All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 209
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RatingsDon’t Stop Believing draws 1.5m
Five’s new talent show Don’t Stop Believing performed to an audience of nearly 1.5m on a night that also saw Top Gear beat Heartbeat to the chequered flag.
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RatingsRoss bows out with 5m
The final ever Friday Night with Jonathan Ross delivered nearly 5m viewers to the BBC last week – the highest-rated episode since ‘Sachsgate’.
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RatingsUndercover Boss employs more than 3m
Channel 4’s new series of Undercover Boss started strongly last night, recruiting an audience of more than 3m.
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NewsBBC to launch US news site
The BBC is launching a specialised US news website that will put it into direct competition with local media.
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RatingsDragons' slay C4's Brucie
A Channel 4 documentary about Bruce Forsyth performed strongly but still failed to trump the competition last night, as a new series of Dragons’ Den fired-up BBC2’s audience.
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Pact takes on Dillon
Pact has appointed Tony Dillon as its new business affairs director after Andrew Chowns left to become chief executive of Directors UK.
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NewsTake Me Out gets second date
ITV1’s Saturday night speed-dating gameshow Take Me Out is set to return “bigger and better than ever”, according to host Paddy McGuinness.
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NewsBBC staff rush to join unions
“Livid” BBC staff are flocking to join unions over plans to overhaul their pension scheme, with parallels being drawn with 2005, the last time corporation employees went on strike.
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NewsBBC Audiobooks sold
BBC Worldwide has sold its 85% stake in BBC Audiobooks to AudioGo in a deal believed to be worth up to £15m.
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NewsITV marketing and research chiefs step down
ITV’s director of group marketing David Pemsel and head of research Chad Wollen are to leave the company at the end of July.
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RatingsThe Bill nearly nicked by CSI
ITV1’s police drama The Bill was nearly nicked by CSI: Miami on Five last night, saved only by viewers to ITV1 HD.
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RatingsFactual shows hamper drama audiences
Factual shows on BBC2 and Channel 4 took the shine off two big new primetime dramas on BBC1 and ITV1 last night.
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CommentITV's World Cup ratings defeat points to wider issues
As World Cup finalists Spain and Holland battled it out in a dry affair last night, a similar showdown took place on screen as the BBC and ITV squared-up for the first time during the football tournament, writes Jake Kanter.
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RatingsWorld Cup final scores 73% share
The World Cup final netted nearly three quarters of the UK television audience last night, as Spain clinched an historic victory.
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NewsWorld Cup fuels ITV ad growth
ITV1’s advertising revenue grew by 45% in June compared with the same period last year.
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NewsDaybreak to replace GMTV brand
ITV’s flagship morning show GMTV is to be renamed Daybreak as part of a £1.5m shake-up that will see Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley take on presenting duties.
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NewsLewis to return for fifth series
ITV has ordered four more episodes of established detective drama Lewis.
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RatingsDive sinks below average
BBC2’s new drama Dive, about a 2012 Olympic hopeful, sank below slot average at 9pm last night - beaten by Channel 4’s Sex Education Show.
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NewsMorrison foresees All3 profit surge
All3Media boss Steve Morrison has predicted the super-indie will achieve double-digit growth in profits in 2011 as confidence surges back into the TV industry.
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NewsPineapple spin-off set for a nationwide tour
Sky 1 is to turn the follow-up to Pineapple Dance Studios into a live event that it plans to take around the country.