All articles by Miranda Blazeby – Page 52
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RatingsGrantchester continues ITV's scripted run
WEDNESDAY: ITV’s strong scripted run continued as Grantchester bowed out with a slot-winning performance.
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NewsSnoddy: Whittingdale planned quiet C4 sale
Culture secretary John Whittingdale planned to quietly privatise Channel 4 as part of the spring budget, a leading media commentator has claimed.
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NewsLord Puttnam lined up for Doc/Fest panel
Director Tilda Swinton, sportsman Ronnie O’Sullivan and Lord David Puttnam are to feature as part of the Sheffield Doc/Fest line-up.
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RatingsDrive splutters for ITV
TUESDAY: Drive got off to a slow start as 2m viewers tuned in to watch the ITV format get underway.
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NewsEd Vaizey: diversity in creative industries 'unacceptable'
Culture minister Ed Vaizey has called the state of diversity in the creative industries “completely unacceptable”.
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NewsSky News launches weekly debate show
Sky News is preparing to launch an unmoderated weekly debate show focusing on freedom of speech and lively debate.
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NewsStudio Lambert hires development deputy
Studio Lambert has hired Natalie McArdle as its deputy head of development.
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NewseOne exec joins Lionsgate
eOne senior vice president Charlotte Thorp has joined Lionsgate UK as senior vice president and head of European television sales.
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NewsLion and PBS in science doc deal
Lion Television is to develop and produce a number of archaeology-based documentaries for PBS’s flagship science strand Nova.
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NewsC4 uses fixed-rig for The Job Interview
Former Dragonfly managing director Simon Dickson’s new ITV Studios label will use a fixed-rig to film job interviews for its first commission.
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NewsITV swoops for Little Big Shots
ITV has swooped for the rights to Warner Bros’ hit US kids talent format Little Big Shots.
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NewsRumpus guides OAPs for C4
Channel 4 is to provide OAP audiences with a comprehensive guide to living in modern Britain in a three part series.
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NewsSteve November to leave ITV
ITV drama boss Steve November is to leave the broadcaster after sixteen years.
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NewsLove to look beyond BBC and C4
Love Productions creative director Richard McKerrow has admitted that The Great British Bake Off indie is too reliant on the BBC and Channel 4.
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NewsHardcash boss: C4 investigative slate threatened by sale
Channel 4’s news and current affairs coverage would be compromised by privatisation, according to the boss of investigative indie Hardcash Productions.
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NewsAdam Crozier's earnings slip 18%
Adam Crozier’s pay packet fell by 18% in 2015 but the ITV chief executive still took home nearly £4m including bonuses and benefits.
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NewsLambert: C4 privatisation 'disastrous'
Gogglebox and Wife Swap creator Stephen Lambert has claimed that the privatisation of Channel 4 would be “disastrous” for the British independent television sector.
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NewsLabour accuses government of 'bullying' BBC & C4
Shadow culture secretary Maria Eagle has criticised the government’s “ideological approach” to the broadcasting sector and accused her opposite number John Whittingdale of “bullying” the BBC and Channel 4.
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RatingsHappy Valley bows out with record audience
TUESDAY: Terrestrial rivals were left struggling in BBC1’s wake as the second series of Happy Valley bowed out with a record audience.
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NewsPuttnam: BBC EU coverage strangulated
The BBC’s “strangulated” EU referendum coverage is failing to effectively inform viewers, according to Lord Puttnam.