All PSBs articles – Page 56
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Top 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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There’s a lot to be said for clarity
C5 and BBC’s indie and IP guidelines are a commissioning plus
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Channel 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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Top 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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Drama 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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Retransmission 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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Coba: 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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C4: 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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Scandi 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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Welsh 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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Moving to a connected world
How and where we watch TV is changing rapidly, says Kate Bulkley
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Family 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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The 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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Great 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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Youview 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.
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ITV hits back at Sky in retrans fees row
ITV has hit back at Sky in the retransmission fees debate and reaffirmed its commitment to plough any new revenue generated back into original content.
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Dave finds joy in UK storage
Storage Hunters UK kicked off on Tuesday at 8pm with 1.1 million/5%, beating the US show’s record 1 million/5% on 2 July 2013.
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Melvyn Bragg: support small indies
Melvyn Bragg has accused commissioners of failing to support the small indies tasked with meeting their demands for “risky” programming.
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CHARTS: Red Bull gives Dave wings
On Sunday at 6pm, Dave’s Red Bull Cliff Diving 2014 achieved 364,000/2%
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CHARTS: The Knick can’t cut it for Sky
Just 104,000 overnight viewers tuned in to see Clive Owen in this latest acquisition