All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 156
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RatingsJungle heat thaws Frozen Planet
WEDNESDAY: Peter Andre’s return to I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! caused Frozen Planet’s audience to thaw to a series low.
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NewsDMAX enters scripted reality with Superfans
Discovery Networks UK is to dip its toe into scripted reality with a show following some of the country’s most dedicated fans.
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NewsBectu and SIS LIVE at odds over insurance
Bectu has called on freelancers to reject “excessive and disproportionate” insurance demands being made by OB firm SIS LIVE.
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NewsCelebrities roll back the years for CBBC
Pop stars Nicole Scherzinger and One Direction will look back at their 12-year-old selves and everyday kids will be thrust into the frontline of the UK’s emergency services for two CBBC commissions.
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NewsUnions ballot members over 3% ITV pay offer
Bectu, the National Union of Journalists and Unite are balloting ITV members for the second consecutive year over the company’s offer of a 3% pay increase for 2012.
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NewsMcGregor back on BBC2 for Unicef docs
Ewan McGregor is to front a BBC2 documentary series charting the delivery of vaccines to some of the most deprived areas of the world.
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RatingsMoney pickpockets Jamie Oliver
TUESDAY: The final part of Jamie’s Great Britain was beaten by BBC2’s new documentary series Money.
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NewsDCI Banks set to return
ITV1 is on the brink of commissioning a second full series of Stephen Tompkinson crime drama DCI Banks.
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NewsRichard Life to leave ITVS
Richard Life, ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s head of acquisitions and co-productions, is to step down at the end of the year.
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NewsITV1 to review the year in news
Mark Austin is to front a two-part review of the year in news for ITV1.
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NewsITV1 conjures up more Harry Potter
ITV1 has picked up the free-to-air broadcast rights to the penultimate Harry Potter story.
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RatingsC4's Great Escape unearths 2m
MONDAY: The real story behind famous Hollywood film The Great Escape unearthed more than 2 million viewers for Channel 4.
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NewsDaybreak boss apologises to staff
ITV Studios’ daytime boss Fiona Keenaghan has apologised to Daybreak staff over confusion last week surrounding the future of Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley.
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RatingsCharles Allen's Secret Millionaire draws 1.6m
SUNDAY: The appearance of former ITV chief executive Charles Allen on Secret Millionaire helped the show to its second biggest audience of the series.
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RatingsX Factor quarter final worst since 2007
SATURDAY: The X Factor chalked up its worst quarter final performance in four years and was again outmanoeuvred by Strictly Come Dancing.
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NewsITV confirms Chiles and Bleakley Daybreak departure
ITV has confirmed that Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley will leave Daybreak later this year.
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RatingsI’m a Celebrity eviction pulls 9.7m peak
THURSDAY: The first I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! eviction proved too strong for a new BBC1 restoration series and the return of the Amish to Channel 4.
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NewsITV completes Channel Television takeover
ITV has completed the acquisition of its Channel Islands licence holder Channel Television.
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RatingsFrozen Planet tackles football
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s Frozen Planet kicked ITV1’s Champions League coverage into touch.
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NewsOxford University to study value of AFPs
Oxford University and Sheffield Doc/Fest are gearing up to launch a global study into the advertiser-funded programming market.