All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 63
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RatingsBBC3 breaks record with Bride
BBC3 scored its highest-ever audience for a factual entertainment show last night, as Don’t Tell the Bride broke through the million mark.
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NewsWarner Bros teams with John de Mol
The UK production arm of Warner Bros has joined forces with John de Mol’s Talpa Media to produce a range of entertainment formats.
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NewsFirst S4C director dies
Welsh language broadcaster S4C has paid tribute to former director Owen Edwards, who died yesterday.
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NewsSmooth Radio names MD
Guardian Media Group has appointed a managing director for its new national Smooth Radio station, due to launch in October.
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RatingsSummer Wine ends on 5.4m
The Last of the Summer Wine ended 37 years on BBC1 on Sunday night with 5.4 million viewers.
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NewsBBC2 unveils Paula Milne drama
An ambitious new drama from Small Island writer Paula Milne has been unveiled by the BBC.
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NewsNext Doctor Who series split in two
EDINBURGH: The next series of Doctor Who will be split in two, with blocks of episodes airing in the spring and autumn.
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NewsKatie Price pulls out of Edinburgh
Glamour model Katie Price has pulled out of her appearance at this year’s Edinburgh International TV Festival.
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NewsBBC1 reopens cases with Sherlock and Luther
BBC1 has unveiled several new comedy, factual and drama series that will see Sherlock and Luther embark on new cases.
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NewsThompson ramps up exec pay crusade
EDINBURGH: Any senior staff joining the BBC will be paid less than their predecessors as part of Mark Thompson’s crusade on executive pay.
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NewsiPlayer going global within a year
EDINBURGH: The BBC is to launch an international version of catch-up service iPlayer “within a year”.
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FeaturesRubicon, AMC (US)
Broadcast shines the spotlight on Rubicon, the new conspiracy thriller from Mad Men network AMC.
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NewsDisney debuts first ABC service outside US on BT
Disney is to launch its first ABC-branded on-demand service outside of the US on the BT Vision platform.
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NewsUppercut patrols the waves for C5 drug-running doc
The intense hunt for the world’s biggest cocaine smugglers will be explored in a new documentary series for Channel 5.
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RatingsJedward beaten by BBC3’s Bride
Pop twins Jedward launched their new ITV2 show last night but proved no match for BBC3’s latest series of Don’t Tell the Bride.
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NewsCBeebies acquires Universal’s Uki
BBC children’s channel CBeebies has picked up the first animated series from record label Universal Music UK (UMUK), overseen by former Radio 2 boss Lesley Douglas.
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NewsTarget sells 150 hours up north
Target Entertainment, recently acquired by Metrodome, has inked 150 hours of fresh sales that includes a package of Jack Osbourne’s series.
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Horror Channel prepare Lynch season
The surreal style of David Lynch will compiled for a season of his work on the Horror Channel this autumn.
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NewsBBCW scores digital first in China
BBC Worldwide has secured its first ever digital deal in China that will see drama, children’s and educational programme licensed over two years.
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NewsBBC4 to screen Anna Nicole opera
An opera based on the life of Playboy pin-up Anna Nicole Smith is to be broadcast on BBC4, as part of an autumn line-up that also includes a new Douglas Adams adaptation and a stage production of Macbeth with Patrick Stewart.