All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 133
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NewsBBC blasts Ofcom PSB report
The BBC has criticised Ofcom data showing the corporation’s total spend on original content fell 11% to £1.25bn last year.
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NewsFormer Input CEO joins Compact
The former chief executive of indie Input Media has joined independent rights administrator Compact Media Group.
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RatingsNadal's shock Wimbledon exit nets 4.9m
Rafael Nadal was dumped out of Wimbledon by unknown Czech player Lukas Rosol in a dramatic match that served up a peak audience of nearly 5m.
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NewsITV reveals summer micropayments launch
ITV is gearing up to make 1,000 hours of archive content available to rent online this summer when it finally launches its micropayments system.
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NewsPSB programme spend falls to 13-year low
BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5’s total spend on content in 2011 contracted at its fastest rate and to its lowest point in 13 years, according to Ofcom figures.
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RatingsSpain semi-final win scores 13.5m
Spain forced their way into the final of Euro 2012 with a penalties victory over Portugal that peaked with nearly 13.5m viewers.
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NewsFixed rig to feature in ITV2 teens abroad series
ITV2 is to enter the fixed-rig arena with a series about young Brits abroad from the indie behind Channel 4’s Educating Essex.
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NewsITV calls for cuts across Studios and Network
ITV shows including Coronation Street and Daybreak have been ordered to tighten their belts in a wide-ranging cost-cutting exercise.
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NewsITV on the hunt for ‘the next X Factor’
ITV1 is in the market for an entertainment show on the scale of The X Factor, and plans to spend the cash that will be freed up by the absence of a major sporting event next year.
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NewsITNP to provide rolling showbiz news for Heat TV
ITN Productions has won a wide-ranging contract to provide rolling news content for Heat magazine’s forthcoming TV channel.
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RatingsLine of Duty arrests 3.35m
The launch of BBC2’s new police corruption drama Line of Duty beat all competition in the key 9pm battleground, including Channel 4’s new Gordon Ramsay series.
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NewsTen Alps cuts losses
Ten Alps has significantly cut its pre-tax losses after restructuring its finances and raising £3m from shareholders.
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RatingsITV1's Strictly Kosher pulls 4m
ITV1’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings-style marketing for Strictly Kosher paid off as the documentary on a Jewish community in Manchester won the 9pm slot.
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NewsOfcom investigating Britain’s Got Talent over phone voting
ITV1’s Britain’s Got Talent is being investigated over whether it “misled” viewers over phone voting costs.
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RatingsSpain victory scores 10m on ITV1
Spain outclassed France to reach the final four of Euro 2012 in front of a peak audience of more than 10m.
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RatingsEngland exit Euros with 23m
England crashed out of Euro 2012 in front of a peak audience of 23m – an astonishing 77.4% of the TV viewing population at the time.
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RatingsJimmy Carr tax row scores C4 high
Jimmy Carr’s public flogging over his tax affairs helped 8 Out of 10 Cats to its biggest audience in more than two-and-a-half years.
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NewsITV confirms Cowell cookery show
ITV1 has confirmed it has ordered a new formatted food show from Simon Cowell’s Syco TV and cookery specialist Optomen Television.
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NewsCompany founders quit - to set up new All3 indie
George Faber and Charles Pattinson are to leave Company Pictures after 14 years to set up a new drama indie within the All3Media group.
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RatingsSilk closes case on series low
BBC1’s legal drama Silk bowed out with its lowest aiudience of the series, as Channel 4’s 24 Hours in A&E climbed to another high point.