All PSBs articles – Page 55
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NewsMPs want BBC Trust axed and query future of the licence fee
The licence fee is “becoming harder to sustain” and the BBC Trust should be abolished, according to a significant report on the corporation’s future.
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 9 - 15 Feb 2015
The fifth season of Fox’s The Walking Dead returned, with the ninth episode on Monday at 9pm achieving a live rating of 630,000/3%
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows 2 Feb - 8 Feb 2015
The second episode of Sky Atlantic’s icy epic Fortitude achieved 561,000/2% on Thursday at 9pm, 161,000 short of last week’s debut.
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows 26 Jan - 1 Feb 2015
On Thursday Fortitude became Sky Atlantic’s highest-rated original commission
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FeaturesChannel of the Year: BBC One
In a multichannel, on-demand age, BBC One is still the channel the nation turns to for big events.
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows 19 – 25 January 2015
At 9pm on Thursday, Sky 1 launched Ross Kemp: Extreme World with 407,000/2% – its best performer this week
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CommentThere’s a lot to be said for clarity
C5 and BBC’s indie and IP guidelines are a commissioning plus
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NewsChannel 5 revamps commissioning
Channel 5 is overhauling its commissioning process, introducing a 12-week cycle designed to provide indies with greater clarity and deliver more ambitious ideas.
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows
Sports News HQ’s Gillette Soccer Saturday achieved 554,000/5% from midday, complete with its own fire alarm evacuation.
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NewsDrama hit hardest by PSB spending cuts
Drama, nations and regions and the arts were the areas of programming hit hardest by the UK public service broadcasters cutting their content spend by £500m over the past five years.
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NewsRetransmission fees and terms of trade part of Ofcom review
Ofcom has fired the starting gun on a consultation into retransmission fees and a shake-up of the terms of trade as part of its public service broadcasting review.
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NewsCoba: ITV receives £87m PSB benefit
ITV’s public service broadcaster status is worth at least £87m, according to a Commercial Broadcasters Association (Coba) report published to coincide with the launch of Ofcom’s PSB review.
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NewsC4: retrans fees worth £200m to commercial PSBs
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has claimed that securing retransmission fees from pay-TV platforms could be worth up to £200m each year to commercial PSBs.
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RatingsScandi success for Sky Arts 1
On Wednesday at 10pm, Sky Arts 1 launched its new Danish series The Legacy with 29,000/ 0.2%
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NewsWelsh government sets out charter renewal aims
The Welsh government has signalled its desire to “make its voice heard too” in the debate around broadcasting devolution and programming made for and in the nations.
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CommentMoving to a connected world
How and where we watch TV is changing rapidly, says Kate Bulkley
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RatingsFamily raise a smile at Sky 1
On Monday at 8pm, Modern Family’s 600,000/3% was the sitcom’s best-ever live rating for the channel,
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RatingsThe dead see off The Flash
Fox’s The Walking Dead achieved 639,000/3%, just ahead of Sky 1’s new superhero drama The Flash which drew 629,000/3%
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RatingsGreat start for Sky 1's Micky
Sky 1’s Micky Flanagan’s Detour De France debuted with 517,000/2.3%; the best of the evening’s launches.
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NewsYouview set to launch dedicated app section
YouTube and Spotify could be among the next wave of services to follow Netflix on to Youview, as it prepares to launch a dedicated app section.