All Broadcasters articles – Page 598
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NewsDiscovery goes behind bars with the Kray twins
Discovery is to go behind bars to tell the story of The Kray twins’ years in prison for a one-off documentary.
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CommentSky Sports News embarks on 92Live marathon
Sky Sports News HQ executive editor Andy Cairns reveals the challenge behind 92Live - in which 21 crews visit the ground of every league football club in just 12 hours.
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NewsHeather Jones lands A&E Networks promotion
A+E Networks UK has promoted Heather Jones following the departure of managing director Tom Davidson.
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NewsPrized Apart axed by BBC1
BBC1 has axed Electric Ray’s entertainment show Prized Apart after a single series due to its poor ratings performance.
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NewsBBC spends £500 on catering for board meeting
The BBC’s most senior managers spent nearly £500 on catering for an executive board meeting on 16 September, according to figures disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act.
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RatingsTut transports 1m on C5
SATURDAY: Channel 5’s imported historical drama Tut got underway with almost 1m viewers as The Young Montalbano reeled in nearly 500,000 on BBC4.
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NewsDragonfly boosts factual slate with ITV & C4 docs
Dragonfly has expanded its specialist factual slate by winning two one-off documentaries – exploring Cleopatra’s tomb for Channel 4 and hedgehogs for ITV.
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RatingsHumans grips 2.8m series average
SUNDAY: Humans rounded off its first run with a series average of 2.8m, well ahead of the performance from Channel 4’s previous Sunday night drama Indian Summers.
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NewsC5 to remake Viacom karaoke contest
Channel 5 is to remake US karaoke competition Lip Sync Battle - ordering Whizz Kid Entertainment to produce an eight-part series.
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NewsBT Sport on brink of La Liga deal
BT Sport is on the brink of its latest sports rights coup - tying up the rights to Spain’s elite football competition La Liga.
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NewsBear Grylls lands CITV series
Bear Grylls will teach a group children about survival in the wilderness in a 12-part series for CITV.
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RatingsRipper Street slays BBQ Champ
FRIDAY: Ripper Street returned to BBC1 with a slot-winning audience, grilling ITV’s BBQ Champ at 9pm.
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NewsITV threatens DCMS over closure of iPlayer loop-hole
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has written to government ministers raising concerns that proposals to close the iPlayer loophole would result in consumers being charged to access ITV Player.
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NewsHumans to return to Channel 4
Channel 4 has ordered a second series of sci-fi drama Humans - ahead of the finale of the opening run this Sunday.
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NewsIn brief: Animal Mums; Scott & Bailey; Ashes
ITV has ordered an animal doc and Scott & Bailey special, as Sky Sports reveals the size of its Ashes audience with England on the verge of victory in Edgbaston.
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NewsRow breaks out over C4's Muslim Drag Queens
A row has broken out over Channel 4 documentary Muslim Drag Queens, after the creator of a Guardian film with a similar title and subject area claimed to have been sidelined from the project.
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RatingsFlock Stars rounds up 2.5m
THURSDAY: ITV’s shepherding format Flock Stars rounded up a crowd below slot average, as a Prince Philip doc helped C4 to an audience of 2m.
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CommentAll eyes turn to Germany
Nine Lives’ Cat Lewis takes a look at the much-touted German contribution system
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NewsLiberty Global increases stake in ITV
Liberty Global has increased its stake in ITV to almost 10% but confirmed that it does not intend to make an offer to fully acquire the broadcaster.
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NewsViewer panel starts to inform C4 commissioning decisions
Data gathered from Channel 4’s viewer survey panel Core4 has started to help inform its commissioning and programme marketing decisions.