All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 127
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NewsEvening Standard among local TV bidders
The Evening Standard and Scottish broadcaster STV are among the organisations that have bid for local TV licences around the UK.
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RatingsSharon's EastEnders return draws 8.3m peak
BBC1’s special week of EastEnders episodes helped it outmuscle ITV1’s Ruth Rendell drama, as the Big Brother final peaked with 1.76m viewers.
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NewsBBC pension deficit rockets to £2.6bn
The BBC’s pension deficit has increased by more than one billion pounds to £2.6bn amid “economic headwinds”.
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NewsLondon 2012: highest rating TV moments
Sport accounted for most of the headlines over the past 16 days of Olympic action, but it was the bookends to the Games that drew the biggest BBC audiences.
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NewsSwearing in BBC3 interview sparks Ofcom probe
An over enthusiastic Belgian sailing fan could land BBC3 in hot water after he swore twice during the channel’s pre-watershed Olympics coverage.
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RatingsLondon 2012 Olympics closes with 26.3m peak
The curtain fell on the London 2012 Olympics in extravagant style with a high of 26.3m viewers – only 700k short of the opening ceremony.
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RatingsUsain Bolt's 200 metre gold draws 15.4m
Usain Bolt’s 200 metre victory celebrations drew a high of nearly 15.4m viewers to BBC1 – one of the biggest audience of the Olympics.
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RatingsMo Farah's second gold scores 11.3m
A peak of nearly 11.3m viewers saw Mo Farah celebrate his second gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics.
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NewsThompson: BBC Olympics coverage set new benchmark
Mark Thompson has argued that the BBC must now cover every big event in the same way it has broadcast the 2012 Olympics.
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NewsTwofour looks at hoarders and holiday homes for ITV1
How Clean Is Your House? presenter Aggie MacKenzie is to front an ITV1 daytime series about hoarders as part of a double order for Twofour.
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NewsWorld’s Strongest Man back on C5
Channel 5 is to broadcast coverage of the World’s Strongest Man competition for the second year in a row.
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NewsRolf Harris returning to Welsh Art
BBC Wales has commissioned a second series of Rolf Harris art show Rolf on Welsh Art.
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NewsLiving gets under surgeon’s skin
Controversial cosmetic surgeon to the stars Aamer Khan is to be featured in a major Sky Living documentary about his multimillion-pound clinic.
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NewsClark steps down as Pulse launches share buyback
Pulse Films’ head of talent and music Jamie Clark has stepped down and the indie has bought back stakes from a number of its major shareholders.
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NewsBBC insiders in line for Vision job
BBC London 2012 director Roger Mosey and BBC North director Peter Salmon have emerged as top-level candidates to become the corporation’s next permanent director of Vision.
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NewsJenkins exits as BBC pares back film acquisitions
BBC head of film acquisitions Steve Jenkins is to leave the broadcaster this month after more than 15 years.
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NewsMark Gatiss to pen Doctor Who biopic for BBC2
Mark Gatiss is preparing to write a major BBC2 biopic about the genesis of Doctor Who to celebrate the drama’s 50th anniversary next year.
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NewsBBC1 to adapt Jason Byrne's Radio 2 sitcom
Stand-up comedian Jason Byrne’s critically acclaimed BBC Radio 2 sitcom Father Figure is to be piloted for BBC1.
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NewsITV1 orders Marchlands follow-up
ITV1 is to revisit the success of supernatural thriller Marchlands with a follow-up drama that will again play out over three separate decades.
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NewsBBC hotel bill more than doubles to £2m
The BBC’s total hotel bill more than doubled to £2m as relocation costs took their toll.