All Broadcasters articles – Page 581
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News‘Open’ BBC plans partnership seminars
The BBC is planning to run a series of seminars in which organisations will be invited to consider ways in which they can partner with the corporation to reach new audiences.
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NewsMidwinter of Spirit shifted from Encore
ITV has bumped Midwinter of the Spirit, its first original commission for pay-TV channel Encore, onto its main channel.
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NewsIn brief: Orphan Black; Nina, Love; Creative Skillset; BBCW
BBC3 series Orphan Black is to debut on iPlayer and Creative Skillset has invested £200,000 in online training courses. Read on for more.
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RatingsThe Choir drowns out ITV’s 60th celebrations
TUESDAY: BBC2’s The Naked Choir spoiled ITV’s 60th birthday celebrations after outperforming the commercial channel by 1m viewers.
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NewsUKTV shifts YouTube strategy
UKTV has begun phasing out its individual brands on YouTube after introducing a single, broadcaster-wide channel on the video-sharing platform.
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NewsFamily Guy leads ITV VoD revamp
ITV is to replace its website and VoD player with ITV Hub, a single destination which will become the first broadcaster service to offer online access to Family Guy in the UK.
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NewsSky Living heads for Blindspot
Sky Living has picked up US mystery thriller Blindspot after striking a deal with Hollywood studio Warner Bros.
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NewsYouView prepares rich data for partners
YouView is to begin providing rich data from its set-top boxes to stakeholders – offering them a level of information similar to that mined by Sky.
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NewsTroy heads up BBC1 slate
BBC1 has ordered a “bold and visceral” primetime dramatisation of the Greek myth of Troy as part of a raft of 10 commissions and a comedy season.
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RatingsSky Scientology doc recruits 90,000
MONDAY: The controversy surrounding Sky Atlantic’s Scientology documentary, Going Clear, was unable to help it attract an audience of more than 90,000 viewers.
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NewsBroadcasters raise concerns over EE TV
ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have raised major concerns about an innovative catch-up tool on fledgling television service EE TV.
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NewsSky ups stake in VR firm
Sky has extended its financial backing of Jaunt – taking the total amount it has invested in the virtual reality (VR) service to around £1m.
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NewsC5 rapped over Blinging Up Baby
Channel 5’s Blinging Up Baby has been found in breach of the Ofcom broadcasting code.
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NewsPrincess to make YouTube cancer fundraiser
Princess Productions will team up with well-known vloggers to produce a 12-hour live-streamed event on YouTube for Stand Up To Cancer.
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NewsBBC ‘pays Savile victim £15,000 in compensation’
The BBC is reported to have paid £15,000 in compensation to a man who claimed that he was abused by Jimmy Savile’s “accomplices” on a visit to a BBC studio in 1970s.
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NewsIn brief: Top Gear; Zig Zag; BBC radio
Chris Evans is heading to Cannes to help BBC Worldwide sell the reimagined Top Gear, plus other industry headlines.
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RatingsDownton draws lowest audience ever
SUNDAY: Downton Abbey’s final series got underway with its lowest overnight audience on record.
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RatingsRugby World Cup kicks off with 9m
FRIDAY: The opening match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, in which hosts England beat Fiji, peaked with just over 9m viewers.
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RatingsDoctor Who hurtles to 10-year low
SATURDAY: Doctor Who returned with its lowest series debut audience since the sci-fi show was rebooted in 2005.
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NewsEmmerdale producer to take over Coronation Street
Days before Coronation Street is to celebrate its 60th anniversary with a live special, it has emerged the soap’s producer will leave his role at the end of the year.