All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 78
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NewsCBBC preps app to keep pace with kids
The BBC is planning to launch an app for CBBC to keep pace with children’s rapidly changing viewing habits.
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RatingsPat & Cabbage outsmarted by BBC2's dogs
The Wonder of Dogs bounded into action for BBC2 on Thursday, as its 2.7m viewers fended off competition from ITV comedy Pat & Cabbage.
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NewsVictory TV pinpoints Glasgow for office launch
Sony Pictures Television indie Victory Television is planning to open a Scottish office and has hired BBC entertainment producer Nick Johns.
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NewsBacon to front Warner’s first ITV daytime quiz
One of Helen Warner’s first ITV daytime commissions is a Richard Bacon-fronted TV quiz show that will be produced from MediaCityUK.
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NewsITV Salford move sparks collaboration
The relocation of ITV’s Manchester headquarters to MediaCityUK is helping “change behaviour” at the division by increasing internal collaboration.
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NewsCBeebies calls to relax quotas
BBC Children’s director Joe Godwin is to lobby the BBC Trust to reduce CBeebies’ origination quotas to bring them into line with CBBC.
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The Broadcast InterviewJonathan Wall, BBC Radio 5 Live
The Radio 5 Live boss has stamped his vision on the service with an alternative view of sport and current affairs.
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NewsOutline nurtures ‘Revival’ with gardening series
Outline Productions is to continue to grow its ‘Revival’ brands with a BBC2 series about gardening.
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NewsBBC1 explores extreme pet lovers
BBC1 is to lift the lid on extreme pet owners in a special documentary from Cineflix Productions UK.
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RatingsThe Wrong Mans right for BBC2
James Corden comedy The Wrong Mans had the right ingredients for BBC2 - launching with more than 3m viewers on Tuesday night.
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NewsTrust rules BBC must do more to promote kids shows
The BBC must do a better job of promoting children’s shows across its services after dedicated programming was removed from BBC1 and BBC2, according to the corporation’s governing body.
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RatingsAttenborough’s Rise of Animals draws 2.1m
David Attenborough’s new BBC2 two-parter Rise of the Animals was unable to rouse a big enough audience to beat Channel 4 at 9pm on Friday.
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NewsDoctors examined over sex storylines
BBC1 daytime drama Doctors is to be investigated after featuring storylines of a sexual nature.
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NewsBBC unveils blue chip factual slate
BBC1 has ordered follow ups to Planet Earth and Blue Planet as part of a raft of blue chip factual documentaries that effectively signals the end of its £150m co-pro deal with Discovery Communications.
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RatingsThe X Factor's final auditions draw 8.8m
The final closed-doors audition round of The X Factor was watched by the show’s second lowest audience of the series on Saturday.
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RatingsDownton Abbey smashes series launch record
Downton Abbey returned for a fourth series with 9.5m viewers on Sunday – the Julian Fellowes drama’s best overnight series launch to date.
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NewsPatten repeats pledge to cut BBC execs
Lord Patten has reiterated his desire to force BBC senior management numbers down to account for just 1% of corporation staff - and has hinted he won’t push for a big rise in the licence fee.
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NewsMcCall to front BBC1 physical gameshow pilot
Davina McCall is to front a BBC1 Saturday night physical gameshow pilot made by Victory Television.
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NewsHappy Days' Henry Winkler lands CBBC series
Henry “The Fonz” Winkler is to feature in a new CBBC comedy drama about a dyslexic boy’s unique approach to life.
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NewsMPs plan BBC governance review
The cross-party Culture, Media and Sport Committee is planning a “major” inquiry into the BBC’s governance arrangements.