All articles by Robin Parker – Page 79
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NewsCharlie Brooker scores global YouTube hit
A segment from BBC4 show Newswipe with Charlie Brooker has become YouTube’s highest-rated clip of all time.
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NewsGavin & Stacey helps iPlayer soar on Virgin
BBC iPlayer now accounts for one in four views of on-demand content on Virgin Media, which reached a record 76 million total in December.
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NewsC4 lines up live game show and real-life soap
C4 is eyeing up a live game show in which contestants compete to hold on to £1m in cash and a real-time ob-doc series filmed in Notting Hill as potential returning shows to fill the gap left by Big Brother.
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RatingsCBB takes final bow with 4.3m
The last ever Celebrity Big Brother delivered 4.3m viewers to Channel 4 on Friday night – half a million more than last year’s finale.
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NewsPact calls for free market on BBC shows
Pact has called for the end of BBC Worldwide’s first look deal for BBC shows, claiming it is stifling competition among TV distributors.
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NewsSeeSaw signs broadcaster and indie deals
Broadcasters Channel 4 and Five, plus indies Talkback Thames and Shed Media, have joined Arqiva’s video-on-demand service SeeSaw.
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NewsMessenger quits Live from Studio Five
Five has lined up guest hosts to replace Melinda Messenger on its underperforming news magazine show Live From Studio Five.
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RatingsSkins back to early glory with 1.1m
Teen drama Skins enjoyed its best E4 audience since its first ever episode last night, with series four opening with 1.1m (6%).
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Returning US shows hit dramatic heights
Desperate Housewives scored its biggest audience in almost two years last night, while Mad Men delivered its best ratings yet for BBC4.
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NewsBBC challenged to improve commissioning of live events
The government’s spending watchdog has tasked the BBC with improving the commissioning of live events such as the Olympics and Wimbledon to ensure value for money.
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The Broadcast InterviewAndrew Mackenzie, factual entertainment, C4
The media and government furore surrounding Boys And Girls Alone has not curbed the Channel 4 head of factual entertainment’s appetite for provocation.
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NewsSecond generation Going Back to their roots on C4
Channel 4 is to take three second-generation immigrant families back to their forefathers’ homelands to see if life is better there than in recession-hit Britain.
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NewsBetty secures C4 order for glitzy wedding show
Country House Rescue indie Betty has won an order for a Channel 4 format that will bring Las Vegas-style weddings to the UK.
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NewsBBC2 reunites Mel and Sue for British baking competition
Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc are to re-team for their first series in more than a decade - a BBC2 quest to find the UK’s best amateur bakers.
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NewsSky kicks off 3D football trial in pubs ahead of weekly launch
Sky will screen its first live 3D football match in nine pubs this weekend ahead of the launch of a game-a-week service from April.
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NewsC4 execs nervous of losing Lygo
Channel 4 commissioners could start a “revolution” out of loyalty to Kevin Lygo if he leaves the broadcaster, insiders have predicted.
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NewsJohnson cuts ties with C4
Departing Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has described his time at the broadcaster as “among the most rich and rewarding experiences of my career”.
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NewsSteve Jones to front BBC1 physical game show
The makers of Total Wipeout are to produce another Saturday night BBC1 physical game show from Argentina.
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NewsBBC4 to chart the history and art of maps
BBC4 has ordered two documentary series about the history of maps to coincide with a major British Library exhibition.