All articles by Alex Farber – Page 162
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NewsEducating Yorkshire director joins C4
Documentary-maker David Brindley is leaving Twofour to join the Channel 4 factual commissioning team.
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NewsUKTV taps into Twitter
UKTV chief executive officer Darren Childs has revealed how vital Twitter is becoming to help the broadcaster engage with viewers and gauge reaction to shows.
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NewsBBC Connected Studio focuses on Scottish referendum
The BBC is to attempt to engage Scottish teenagers in news and current affairs online ahead of the referendum during its next Connected Studio event.
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RatingsField Of Blood sheds 1m
The Field Of Blood shed 1m viewers on Friday night as BBC4’s three-hour documentary about The Eagles peaked with an audience of 500,000.
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RatingsHairy Bikers return with 2m
The Hairy Bikers’ decision to turn their hand to engineering restored an audience of almost 2m to BBC2 on Sunday, as The Mill and Southcliffe fell to series lows for Channel 4.
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NewsKPMG to investigate BBC pay-outs
The BBC has asked auditors KPMG to look into cases where its severance pay guidelines may have been breached.
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NewsTalkSport expands EPL coverage to Europe
TalkSport has extended its international Premier League commentary rights to allow it to broadcast coverage in any language across Europe.
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NewsYouView's IP channels go live in EPG
BT has begun live streaming 21 channels including Comedy Central, TLC, Eurosport and Watch via the main YouView EPG.
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NewsC4 investigates Who’s Getting Rich?
Channel 4 has ordered a short season of shows from Boomerang and Firecracker Films focussing on businesses which are bucking the recession.
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NewsBBC2 spend down by £46m in 2012
BBC2’s spend on original programming in 2012 fell by £46m year-on-year, as BBC1’s investment grew by a similar amount according to Ofcom’s PSB Annual Report.
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RatingsHow Not To Get Old provides elixir for 1.5m
Channel 4 anti-ageing series How Not To Get Old got underway with 1.4m viewers on Wednesday as Channel 5’s new ob-doc Nurses broke the 1m viewers mark.
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NewsIndies split over GME terms
GroupM Entertainment has been the co-production partner in at least seven commissions in the past eight weeks, and its growing influence has been one of the hottest topics in the industry.
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NewsProducers join forces to launch Brown Eyes TV
A founder of Flame TV and a former chief executive of XYTV have joined forces to launch indie Brown Eyes TV.
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NewsTrue North lands major Chinese deal
True North is planning for a major expansion into China after securing a three-part series with state broadcaster CCTV9.
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NewsITNP to deliver EPL clips to mobile ‘within minutes’
ITN Productions is preparing to deliver more than 9,500 VoD highlights of this season’s Barclays Premier League to The Sun and The Times mobile apps minutes after the live action occurs.
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NewsGME: TV’s new powerhouse
GroupM Entertainment has revealed it is working with a “large section of the production community” as its influence in the commercial TV sector snowballs.
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NewsRecord tweets for Dispatches social media doc
Channel 4’s expose Celebs, Brands and Fake Fans has become the most tweeted-about Dispatches ever recorded by the strand.
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RatingsC4's Twitter doc followed by 1m
Channel 4’s Dispatches expose about Twitter, Celebs, Brands and Fake Fans, was followed by over 1m on Monday, while drama Southcliffe shed 400,000 viewers on its return.
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NewsS4C preps VoD push
Welsh broadcaster S4C is to launch a YouView app and extending the range of content it offers via BBC iPlayer and YouTube as it beefs up its digital distribution.
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NewsOfcom finds C5 murder doc guilty
Channel 5 crime doc Murder Files has been found in breach of Ofcom regulations for broadcasting violent scenes before the 9pm watershed.