All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 74
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NewsC5 pilots Loose Women-style show
Channel 5 is piloting a Loose Women-style format that will give five well-known women the platform to discuss topical issues.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC1 gymnastics and The Wrong Mans
The sixth edition of Broadcast: Talking TV runs the rule over BBC1’s new entertainment commission Let’s Get Ready to Tumble and checks in on BBC2 comedy The Wrong Mans.
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RatingsBreathless slumps to new low
ITV period drama Breathless lost another 600,000 viewers on Thursday – as Educating Yorkshire bowed out with 3m.
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NewsBBC nature shows a turn-off in the US, says Discovery boss
Discovery pulled the plug on its £150m blue chip factual co-production deal with the BBC because US audiences find shows like Frozen Planet a turn-off, according to an executive involved in the decision.
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RatingsPoirot finale begins with 4.8m
The first of four final episodes of Agatha Christie’s Poirot made a steady start, easily winning the 9pm slot on Wednesday.
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NewsBBC2 gears up for old bangers
BBC2 is to explore the world of Essex petrol-heads as part of a double commission for Fremantle Media UK’s Boundless.
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NewsBullying: BBC still under fire
NUJ and MPs dissatisfied with corporation’s implementation of Rose report recommendations
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NewsHowie to step down at ITV for life in the US
ITV daytime commissioning editor Diana Howie is to leave the commercial broadcaster at the end of the year to relocate to Los Angeles.
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NewsBad Education iPlayer debut points to future
BBC3’s strategy to premiere scripted comedy on iPlayer has paid off after Bad Education outperformed the corporation’s biggest shows on the video-ondemand platform.
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RatingsBake Off saves best for last for BBC2 with 9m peak
The Great British Bake Off became BBC2’s biggest show in modern ratings history on its final outing for the channel on Tuesday.
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NewsHall ‘cocked up’ over BBC Arabic complaint
Tony Hall has admitted that his office “cocked up” in not responding to a bullying complaint from a BBC Arabic employee.
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NewsTarrant’s departure spells end for Who Wants to be Millionaire?
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? will not return to ITV after host Chris Tarrant decided to leave the show.
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NewsBBC to cull 8% of senior management by 2015
Tony Hall is to cut BBC senior management headcount by nearly 8% as part of efforts to save £100m a year to fund the corporation’s ambitious digital plans.
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NewsNAO set for improved BBC access
The National Audit Office is set to be granted improved access to the BBC’s books after the corporation agreed changes to its relationship with the spending watchdog.
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RatingsIceland doc delivers goods for BBC2
BBC2’s intimate look behind the scenes at frozen food retailer Iceland broke the ice with an audience of more than 2m on Monday.
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NewsJowell: turn BBC into a mutual company
Former culture secretary Dame Tessa Jowell has argued that the BBC should become a “mutual company” to make it more accountable to licence fee payers.
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RatingsThe Paradise returns with 5.2m
BBC1’s The Paradise opened its doors to fewer viewers than last year - as Strictly Come Dancing beat The X Factor on a Sunday for the first time this year.
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RatingsThe X Factor slumps to low
The X Factor’s spate of off-key Saturday night performances continued, as the ITV show was watched by the smallest audience of the series so far.
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NewsOnly Connect set for BBC2 switch
BBC4 is trialling three new quiz formats following a decision to move cult show Only Connect to BBC2.
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NewsChannel 5 News editor named
ITV News head of output and assistant editor Cristina Nicolotti Squires has been appointed editor of Channel 5 News.