders drag queen doc
Local TV operator London Live has ordered an eight part series about the capital’s drag scene from multiplatform producer The Connected Set.
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NewsRadioCentre appoints chief executive
Commercial radio trade body RadioCentre has appointed Siobhan Kenny as chief executive and issued a call for entries for its 19th awards.
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NewsSomethin' Else targets branded content
Production company Somethin’ Else has handed equity stakes to two advertising agency execs as it tightens its focus on branded content.
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NewsBT Sport adds 500,000 subscribers
BT Sport piled on half a million customers in the final three months of 2013 as its subscription base grew to 2.5m.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother final pulls in record peak
Jim Davidson won Celebrity Big Brother on Wednesday in front of the show’s highest peak audience since it moved to Channel 5.
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NewsSky renews HBO deal as operating profits dip 8%
Sky has forged a coproduction deal with HBO to develop new drama series and the businesses have renewed their UK exclusivity deal for a further five years.
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NewsBBCW reaches out to digital start-ups
BBC Worldwide has kicked off its third annual Labs initiative, designed to forge ties with emerging digital start-ups.
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NewsTOWIE to hit 13 series
The Only Way Is Essex is to rack up its thirteenth series after ITV2 ordered a further three outings from Lime Pictures.
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RatingsSeries lows for The Taste, The Jump and Death In Paradise
Death In Paradise, Paul O’Grady’s Animal Orphans, The Jump and The Taste all put in series low performances on Tuesday.
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NewsDRG swoops for Babylon and Genius
DRG has picked up the rights to distribute Danny Boyle’s forthcoming Channel 4 drama Babylon and National Geographic doc series Genius.
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NewsWindfall returns to Strip The City
New York, Venice, Tokyo and Paris will be among the next crop of cities laid bare using innovative CGI technology after Windfall Films’ Strip The City was recommissioned for a second series.
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RatingsRoom 101 drops to 3.4m
Room 101 returned to BBC1 with an audience 300,000 smaller last year’s series opener on Friday.
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NewsTinopolis to launch US indie
The Real Housewives of Orange County-producer Kevin Lee has agreed a partnership with Tinopolis Group to launch production company Tollbooth Group.
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NewsLondon Live cues up late-night strand
London Live has revealed a raft of late-night commissions and acquisitions with an urban theme, from emerging production businesses.
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NewsThe Fox Problem returns with HP
Online entertainment series The Fox Problem is to return for a second 10-part series after producer Telegraph Hill struck a sponsorship deal with computer giant HP.
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RatingsNational Television Awards back to 6m
ITV’s National Television Awards recovered from last year’s low to pull in an audience of more than 6m viewers on Wednesday.
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NewsSherlock makes case for immersive gaming apps
Immersive games tied to TV dramas are gaining traction following the launch of Hartswood Films’ Sherlock app and the creation of The Secret Experiment studio by Tern Digital exec Simon Meek.
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RatingsKumars welcome 370k to Sky 1
The Kumars returned to TV screens on Wednesday with an audience of more than 370,000 - three times greater than Sky 1’s average performance.