All Broadcasters articles – Page 708
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NewsOfcom probes Sky News MH17 report
Ofcom is to launch an investigation into Sky News’ coverage of the MH17 air disaster after it received over 200 complaints about presenter Colin Brazier searching through the luggage of victims.
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RatingsThe Village dips below 4m
SUNDAY: BBC1 drama The Village slipped to below 4m as Channel 4’s latest Richard III documentary outperformed ITV’s World War I series.
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RatingsSky Sports outscores BT Sport
SATURDAY: Sky Sports won the ratings battle against BT Sport on the opening weekend of Premier League action.
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RatingsTumble jumps by 100,000
SATURDAY: BBC1 gymnastics format Tumble gained around 100,000 viewers for its second episode as BBC2 doc Andrew Marr’s Great Scots informed 660,000.
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NewsLondon Live axes entertainment shows
Local TV broadcaster London Live is to cut back on its original entertainment commissions and acquisitions to focus on providing news and current affairs programming.
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CommentSky bids for permament change
Stuart Murphy anticipates ‘creative bounce’ from Sky’s diversity targets
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NewsHere Come The Romanians documentary set for C4
Keo Films is to explore the lives of a group of Romanians who have migrated to the UK as Channel 4 adds to its slate of immigration-focused documentaries.
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NewsGordonstoun opens gates for Sky 1
Sky 1 is heading to Prince Charles’ alma mater Gordonstoun for its latest ob-doc.
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NewsC4 goes inside British Asian weddings
Channel 4 will attempt to recreate the success of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings with a one-off Shiver documentary about British Asian nuptials.
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NewsBT Sport plots in-house Champions League coverage
BT Sport is giving serious consideration to producing its coverage of the Champions League and Europa League in-house when it begins broadcasting the football tournaments next year.
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NewsMiranda Hart's Generation Game revival in the balance
Miranda Hart’s involvement in BBC1’s revival of The Generation Game has been thrown into doubt, as the channel unveiled a swathe of commissions, including a Karl Warner-produced entertainment format.
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NewsSky unveils diversity quotas
One senior production executive on all of Sky’s original commissions must come from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background, as part of an ambitious set of diversity targets laid out by the pay-TV broadcaster.
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RatingsBoomers underway with 4.5m
FRIDAY: BBC1’s new comedy Boomers made a solid start as the finale of Channel 5’s Big Brother fell by 500,000 from last year.
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NewsPolice complain about BBC coverage of Cliff Richard raid
South Yorkshire Police has complained to the BBC about the way it handled coverage of the search on Sir Cliff Richard’s home last week.
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NewsNigel Farage slams Panorama Ukip special
Ukip leader Nigel Farage has angrily refused to cooperate with an upcoming BBC Panorama special about the controversial political party.
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NewsBBC Sport boss hails Match of the Day's diversity
BBC head of TV sport Philip Bernie has hailed the progress Match of the Day has made on diversity as the football highlights show prepares for its 50th anniversary.
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NewsSony completes CSC acquisition
Sony Pictures Television has completed its acquisition of CSC Media Group and its 16 UK channels.
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NewsMammoth lands ITV crime drama
ITV has given the greenlight to a three-part crime drama series from Endeavour-producer Mammoth Screen.
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RatingsBrian Blessed steadies Who Do You Think You Are?
THURSDAY: BBC1’s Who Do You Think You Are? dominated the 9pm slot as ITV’s Kids With Cameras continued with 1.5m.
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NewsSky greenlights geek gameshow
Britain’s biggest geeks and fanatics are to appear in a new Victory Television gameshow for Sky 1.