All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 42
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RatingsEngland’s World Cup exit scores 9.5m
TUESDAY: ITV’s coverage of England’s final World Cup game peaked with 9.5m viewers – despite the match having little meaning for Roy Hodgson’s side.
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NewsITVS producer Ollie Tait joins Lambent
Ollie Tait, the ITV Studios producer behind shows including The Savoy, is to join Brighton-based indie Lambent Productions.
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RatingsBenefits Britain holds steady
MONDAY: Channel 5’s welfare documentary Benefits Britain remained solid in the face of strong competition from Brazil’s final group game of the World Cup.
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NewsLorraine Heggessey leaves Boom Pictures
Lorraine Heggessey has left Boom Pictures in a shock move that comes just two years after she took control of the indie group.
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RatingsFriday Night Dinner serves up 1.1m
FRIDAY: Friday Night Dinner returned for a third series with more than a million viewers.
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RatingsA Question of Sport spin-off falters
SATURDAY: BBC1’s A Question of Sport spin-off launched with more than 2.7m viewers, as the World Cup continued to dominate the schedules.
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PodcastTalking TV: Kids’ classics and DocFest
The latest edition of Talking TV runs the rule over the return of some classic children’s television shows and is back on the previews trail.
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NewsBBC iPlayer comedy pilots revealed
Ashley Walters, Kayvan Novak and Tom Rosenthal are to star in the latest round of Comedy Feeds pilots for BBC iPlayer.
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NewsTony Hall unveils blueprint to tackle BBC diversity
Tony Hall has set out his blueprint for boosting diversity at the BBC, including creating a £2.1m commissioning fund to help ensure the corporation “represents every family and community in the UK”.
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RatingsJeremy Paxman’s Newsnight finale draws 1.1m
WEDNESDAY: Jeremy Paxman went out with a bang as Newsnight pulled in its biggest audience in more than two years.
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CommentAll to play for, despite own goals
World Cup coverage has been strong, apart from a few slip-ups says Jake Kanter
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NewsHall set to reveal BBC plans to boost diversity
BBC director general Tony Hall is preparing to reveal the corporation’s plans to improve diversity both on- and off-screen in the run-up to charter renewal.
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NewsForces TV’s Nick Pollard invites indie pitches
Forces TV, the newly launched armed forces channel run by former Sky News executive Nick Pollard, has thrown open its doors to indie pitches.
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NewsC4 defends BBC Productions
BBC Productions has found an unlikely ally in Channel 4 after the corporation faced further calls to scrap its in-house programme making division.
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NewsNick Southgate departs as Shed is rebranded
Nick Southgate is to leave Shed Media Group and the super-indie will be re-branded Warner Bros Television Productions UK after the US giant took full control of the Long Lost Family producer.
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NewsPact: make the BBC a publisher broadcaster
Pact chief executive John McVay has argued that the BBC should drop all of its in-house guarantees and become a “publisher broadcaster”.
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NewsBBC testing facial coding technology on TV viewers
BBC Worldwide has begun testing facial coding technology that can measure how viewers are responding to television programmes.
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NewsBBC to launch music awards show
BBC1 is planning to launch a music awards show to rival the Brits later this year in collaboration with Radio 1 and Radio 2.
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RatingsEngland defeat nets 15.6m peak
SATURDAY: England’s opening World Cup defeat to Italy peaked with 15.6m viewers for BBC1, helping the channel score a massive 78.5% share.
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NewsSlater & Gardner receive Queen's Birthday honours
BBC Sport director Barbara Slater and Julie Gardner, the producer who helped revive Doctor Who, have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours.