All articles by Matthew Campelli – Page 15
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NewsBBC and ITV team up for Six Nations bid
The BBC and ITV have formed an unlikely pact to bid for Six Nations rights, kicking the threat of a move to pay-TV into touch.
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NewsUnions accept ITV pay offer to end dispute
ITV’s long-running pay dispute with the broadcasting unions has concluded after members accepted the broadcaster’s 2016 offer.
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RatingsOver 2m view How to Get a Council House
MONDAY: Channel 4’s How to Get a Council House returned with a solid audience, while The Met concluded on a series high.
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NewsC4 orders “plus size” bride doc
Educating Yorkshire producer Twofour will go behind the scenes at a “plus size” bridal shop for a one-off Channel 4 ob-doc.
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NewsCreative Skillset hires chief exec
Former BBC Online controller Seetha Kumar has been appointed as chief executive of Creative Skillset.
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NewsC4 launches diverse writing initiative
Channel 4 will give diverse writers the chance to pen original series for its main channel and E4 as part of its newly-launched Studio4 initiative.
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NewsC4 hires diversity duo
Channel 4 has strengthened its diversity team with the appointment of two executives to implement its 360° Diversity Charter.
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RatingsMurray win serves up 7m
SATURDAY: A sports-filled day helped the BBC to impressive audiences while ITV4’s Tour de France coverage was punctured by the lack of an English opening stage.
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RatingsThe Tribe bows out on a low
THURSDAY: Channel 4 documentary The Tribe bowed out on a series low and finished last in the 9pm terrestrial slot.
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NewsITV orders two Fremantle daytime formats
FremantleMedia has won picked up two ITV Daytime shows - a quick-fire Sean Fletcher-fronted gameshow and a quiz involving a circular ice table.
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NewsOfcom: give E4 & More 4 more prominence
Ofcom has suggested that E4 and More 4 programmes are judged as part of Channel 4’s public service remit – with the digital channels handed greater prominence in the EPG.
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NewsOfcom unconvinced over retransmission fees
The implementation of retransmission fees may trigger “more regulation, not less”, with no guarantee the extra revenue generated would be ploughed into programming according to Ofcom.
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NewsOfcom: no case for changing terms of trade
Ofcom has ruled that there is no case to reform the terms of trade, arguing that broadcasters continue to hold the balance of power despite increasing indie consolidation.
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The Broadcast InterviewJon Rolph, Retort
Retort managing director Jon Rolph talks to Matthew Campelli about the lack of working-class heroes in contemporary comedy - and his ambition to create something for everyone
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NewsDisney hunts scripted series
Disney is ramping up its commissioning strategy, with plans to add two or three scripted series a year to its growing slate of UK originations.
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NewsHincks: hands off terms of trade
Tim Hincks has warned that foreign- owned indies such as Endemol Shine Group are being used as a “smokescreen” to overhaul the terms of trade, in a way that could result in the “Ukipification” of the British TV industry.
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NewsTim Hincks: TV 'hideously' middle class
Tim Hincks has labelled the TV industry “hideously middle class” and called for more detailed measurements of social backgrounds in diversity monitoring initiatives.
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NewsITV to host second Frampton fight
Carl Frampton’s debut US fight is to air on ITV later this month – the broadcaster’s second live boxing event this year.
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NewsSue Inglish to leave the BBC
Sue Inglish, the BBC’s head of political programmes, analysis and research, is stepping down after a decade with the broadcaster.
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NewsBBC1+1 rejection likely to prove popular with rivals
The BBC Trust’s provisional decision to reject plans for BBC1+1 is likely to be greeted with relief among commercial rivals which lobbied against the launch of the service.