All articles by Matthew Campelli – Page 14
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C4 orders health slate
Channel 4 has ordered a raft of health-based feature shows from Twofour, Fresh One and Broadbean Media.
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Rookies arrests 3.3m
MONDAY: ITV police documentary Rookies won the slot despite recruiting an audience below slot average, while Hair’s migration to BBC2 failed to result in an uplift.
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Lifetime revives Britain’s Next Top Model
Lifetime has revived Britain’s Next Top Model two years after the format was axed by Sky Living.
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Bentley wins supernatural ITV drama
Bentley Productions has landed its first non-Midsomer Murders drama for ITV since Ultimate Force – a two-hour special based on Neil Spring’s The Ghost Hunter novel.
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The Outcast wins competitive 9pm slot
SUNDAY: BBC1 drama The Outcast fought off competition from Joanna Lumley on ITV and Channel 4’s Humans to triumph in a hotly-contested 9pm slot.
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Ofcom probes The Voice
Ofcom has launched an investigation into the use of strobe-lighting during the final of The Voice UK.
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Serena's Wimbledon victory serves up 2.8m
SATURDAY: The Wimbledon women’s final added 1m to last year’s crowd as Serena Williams picked up another title.
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Wayne Garvie slams Vardanis' Strictly Come Dancing claims
A row has broken out over the creation of entertainment juggernaut Strictly Come Dancing, with former BBC exec Wayne Garvie rubbishing claims by Fenia Vardanis that she was responsible for the success of the format.
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C4 warms up for Rio 2016 with para-sports coverage
Channel 4 will broadcast 30 hours of para-sport events in the run-up to its coverage of the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.
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Married at First Sight weds 1.8m
THURSDAY: A solid audience committed to Married at First Sight, but the controversial Channel 4 format lost out in the slot overall.
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BBC to share Six Nations coverage with ITV
The BBC and ITV have signed a landmark deal to keep the Six Nations on terrestrial television until 2021.
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Pact head of diversity to join BBC
Pact head of diversity Joyce Adeluwoye-Adams is to join the BBC as diversity lead for television.
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C5 acquires Tutankhamun drama
Channel 5 has made its most significant acquisition from sister broadcaster Spike since it was bought by parent company Viacom.
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Whittingdale accused of 'forcing sport off the BBC'
Chris Bryant has accused culture secretary John Whittingdale of “forcing sport off the BBC”, claiming a “shabby” licence fee deal will leave the corporation struggling to compete for sports rights.
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Tory MP: C4 privatisation could hit content budget
A potential privatisation of Channel 4 could result in its content budget being cut to make it a more profitable business, according to the chair of the culture, media & sport select committee.
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C4 vows to continue ToT fight
Channel 4 will continue to pursue changes to the terms of trade despite Ofcom’s view that there is no current case for reform.
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C4 recruits for diversity push
Channel 4 will focus on boosting the pool of diverse talent in the nations and regions after hiring two executives this week to assist with its 360° Diversity Charter.
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Yentob defends BBC licence fee deal
BBC chief creative officer Alan Yentob has defended the funding deal the BBC struck with the government and claimed it “could have been a lot worse”.
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Maureen Lipman & Paul Merton head to More 4
More 4 has unveiled a raft of commissions from indies including Brown Bob Productions, Mayfly Television and Reef Television.
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ITV orders Tutankhamun drama
Howard Carter’s discovery of the tomb of iconic Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun will be dramatised in a four-part series for ITV.