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RatingsBBC3’s Bad Education schools 930k
Bad Education, the new school sitcom starring Jack Whitehall, continued to perform strongly for BBC3.
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NewsC4 hands Ramsay teatime slot
Gordon Ramsay will be taking a teatime slot on Channel 4 teaching viewers how to cook in dishes from around the world in a home cooking course.
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NewsPact challenges BBC quotas
Pact raised questions with the BBC Trust about in-house guarantees ahead of last weeks’ Edinburgh International Television Festival – at which the size and scope of Vision Productions came under scrutiny.
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RatingsOlympics Broadcasting: record-breaking TV
The London 2012 Olympics helped the BBC wipe the floor with the commercial channels – and the Paralympics could do something similar for C4. Stephen Price reports.
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NewsITV to drop ‘1’ from flagship in rebrand
ITV is poised to drop the numeral one from its flagship channel for the first time in more than a decade as part of a major rebrand.
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NewsShaw exits C4 to join BBC
Tanya Shaw is leaving Channel 4 to join the BBC’s factual features and formats commissioning team.
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NewsClarke-Jervoise named Tiger Aspect MD
Tiger Aspect’s current head of comedy, Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, has been appointed as managing director – the first time the role has been occupied in two years.
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NewsMurdoch’s family affair
Elizabeth Murdoch’s MacTaggart lecture delivered more insight about her relationship with her family than genuine industry lessons, according to delegates.
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NewsExecs anxious over lack of ent hits
A blockage in the pipeline of big, home-grown entertainment formats is causing anxiety across the industry, execs admitted at Edinburgh.
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NewsAbraham: a new TV duopoly is emerging
Channel 4 wants to establish itself as the “creative counterweight” to a new broadcasting duopoly, chief executive David Abraham told the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsDNI and NGC throw down gauntlet to terrestrial rivals
Discovery Networks International and National Geographic Channels are going head to head with similar content strategies – but have set their sights on competing with the terrestrial channels.
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Re:fine offers automated digitisation service
Content processing facility Re:fine has launched an automated digitisation service.
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NewsKudos chief warns tax credits could spark talent war
Kudos Film & Television chief executive Jane Featherstone has warned that the expected tax credit for high-end drama could mean producers lose out to US studios in the battle for British production talent.
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Ericsson to unveil TV-over mobile encoder at IBC
Ericsson will launch the world’s first HEVC H.265 encoder for the delivery of live and linear TV over mobile networks at IBC in September.
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NewsStuder hires EMEA sales manager
Audio specialist Harman’s broadcast division Studer has appointed Rob Hughes to the role of market sales manager across the EMEA region.
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NewsTigress set for survival challenge
Explorer Ed Stafford is to attempt to stay alive for 60 days on a remote island without supplies in an extreme survival series for Discovery Channel.
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Prime develops rushes ingest and back-up
Prime Focus has developed an automated data management service for the ingest and back-up of rushes captured on set.
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NewsGrass Valley appoints three regional sales presidents
Grass Valley has reorganised its sales and marketing divisions with three regional presidents now reporting to president and chief executive Alain Andreoli.
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NewsUndercover Princes to look for love in US
Objective Productions and Kalel Productions’ UK format Undercover Princes has been picked up by American broadcaster TLC.