All Broadcast articles in 11 March 2011 – Page 7
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NewsSky News backs iPad app with dedicated team
Sky News is planning to roll out the broadcaster’s first iPad app, which is being supported by a dedicated editorial team.
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NewsWorld Service "wholly part of the BBC"
The World Service could be given a separate service licence and its own trustee on the BBC Trust, but no representative on the board when it is rolled into the corporation in 2014.
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Fulmar quits film-making
Fulmar Television & Film, the Cardiff-based producer behind BBC2’s Private Life of a Masterpiece, is no longer actively making programmes.
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NewsC4 kicks off indies clinics
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt will hold the first of 12 indie surgeries in London on 31 March.
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RatingsBBC3's Junior Doctors treat 3.4m
BBC3’s new hit show about a group of junior doctors has boosted its already record-breaking audience figures.
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RatingsITV1's Monroe debuts with 5.9m
THURSDAY: ITV’s new medical drama Monroe got off to a strong start, providing an antidote for nearly 6m viewers.
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RatingsCelebrity Juice boosts ITV2
THURSDAY: ITV2’s comedy panel show Celebrity Juice squeezed in its biggest ever audience - while pedigree dog show Crufts returned to More4 with more than half a million viewers.
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Comment11 March '11
“Were I to put money on whether this was ITV’s next big drama, I’d say it was.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsBBC may replace local radio with 5 Live
More than 700 jobs could be lost at the BBC under plans to drastically reduce local radio output, union leaders have claimed.
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NewsRTL: FremantleMedia 'not for sale'
FremantleMedia, the group behind TV smash hits The X Factor and The Apprentice is not for sale, its parent company has claimed.
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NewsShine bags double for History Cold Case
Shine TV has bagged a double commission for its forensic history series History Cold Case.
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Yahoo connected TV director departs
Yahoo’s director of connected TV Shirlene Chandrapal has left the business to join online video ad network Smartclip.
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NewsBectu to investigate what makes a good boss
Bectu is to investigate what makes a good TV boss in an event prompted by Broadcast’s Freelance Survey at the start of the year.
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NewsSarah Caplin departs ITVS
Sarah Caplin, ITV Studio’s long-standing head of features & factual entertainment, has left the business as part of its strategic shake-up.
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Free At Last kicks off crime forensics doc
Indie Free At Last has begun production on drama documentary Dead Man Talking about Sir Bernard Spilsbury, credited as a forefather of crime forensics.
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NewsShadow minister demands meeting over 'radio cuts'
Shadow culture secretary Ivan Lewis has demanded a meeting with BBC bosses over reports that local radio services could be axed and replaced with content from Radio 5 Live.
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NewsChannel 4 submits local TV views
Channel 4 has told the government its proposed local TV opt-out network will need to have a guaranteed and prominent EPG slot if it is to succeed, Broadcast understands.
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NewsLaura Kuenssberg lands 5 Live show
Laura Kuenssberg, the BBC’s chief political correspondent, has landed a new show on Radio 5 Live.
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NewsBBC2 takes multi-genre approach to mixed race
BBC2 has commissioned a raft of programmes across genres for a mixed-race season, highlighting that Britain has the largest mixed-race population in the Western world.
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NewsBroadcast previews Indie Survey 2011 online
Broadcast’s 2011 Indie Survey will be published in this week’s magazine - but a sneak preview is available online from today.