All Broadcasters articles – Page 531
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RatingsThe A Word bows out respectably
TUESDAY: BBC1 drama The A Word bowed out with its second biggest audience of the series, as Flowers shed viewers for Channel 4.
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NewsTwofour lands ITV property format
Twofour is bidding to reinvigorate the home renovation format with an ITV daytime makeover show that cuts out ‘the boring building stuff’.
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NewsFremantle & Discovery back sport start-ups
Traditional TV firms have continued to push into digital sports content with FremantleMedia investing in a football-based start-up and Discovery backing a rugby SVoD service.
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NewsWhittingdale: no shortage of C4 buyers
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has said there is no shortage of suitors circling to buy Channel 4 as he gave his clearest indication yet that privatisation is his preferred option for the broadcaster.
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NewsFlintoff and Hornby to lead new era at Optomen
Former Channel 4 colleagues Tina Flintoff and Nick Hornby are to take over at Optomen, as Pat Llewellyn steps down from the All3Media indie after 22 years.
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NewsRevealed: the crunch talks over Bake Off's future
The BBC and Love Productions are set for crunch talks over The Great British Bake Off in the coming weeks, with ITV and Channel 4 thought to be ready to pounce if a deal cannot be agreed.
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NewsBBC defends Chris Evans’ behaviour
The BBC has leapt to the defence of Chris Evans, arguing that a report about the presenter’s aggressive behaviour towards junior production staff is “completely untrue”.
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NewsCelebrity Storage Hunters to return to Dave
UKTV is bringing back Celebrity Storage Hunters after the one-off Christmas special became its highest-rated show of 2015.
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RatingsGame Of Thrones returns with 2.2m
MONDAY: The Game Of Thrones juggernaut continued to lurch forward for Sky Atlantic, as the sixth series launched with half a million more viewers than last year’s record debut.
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NewsChewing Gum creator: TV is too exclusive
Chewing Gum creator Michaela Coel has criticised the exclusivity of the TV industry after being named 2016’s breakthrough talent at the Bafta craft awards.
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RatingsLouis Theroux scores biggest ratings since 2011
SUNDAY: Louis Theroux scored his best ratings for BBC2 in nearly five years with his documentary on alcoholism in the UK.
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RatingsBang on the Money loses ground to McIntyre
SATURDAY: Britain’s Got Talent remained steady after Bang on the Money lost ground to Michael McIntyre’s Big Show.
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NewsC4 drops Indian Summers
New Pictures’ colonial drama Indian Summers will not return to Channel 4 for a third series.
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NewsBBC3 orders ‘anarchic’ music format
BBC3 has commissioned a short-form music show from Greenbird-network indie Rumpus Media and Phil McIntyre Television.
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NewsGovernment confirms top-slicing talks
The government has confirmed that it is exploring plans to hand BBC funding to other organisations to commission public service programming.
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Behind The ScenesBen Fogle: The Great African Migration, C5
Capturing a year in the life of four wildebeest over just 40 days’ filming was no small undertaking, discovered Natalie Wilkinson
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CommentBuilding the long tail of TV drama
Letting viewers choose how to watch your shows expands their reach over time, says Gary Davey
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NewsSky plots ambitious family doc series
Sky is developing an ambitious documentary series that will follow British families over a five-year period.
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PodcastTalking TV: Thames runners row & Storage Hunters
Runners’ rights are in the spotlight for the latest edition of Talking TV, while there is also an interview with the star and producer of Dave’s Storage Hunters.
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NewsBBC2 budget cut by £20m
BBC2’s budget has been cut by almost £20m for the next financial year, while BBC1 is in line for a £60m windfall.