All Broadcasters articles – Page 683
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Marvellous scores 1.5m
THURSDAY: Peter Bowker’s BBC2 musical biopic Marvellous entertained 1.5m viewers – in line with Channel 4’s Educating the East End.
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E4 to tackle nation's worst tattoos
E4 is to attempt to fix the nation’s worst tattoo disasters in a one-off doc from Studio Lambert.
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CBeebies picks up Tee and Mo
CBeebies has extended a deal with Plug-in Media to transform its online animation Tee and Mo into a 50-part TV series.
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Sky scores NFL Monday Night Football rights
Sky Sports has picked up the rights to NFL Monday Night Football as part of a five-year agreement kicking off in 2015.
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Matthew Price takes senior Today reporting brief
Radio 4’s Today programme is to appoint its first full-time chief reporter in a bid to give its domestic news a more consistent voice.
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ITV Be buys Bridezillas
ITV Be has beefed up its launch schedule with a number of US wedding formats from DCD Rights.
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Viacom hires UK commercial director
Viacom has hired former Turner executive Alan Musa as commercial director of Nickelodeon and Comedy Central in the UK.
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Freesat boss to step down
Freesat managing director Emma Scott is to leave the free-to-air satellite TV platform after seven years.
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Netflix buys Peaky Blinders for US
Netflix has acquired BBC2’s period drama Peaky Blinders in the US after striking a deal with The Weinstein Company and Endemol.
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Bake Off sinks to 8m
WEDNESDAY: The Great British Bake Off sunk to its lowest audience in five weeks, as Scott & Bailey continued to edge Our Zoo.
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Edinburgh Festival announces date change
The Edinburgh International Television Festival will be moved forward to start on a Wednesday in 2015, as the event enters its 40th year.
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Fifth Gear finds its third home on A+E Networks
North One Television’s Fifth Gear has found its third home on British television after A+E Networks UK greenlit two fresh series of the motoring show.
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Labour hints at plans for BBC
Shadow culture minister Helen Goodman has said the BBC’s forthcoming charter renewal process must be open and transparent to secure the best outcome for the corporation and licence-fee payers.
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BBC2 takes Gogglebox format into the kitchen
BBC2 is to open up the kitchens of families across the country in a Gogglebox-style series from the creators of Channel 4’s hit format.
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BBCW to boost Lookout Point slate
Parade’s End co-producer Lookout Point will beef up its development slate and work more closely with BBC channels around the world after securing a multi-million pound investment from BBC Worldwide.
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Features
Furchester Hotel
A show with a cast of 170 puppets and a giant set that completely filled the studio was a huge logistical challenge
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BBC NI seeks next Mrs Brown
BBC Northern Ireland hopes its first comedy pilot event can pave the way for the next Mrs Brown’s Boys, according to the event’s organisers.
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Crackanory
Provide picture and audio post services for the second series of the comedy show.
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PBS to forge UK relationships
US public broadcaster PBS is seeking to expand its relationships with UK producers and broadcasters and is searching for a raft of original content, from drama to factual programming.
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ITV expands diversity scheme to Coronation Street
ITV is to extend its Original Voices diversity initiative to Coronation Street as it expands the scheme into the north west.