All Broadcasters articles – Page 498
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NewsW takes fixed-rig to amateur sport
Water polo and women’s football dressing rooms are to be thrust into the spotlight with a fixed-rig series from UKTV’s entertainment channel W.
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RatingsFleabag and Murder in Successville score with youngsters
SUNDAY: BBC3 comedies Fleabag and Murder in Successville proved a hit with 16-34s on BBC2, while BBC1’s Olympics coverage ended with 6.9m viewers.
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NewsMark Thompson: don't force BBC to reveal talent pay
Former BBC director general Mark Thompson has criticised plans to force the BBC to reveal how much it pays its top talent.
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NewsOpie unveils seven BBC factual units
BBC Studios director Lisa Opie has set out the seven business units to make up her factual division – appointing Fiona Clarke as a second-in-command to oversee the London-based output.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother outmuscles competition
THURSDAY: Celebrity Big Brother climbed to its best-performance since its series opener – muscling its way past ITV, BBC2 and Channel 4.
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NewsCBS Reality expands crime slate
Peninsula Films is to make three crime documentary shows for CBS Reality.
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NewsITV orders Sadie Hartley murder doc
ITV has commissioned Raw Cut TV to produce a fast turnaround documentary charting the murder investigation of Sadie Hartley.
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NewsBBCW embraces artificial intelligence
BBC Worldwide has agreed a partnership with an artificial intelligence business to help it gauge which genres are most in demand around the world.
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NewsITV plans hour-long Olympic switch off
ITV is to shut down its portfolio of channels for an hour as part of an Olympic-inspired initiative to get people active.
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RatingsOlympic hockey scores as Man Down slips
WEDNESDAY: A peak of 4.6m watched Team GB’s women hockey team storm to their first ever Olympic final while Channel 4’s comedy Man Down crashed out with a series low.
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NewsA+E unwraps Freeview channel
A+E Networks has launched general entertainment channel Blaze - the latest US cable group to launch a free-to-air channel in the UK.
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NewsAlaska hitches up C5 caravan series
Channel 5 is to get back on the road with a full series of Alaska TV’s Carry on Caravanning.
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RatingsTrott and Kenny draw 11.1m to BBC1
TUESDAY: Laura Trott and Jason Kenny’s gold medal winning performances in the track cycling eclipsed gymnast Max Whitlock’s gold medal winning performance on Sunday, drawing 11.1m to BBC1.
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NewsBoycott threat lingers over Project Diamond
Bectu has reiterated its threat to boycott the Creative Diversity Network’s industry-wide diversity monitoring initiative if it does not agree to publish diversity data about every TV show.
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RatingsCavendish and Dujardin boost BBC1
MONDAY: BBC1’s Olympics coverage continued to dominate, scuppering the launch of ITV daytime quiz Alphabetical and helping C4’s Naked Attraction to a series low.
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NewsITV orders legal drama from Homeland writer
Homeland writer and executive producer Patrick Harbinson has created a six-part legal drama for ITV.
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RatingsWhitlock gold strikes Olympic peak
SUNDAY: Max Whitlock’s double gold medal winning performance in the gymnastics became the most watched moment of Rio 2016 so far.
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NewsITV plots Warwick Davis quiz
Life’s Too Short star Warwick Davis is to host a new daytime quiz show for ITV.
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NewsInvestment firm KKR eyeing eOne bid
ITV could face competition to acquire Peppa Pig owner Entertainment One (eOne) with private equity firm KKR reportedly weighing up a bid.
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NewsBlankety Blank to return to ITV
ITV is continuing its revival of vintage gameshows by recommissioning retro format Blankety Blank, according to reports.