All Broadcasters articles – Page 599
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RatingsBenefits & Botched Up Bodies boost C5
TUESDAY: Channel 5 enjoyed a successful night after Benefits By The Sea and Botched Up Bodies helped it outperform Channel 4 from 9pm.
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NewsSky Sports scores online Premier League clips
Sky Sports has won the rights to offer near live Premier League digital clips, which will also feature on The Times and The Sun website.
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NewsBBC defends EastEnders gay scene in funeral parlour
The BBC has defended a gay scene in EastEnders set in a funeral parlour, which has provoked almost 50 complaints to Ofcom.
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NewsIn brief: The Wonder of Britain; Attenborough; Big Star's Little Star
ITV reschedules Julia Bradbury’s The Wonder of Britain and recommissions Big Star Little Star, while Sir David Attenborough will front BBC doc The Hunt.
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NewsYou’re Back in the Room to return for ITV
ITV has ordered a second series of Tuesday’s Child hypnosis format You’re Back in the Room.
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NewsOfcom boss draws ‘line in sand’ on BBC governance
Ofcom is open to the idea of taking on increased responsibility for regulating the BBC, but would “put a line in the sand” at governing the corporation.
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RatingsRookies beats Bookies to win the 9pm slot
MONDAY: The terrestrial channels went head-to-head in a 9pm battle of the ob docs last night – with ITV’s Rookies coming out on top.
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NewsPeter Salmon to lead BBC Studios
BBC England boss Peter Salmon will be tasked with commercialising the corporation’s in-house production division after being appointed the first director of BBC Studios.
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NewsBBC daytime development boss becomes C5 commissioner
BBC head of development for daytime and features Sean Doyle has joined Channel 5 as factual commissioning editor.
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NewsITV renews The Americans for Encore
ITV has picked up series three and four of The Americans for Encore seven months after it decided against renewing the show for its main channel.
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Behind The ScenesSupershoppers, C4
Firecrest’s Nicole Kleeman on combining satire with stunts to create a new kind of consumer programme
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RatingsRock ‘n’ Roll America serenades 1m
FRIDAY: Rock ‘n’ Roll America became BBC4’s best-rated show in eight months as it bowed out in front of an audience of almost 1m viewers.
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NewsC4 postpones Benchmark after poor start
Channel 4 has put Paddy McGuinness-fronted gameshow Benchmark on hold after its first nine episodes generated poor ratings.
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NewsBroadcast Awards 2016: open for entries
The Broadcast Awards is back for its 21st year – click now to enter the 2016 event.
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RatingsJoanna Lumley topples The Outcast
SUNDAY: The second part of Joanna Lumley’s Trans-Siberian Adventure steamed to a primetime slot lead as The Outcast’s finale lost 700,000 viewers.
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NewsBBC green paper puts contestable funding back on the radar
Licence fee funds could be up for grabs in genres including news, drama, documentaries, arts, and children’s after the government floated the idea of contestable funding in the BBC green paper.
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RatingsJohn Bishop bows out with 3m
SATURDAY: The John Bishop Show bowed out with 3m viewers on BBC1 as ITV’s boxing coverage drew a peak crowd of almost 2.5m.
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NewsWhittingdale 'surprised' by BBC reaction to green paper
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has said he was “a little surprised” at the BBC’s reaction to the government green paper on the future of the corporation.
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NewsNick Robinson to front Sir Alex Ferguson documentary
The BBC’s outgoing political editor Nick Robinson is to present a special BBC1 documentary on former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
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CommentTime to challenge the government’s BBC agenda
The charter renewal green paper makes insidious reading for the BBC, but Jake Kanter argues that there is plenty of hope for Auntie yet.