All Broadcasters articles – Page 582
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RatingsRecord high for Strictly Launch Show
SATURDAY: Strictly Come Dancing: Launch Show roared back with its best audience since the annual curtain-raiser’s inception in 2010.
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News7 Wonder secures debut BBC2 order
Fledgling indie 7 Wonder has landed its first BBC2 commission – a six-part consumer format fronted by Cherry Healey.
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NewsTony Hall to unveil iPlayer plans as part of more 'open' BBC
Tony Hall will today unveil a dedicated children’s iPlayer and plans to expand the VoD service to carry content from rivals as part of a vision for an “open BBC”.
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RatingsCradle to Grave brings success for BBC2
THURSDAY: BBC2’s new brace of comedies began solidly as its Danny Baker biopic became the highest-rated comedy origination of the year.
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NewsLondon Live strikes boxing deal
London Live has the acquired the rights to 20 hours of live boxing to beef up its Friday and Saturday night schedules.
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NewsITV News at Ten set for revamp as political editor race hots up
ITV News at Ten will undergo a major editorial refresh later this year in the hands of new anchor Tom Bradby - as the race to replace the outgoing political editor hots up.
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NewsCox, Dent and Ellis-Bextor front Watch docs
Sara Cox, Grace Dent and Sophie Ellis-Bextor are heading to Watch after the pay-TV broadcaster commissioned three authored documentaries from Cactus TV.
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NewsTwofour to resurrect Pompeii for ITV doc
Michael Buerk and Twofour are to bring destroyed Roman town Pompeii back to life using CGI in a single documentary for ITV.
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NewsIn brief: TLC; Arrow Media; Cineflix Rights
TLC orders Ashley Madison doc and Arrow Media wins Smithsonian order.
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NewsNat Geo owner to launch UK free-to-air channel
Fox International Channels (FIC) is on the brink of launching a free-to-air channel with a raft of National Geographic factual content, as the battle for the free-to-air market heats up.
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RatingsSue Perkins batters the competition
WEDNESDAY: Sue Perkins whipped up a storm for BBC1 on Wednesday night, as Bake Off and her Kolkata travelogue battered the competition.
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Behind The ScenesBoy Meets Girl, BBC2
There is no agenda to our transgender comedy, but the issue still required sensitive treatment, says Margot Gavan Duffy
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NewsSky 1 orders music panel show
Former Sky commissioner Duncan Gray is to produce an A League of Their Own-style music quiz for Sky 1.
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FeaturesTV’s changing identity parade
What is the value of a TV channel brand in the digital era, and how is it best realised? Chris Curtis asked a panel of controllers, producers and branding experts
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CommentBroom Cupboard paved the way for CBBC as we know it
Phillip Schofield and co gave presentation a real point of difference, says Jamie Wilson
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NewsTV urged to scrap interns to improve diversity
Lord Holmes has urged TV to seize the diversity initiative by scrapping unpaid internships, while hurdles to top creative jobs also emerged as a theme at the Edinburgh International Television Festival last week.
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NewsGreenbird duo strike C4 deal
Channel 4 has struck an agreement with a new GroupM Entertainment-style content financing agency to offer top-up funding for original commissions.
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NewsBBC steps up political fight
The BBC remains on high alert despite culture secretary John Whittingdale’s conciliatory tone at Edinburgh, and is planning a series of set pieces to make the case for its future.
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RatingsCanal doc is BBC4's biggest show of 2015
TUESDAY: A film about canals became BBC4’s top-rated show of the year as ITV’s documentary exploring payday loans lost the 9pm terrestrial slot with a 6% share.
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NewsLouis Theroux Scientology doc lands theatrical release
Louis Theroux’s first theatrical feature documentary, My Scientology Movie, is to launch at this year’s London Film Festival.