All Broadcasters articles – Page 665
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NewsComedy Central confirms Impractical Jokers pilot
Comedy Central has confirmed that it is piloting a remake of Impractical Jokers, the prank show cancelled by BBC3 last year.
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NewsTablet growth helps iPlayer to record December
A week-on-week growth in tablet viewing of almost a third helped BBC iPlayer to a record-breaking Christmas week with 54.5m requests.
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VideoVIDEO: Bring Back Borstal, ITV
Click to view the trailer for Wall to Wall’s factual format following the attempts of a group of young troublemakers to go straight.
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NewsAlice Webb named director of BBC Children’s
BBC England chief operating officer Alice Webb has been appointed director of BBC Children’s.
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NewsBox TV ventures further into Africa
Channel 4 / Bauer Media joint venture Box TV is preparing to continue its expansion into Africa after agreeing four distribution deals.
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NewsBBC hunts digital suppliers
The BBC has kicked off a £5m hunt to find more digital producers and developers to work across its online services.
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RatingsBroadchurch return thrills 7.6m
MONDAY: Broadchurch roared back into ITV’s schedule, winning the 9pm slot in a strong night across the terrestrial channels after the Christmas break.
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NewsCockroaches released online by ITV
ITV has made the entire series of Big Talk Productions’ comedy Cockroaches available via ITV Player ahead of its linear broadcast.
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NewsSci-fi comedy pilot beamed aboard C4
Channel 4 is to blast off into space with a non-TX comedy pilot penned by the writers of Pete Versus Life and Star Stories.
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NewsDeadpan's famine comedy condemned
A petition calling for a Channel 4 comedy development about the Irish famine to be scrapped has been signed by 30,000 people.
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NewsEastEnders rape storyline cleared by Ofcom
The BBC has been cleared over a controversial rape storyline in EastEnders following an Ofcom investigation prompted by over 300 complaints.
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RatingsFoyle’s War sheds 2m on ITV
SUNDAY: ITV drama Foyle’s War returned with an audience 2m below its previous series opener while BBC1’s Last Tango In Halifax and Still Open All Hours also shed viewers.
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NewsPrince Charles ‘furious’ at fallout from pulled BBC doc
Prince Charles is said to be “furious” about the fallout from the BBC’s decision to postpone a documentary on the royal family’s relationship with the media.
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RatingsTake Me Out dumps 1m
SATURDAY: ITV dating format Take Me Out returned for a seventh series with its joint lowest-ever opening performance and over 1m down from last year’s debut.
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RatingsKatie Hopkins doc scores record ratings for TLC
FRIDAY: Katie Hopkins’ weight loss documentary helped TLC to its biggest audience to date, as The Musketeers stumbled on its return to BBC1.
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NewsTabloid star Josie Cunningham in C4 doc
Controversial glamour model Josie Cunningham is to be the subject of an ITN documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsSky: Ed Richards is demob happy
Sky has labelled Ed Richards “demob happy” after the former Ofcom boss claimed that the regulator’s battles with the broadcaster were “unhelpful”.
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NewsC4 develops Irish famine comedy
Channel 4 is developing a black comedy set during the Irish famine from the producer of Sky hit Moone Boy.
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RatingsMiranda bows out with third best figures
THURSDAY: Miranda concluded with one of its highest ever performances on New Year’s Day but was unable to topple cross-dressing comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys.
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RatingsNYE fireworks draw 12m to BBC1
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s coverage of London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display entertained 12m, as Mapp and Lucia concluded on a low note.