All articles by Balihar Khalsa – Page 82
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NewsBroadcasters boost investment in Scottish TV
Creative Scotland has secured partnerships with BBC Scotland, Channel 4, STV and MG Alba to increase investment in Scottish TV.
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NewsC4 secures first product placement deal
Channel 4’s first product placement deal has been agreed with fashion retailer New Look for an entertainment show due to broadcast this summer.
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NewsDCMS reveals local TV hopefuls
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has received more than 50 expressions of interest in its plan to create a local TV network.
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RatingsWaking the Dead unearths 5.87m
SUNDAY: BBC1 had a mixed night of drama as the new series of Waking the Dead made a strong return while sci-fi series Outcasts drew to an underwhelming close.
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NewsChannel 4 submits local TV views
Channel 4 has told the government its proposed local TV opt-out network will need to have a guaranteed and prominent EPG slot if it is to succeed, Broadcast understands.
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RatingsCelebrity Juice boosts ITV2
THURSDAY: ITV2’s comedy panel show Celebrity Juice squeezed in its biggest ever audience - while pedigree dog show Crufts returned to More4 with more than half a million viewers.
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NewsC4 kicks off indies clinics
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt will hold the first of 12 indie surgeries in London on 31 March.
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Fulmar quits film-making
Fulmar Television & Film, the Cardiff-based producer behind BBC2’s Private Life of a Masterpiece, is no longer actively making programmes.
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NewsFouracre sets up new indie
Former At It Productions managing director Chris Fouracre and development specialist Ian Lamarra have joined forces to launch new indie Alaska.
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NewsC4 hunting for comedy shorts for online push
Channel 4 is extending its new talent strand Comedy Lab online, with plans to commission 24 short-form films.
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NewsC4 to launch detailed VoD ratings system
Channel 4 has developed a ratings system that incorporates VoD views and brings some of the detail of the Barb linear system to the on-demand space.
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NewsBroadcasters to offer placements to C4’s disabled talent
A raft of broadcasters and producers have agreed to offer placements to the disabled sports presenters uncovered by Channel 4 as part of its 2012 Paralympics coverage.
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NewsC4 refreshes Sex Education and Gok Wan brands
Channel 4’s features department has ordered three series that put a fresh spin on two of its major brands: Gok Wan and The Sex Education Show.
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NewsC4's teen sex show sparks nearly 300 complaints
Nearly 300 viewers have complained to Channel 4 about its factual entertainment series The Joy of Teen Sex.
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RatingsBBC4 continues to make a Killing
SATURDAY: Danish crime thriller The Killing attracted its biggest audience to date on BBC4 beating all other mutichannels at the time, including Sky Atlantic’s Boardwalk Empire.
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NewsC4 revives live Dispatches
A live instalment of Channel 4 current affairs strand Dispatches is to be revived with a debate on which of the country’s assets should be sold to reduce the UK’s debt.
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NewsHollyoaks Later returns
Hollyoaks Later, the edgier side of the teen drama, will return to E4 for a fourth series in the autumn.
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RatingsMad Dogs finale draws 938,000
THURSDAY: The final episode of Sky1 drama Mad Dogs sunk its teeth into one of its biggest audiences of the series.
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RatingsPeaches Geldof underperforms on ITV2 debut
WEDNESDAY: ITV2’s new lifestyle show fronted by socialite Peaches Geldof gave a below-par performance on its debut.
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NewsNUJ to protest over Hunt decision
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is organising a demonstration in response Jeremy Hunt’s decision to approve News Corp plans to spin off Sky News as part of the planned takeover of BSkyB.