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NewsITV and Sky invest in eSports channel Ginx TV
Sky and ITV have partnered to launch a 24-hour eSports channel, Ginx eSports TV.
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CriticsTV Critics: Koko; Exposure; Rescue Dog To Superdog
“A portrait of two highly intelligent beings – one human, one gorilla – caught forever between unbridgeable worlds. It was hard to know whom to feel most sorry for.”
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NewsShiver Cymru opens with Aberfan disaster
ITV has commissioned a documentary to mark the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster.
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NewsArrow blasts off with US SVoD NASA doc
Live From Space indie Arrow Media is heading back into the stratosphere with the NASA Juno Mission after securing its first SVoD commission.
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RatingsEuro 2016 outscores gorilla doc
WEDNESDAY: France’s second Euro 2016 outing failed to hit the heights of the tournament opener as BBC1’s documentary about a ‘talking’ gorilla proved the best of the rest.
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NewsC4 training scheme focuses on diversity
Channel 4 will only accept individuals who are disabled or from a BAME or socially-disadvantaged background onto its production training scheme next year to improve industry diversity.
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NewsTake That talent hunt replaces Voice UK
BBC1 has found its replacement for The Voice UK next year – an eight-week talent hunt for the stars of a new Take That stage musical.
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NewsLiliane Landor exits World Service
Liliane Landor, BBC World Service head of languages and one of the corporation’s strongest diversity advocates, is leaving the organisation after 26 years.
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RatingsEngland win grabs 75% share
THURSDAY: Nearly three-quarters of all TV viewers watched England’s last-gasp Euro 2016 win over Wales, while over 5m tuned in to BBC news bulletins for coverage of the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox.
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NewsTrust calls for greater coverage of women’s matches at Wimbledon
The Trust has urged the BBC to give women’s tennis greater emphasis after it discovered as much as 90% of Wimbledon coverage was dedicated to the men’s game.
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NewsIn brief: CBeebies; Comedy Central; Objective; Pick
CBeebies has ordered a 44-part series from FremantleMedia Kids and Comedy Central has picked up a social media-themed pilot from Avalon.
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NewsEuro 2016 helps BBC Sport to record high
More than 2m fans watched England’s Euro 2016 clash with Wales via the BBC Sport website yesterday, smashing the site’s previous record.
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NewsITN Prods hires first sports chief
ITN Productions has appointed former IMG executive vice president Alastair Waddington as its first director of sport.
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RatingsTop 100 network programmes: 6 - 12 June 2016
ITV scores a Euro winner with England game and lively EU debate
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NewsOctonauts producer wins Netflix order
Netflix has ordered a children’s animation series from Silvergate Media, the creators of CBeebies’ Octonauts.
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NewsBBC2 commissions canine competition format
Wall to Wall is to produce an ambitious canine competition format inspired by Canicross – a man and dog cross country sport - for BBC2 after being brought an idea by Hastings-based indie Ten66.
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RatingsTop 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 6 - 12 June 2016
C4’s Cutting Edge: Rich Brother, Poor Brother, helped by +1, defeated C5’s Big Brother with 1.3 million/6%
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes: 6 - 12 June 2016
The best of Love Island was Wednesday’s 1 million/6% at 9pm, the best so far for ITV2’s two series
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 6 - 12 June 2016
Dave’s Alan Davies As Yet Untitled achieved 321,000/2% at 10pm on Sunday