All Broadcast articles in 11 December 2015 – Page 4
-
NewsOutline strikes first-look deal with DRG
Outline Productions has struck a first-look distribution and development deal with Doc Martin distributor DRG.
-
NewsIn brief: Thames; Vice
ITV has ordered an Abba tribute, while Disney is reported to have upped its stake in Vice. Read on for more
-
NewsBBC under pressure over Tyson Fury SPOTY nomination
Pressure is mounting on the BBC to remove Tyson Fury from the Sports Personality Of The Year nominations list after he expressed homophobic and sexist views.
-
-
-
NewsAdam Crozier: merge BBC2 and BBC4
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has urged the BBC to stay calm during charter renewal debate, while suggesting a range of efficiency proposals including merging BBC2 and BBC4.
-
NewsBBC2 to pilot amateur engineering show
RDF Television is to explore the UK’s most extraordinary amateur engineering projects after landing a pilot for BBC2.
-
RatingsMixed fortunes for Las Vegas with Trevor McDonald
MONDAY: Trevor McDonald’s Las Vegas investigation came out on top in the factual battle with a Panorama special on Sepp Blatter, but was unable to compete with his Mafia exposé.
-
NewsSky explores mischievous monkeys
Sky 1 is to explore the world of mischievous monkeys in a three-part wildlife commission.
-
NewsITV boss fires warning over C4 sale
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has warned the government to think “very carefully” about how privatising Channel 4 could damage the UK’s ability to compete globally.
-
VideoVIDEO: Dickensian, BBC1
Tony Jordan-penned drama set within the realms of Charles Dickens’ novels
-
CriticsTV Critics: Las Vegas with Trevor McDonald; London Spy; Hunting the Paedophiles
“It was all done so meekly that it felt rather inconsequential.”
-
NewsBBC policy boss: ITV wants to ‘freeze us in aspic’
ITV has been accused of wanting to “freeze the BBC in aspic” with its proposals to ban the corporation from importing foreign formats and curtail its competitive scheduling.
-
NewsHarmonic set to acquire Thomson Video Networks
Video delivery infrastructure firm Harmonic has made a £50m offer to acquire Thomson Video Networks (TVN).
-
NewsBrinkworth unravels Mona Lisa mysteries
The groundbreaking discovery of a secret portrait beneath the Mona Lisa has been unearthed in one of fledgling indie Brinkworth Films’ first documentaries.
-
NewsLord Grade backs C4 privatisation
Lord Grade has come out in favour of selling off Channel 4 - arguing that it could be built into a media powerhouse if freed from government control.
-
NewsI’m A Celebrity spider eating trial sparks 1,200 complaints
Ferne McCann’s spider eating bushtucker trial on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! has sparked nearly 1,200 complaints.
-
NewsBBC edges back from Studios claim
The BBC has edged back from a claim that launching BBC Studios and removing commissioning quotas will open up 80% of its network television hours to competition.
-
RatingsSalford FA Cup game draws 1.8m
FRIDAY: Salford City kept their FA Cup dreams alive in front of nearly 2m viewers on BBC2.
-
RatingsI’m A Celebrity concludes with 9.7m
SUNDAY: I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! bowed out with its lowest series finale in six years as Vicky Pattison was crowned queen of the jungle.