All Broadcast articles in 11 December 2009 – Page 3
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NewsBBC's older female newsreaders revealed
The BBC is expected to name Zeinab Badawi and Fiona Armstrong as two of its new female news presenters over 50.
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RatingsJamie too hot for The Restaurant
Jamie’s Family Christmas continued its impressive run for Channel 4 last night, taking the shine off the final of BBC2’s The Restaurant at 8pm.
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NewsNat Geo UK reorders Greatest Machines
National Geographic Channel UK has reordered Britain’s Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie from indie The Gamma Project.
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NewsBillie and Belle to meet on ITV2
ITV2 has ordered a Billie Piper-meets-the-real-Belle de Jour doc from Tiger Aspect.
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NewsMediaCity creative hub secures funding
MediaCity UK has secured the go-ahead for an £8m Media Enterprise Centre that will house digital and games development centres.
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NewsFuller launches multiplatform ent show
Pop Idol creator Simon Fuller has teamed up with MySpace, Hulu and broadcaster Clear Channel to launch a multiplatform reality entertainment format based on five young people trying to achieve their Hollywood dreams.
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Extreme Sports Channel to offer live web streams
Chello Zone’s Extreme Sports Channel is to stream live events online after joining forces with specialist web video platform Freecaster.tv.
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NewsShine France teams up with de Mol's Talpa
Shine France, the newly created French arm of Elisabeth Murdoch’s super indie, has launched a 50/50 joint venture with media entrepreneur John de Mol’s company Talpa.
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Comment17 Dec '09
“Left you feeling that you were looking at a grim, Ghost of Christmas Future vision of Ant and Dec.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsWatchdog to return in spring as live show
BBC1 stalwart Watchdog will return next spring as a revamped live show, following lower than hoped ratings for the recent autumn run.
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Russell resigns from ITV board
ITV deputy chairman Sir George Russell has become the latest ITV board member to hand in his resignation.
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NewsESPN Classic orders sports panel show
ESPN Classic has stepped up its original programming slate, ordering its first quiz panel show from indie Bite Yer Legs.
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RatingsRoyal Variety outshines Jamie and Waterloo Road
The Queen, Lady Gaga and Britain’s Got Talent dance troupe Diversity helped steer ITV1 to ratings victory last night, with The Royal Variety Performance crushing Waterloo Road.
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NewsBritain surges ahead in digital take-up
The UK leads the way in its take-up of digital TV, according to an Ofcom snapshot of 12 major countries.
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NewsBBC U-turn over Not Going Out
BBC1 has reversed its decision to axe Not Going Out, committing to a fourth series that will air in a new, later slot.
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NewsSuBo is YouTube's star of 2009
Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle was officially the biggest star on YouTube this year with more than 120 million views worldwide.
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CommentWill The Industry Encourage Viewers To Leap from TV To Online?
The battle for supremacy in video on demand is about to reach critical point as the dominant players jockey for position, says Tom Cape.
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CommentCheesy gags and some odd choices at comedy's big night
The 20th British Comedy Awards took place this weekend and it turned out to be a rather cheesy affair - Jonathan Ross returned with some very gags in tow, and one of the sponsors provided several massive blocks of cheddar for each table without crackers or explanation, writes Norma Burke.
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Product placement ban kicks in for kids' TV imports
Ofcom has formally banned all product placement in children’s TV programmes that air the UK, including shows imported from America.