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Coronavirus - Impact on live/recorded shows

AxG posted:
Since Taskmaster is being discussed here, take this tweet with a pinch of salt.


Well they've annouced the line-up today, so I'm guessing it was that.

Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan and Richard Herring
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Coronavirus - Impact on live/recorded shows

Jonwo posted:
The CW has always picked up imports to fill their slate and they can somewhat get away with it being a smaller network whereas you're very unlikely to see imports on CBS, NBC etc unless they're from Canada.


The only one think sticks in my head is Merlin which airs on NBC for its first series. Didn't do very well in the ratings so moved to Syfy for its second series.
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Soap Opera Repeats Channel

james-2001 posted:
At the least, maybe they could release them on a streaming service, with a lot less of the cost or viewership issues with repeating them on TV.


Amazon Prime has the first two seasons of Home & Away.
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New Sky channels: Crime, Comedy, Documentaries, Nature

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Sky Arts to be unleashed free-to-air

Channel prepares free-to-air relaunch to grow reach ahead of push into the live arts space


https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/sky/sky-arts-to-be-unleashed-free-to-air/5147813.article
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The Sky News Thread

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Sky plots to take on BBC and ITV with local news


Not too sure if this has already been mentioned.

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-7803377/Sky-plots-BBC-ITV-local-news-service.html
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Channel 4

Does anyone else seem to be having issues with Audio Description on Channel 4 (SD) on Freesat? It seems to be on by default.
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Global Radio axes all regional/local breakfast shows

Bauer Media has recently bought up Lincs FM Group, Celador Radio and Wireless’ local radio division, this adds about 25 radio licences to the ones they already have. I guess over time they move in a similar direction to Global with condensing their brands.
Last edited by chrisdafur on 26 February 2019 4:39pm
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ITV axe sitcoms

JCB posted:
Anything from this century?


Vicious wasn't too bad.
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Classic Emmerdale

Spencer For Hire posted:
To be fair though, most branded village shops tend to be part of the smaller convenience chains such as Costcutter, Londis, Nisa, etc..


Tesco owns OneStop which seem to be quite common in small villages around me.
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Could UKTV be scrapped?

Terms of ownership deal could be agreed by Christmas.

https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/uktv/bbc-board-approves-uktv-carve-up-proposal/5134695.article
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The X Factor 2018

X Factor to be on TV until 2022 as ITV offers Simon Cowell an extension despite record low ratings

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/7733163/x-factor-until-2022-itv-offers-extension/
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Could UKTV be scrapped?

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Discovery set to swoop on Dave slot

Quest could be catapulted up the EPG as UKTV carve-up gathers pace


https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/uktv/discovery-set-to-swoop-on-dave-slot/5134394.article