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RatingsFlockstars and Stephen Fry average 2m
THURSDAY: ITV’s Flockstars and Stephen Fry in Central America both bowed out with less than 2m viewers as Channel 4’s Hunted lost 400,000 viewers.
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NewsBBC Music drums up iPlayer formats
BBC Music is searching for original entertainment formats for iPlayer - with a focus on shows with female-appeal.
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NewsC4's Singer scoops IBC Content Creation award
IBC 2015: As with the IABM’s set of awards, this year’s IBC Awards reflected the interest in IP and IT production technologies at the organisation’s Amsterdam trade show and conference.
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NewsAkamai shows new solutions for online video
IBC 2015: Akamai Technologies used IBC2015 to demo the company’s solutions for improvements in online video content and services.
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NewsChina TV conference opens in London
Producers and broadcasters have been invited to the first China-UK Film & TV Conference at London’s Institute of Directors.
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NewsBBC trials interactive Casualty
The BBC has launched an interactive episode of Casualty via BBC Taster, its online testing ground.
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NewsITV wants Olympics but rejects BBC Studios
ITV plans to go toe-to-toe with the BBC to win Olympics rights from Discovery and has warned the corporation has massively underestimated the task of creating BBC Studios.
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NewsSky boss backs BBC over Jeremy Clarkson crisis
Stuart Murphy has strongly backed the BBC’s handling of the Jeremy Clarkson crisis and revealed that a Sky discussion on swooping for the presenter was dismissed in “10 seconds”.
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NewsJana Bennett promoted to run History
Former BBC chief Jana Bennett has been promoted to run US cable network History following the departure of Dirk Hoogstra.
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NewsEmmerdale producer to take over Coronation Street
Days before Coronation Street is to celebrate its 60th anniversary with a live special, it has emerged the soap’s producer will leave his role at the end of the year.
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NewsDawn Airey joins Getty Images
Dawn Airey is to move to New York to join Getty Images as its chief executive officer.
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NewsNordic broadcasters back the BBC
Seven bosses from Nordic public service broadcasters have hailed the BBC as “the mother of all public service broadcasting,” in an open letter that warns against diminishing its remit or independence.
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RatingsDoctor Who hurtles to 10-year low
SATURDAY: Doctor Who returned with its lowest series debut audience since the sci-fi show was rebooted in 2005.
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RatingsRugby World Cup kicks off with 9m
FRIDAY: The opening match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, in which hosts England beat Fiji, peaked with just over 9m viewers.
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CriticsTV Critics: The Go-Between; Downton Abbey; Doctor Who
“It was a marvellous tale made moreso by the subtle acting and direction.”
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NewsNEP forms international events team
NEP Group has formed a new business unit dedicated to supporting the broadcast of major international events, using the company’s flypack and host broadcast capabilities to provide solutions globally.
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NewsPixit Media gets new sales manager
Pixit Media has appointed Richard Hayter-Gare to the role of sales manager.
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RatingsDownton draws lowest audience ever
SUNDAY: Downton Abbey’s final series got underway with its lowest overnight audience on record.
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NewsBBC ‘pays Savile victim £15,000 in compensation’
The BBC is reported to have paid £15,000 in compensation to a man who claimed that he was abused by Jimmy Savile’s “accomplices” on a visit to a BBC studio in 1970s.
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NewsIn brief: Top Gear; Zig Zag; BBC radio
Chris Evans is heading to Cannes to help BBC Worldwide sell the reimagined Top Gear, plus other industry headlines.