All PSBs articles – Page 61
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RatingsDramatic improvement at ITV
The success of Broadchurch and the continuing appeal of Coronation Street, Downton Abbey and I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! helped ITV become the only terrestrial network to grow share across its schedule in 2013.
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NewsC4 unveils £20m indie fund
Channel 4 will give the UK production sector a £20m “adrenaline shot” by investing in a raft of indies over the next three years.
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CommentTraditional TV proves its worth
Success of sitcom revivals shows it’s still all about tent-pole shows, says Lisa Campbell
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RatingsLiverpool victory nets 1.5m
Liverpool’s defeat of Tottenham delivered 1.5 million to Sky Sports 1 on Sunday.
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NewsTVCatchUp ordered to remove PSB digital channels
The High Court has ordered TVCatchUp to remove ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5’s digital channels from its online streaming service and pay £200,000 towards legal costs.
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NewsSky's Murphy slams BBC arts show as ‘derivative’
Sky’s director of entertainment channels Stuart Murphy has slammed a key plank of Tony Hall’s vision to reinvigorate arts on the BBC as “derivative”.
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CommentWho wants to be cool anyway?
Now that TV is no longer hip, my weekends won’t be the same, says Steven D Wright
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NewsPact: GroupM Entertainment threatens PSB system
Pact chief executive John McVay has warned that the growing control of GroupM Entertainment over programming could threaten the ability of broadcasters to meet their PSB obligations.
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RatingsBBC4 living la dolce vita
BBC4’s championing of the subtitled drama has been famously led by the dourly compelling ‘Scandi Noir’.
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NewsLessons from Cambridge
Content creators were at the heart of the RTS Cambridge Convention, and despite all the talk of the power of the platforms, producers and talent must have left feeling reassured.
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NewsDesmond calls for ‘level playing field’ with digital platforms
Channel 5 owner Richard Desmond has weighed into the retransmission fees debate and called on the government to ensure public sector broadcasters are protected from pressure from UK platforms such as Sky and US giants such as Amazon.
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RatingsYou’ll never watch alone
The phrase ‘curate’s egg’ barely describes the cornucopia of this week’s review.
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NewsBBC’s The Lab to pilot fresh factual formats
The factual arm of BBC Production has put together a development unit designed to marry the corporation’s PSB values with format creation skills.
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NewsTV3 invites UK pitches for soap
Republic of Ireland broadcaster TV3 is looking to commission its first-ever soap opera and wants UK indies to pitch ideas.
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NewsC4 sees off rivals to land Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Channel 4 has acquired high profile US superhero series Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. after a fierce bidding war.
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RatingsNon-PSBs win the day
With exploited Victorian children and sadistic murderers, it’s currently August rather than TS Eliot’s April that is the cruellest month.
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NewsBBC2 spend down by £46m in 2012
BBC2’s spend on original programming in 2012 fell by £46m year-on-year, as BBC1’s investment grew by a similar amount according to Ofcom’s PSB Annual Report.
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FeaturesC4 leads commissioning revival
C4 was the busiest broadcaster in Q2 as hours ordered increased across the board.
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NewsSky in PSB talks over retransmission fees
BSkyB is hoping to hammer out commercial agreements with each of the public service broadcasters in a bid to defuse the row over retransmission fees.
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RatingsA tough act to follow
With the Olympics boosting last year’s viewing figures, maintaining volume was always going to be difficult.