All Broadcast articles in 18 March 2011 – Page 2
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NewsC4 secures first product placement deal
Channel 4’s first product placement deal has been agreed with fashion retailer New Look for an entertainment show due to broadcast this summer.
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RatingsUneventful return for C4's alien drama
MONDAY: US drama The Event returned to Channel 4 in a new slot with its lowest audiences to date.
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Comment15 Mar '11
“The best spoof documentaries rarely veer too far away from plausibility.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsBBC issues audibility guidance
The BBC is issuing best practice guidance for programme makers in a bid to address audibility issues, following a year-long research project into the problem.
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NewsBBC1 orders daytime legal drama
Daytime controller Liam Keelan has ordered a new legal drama from Liverpool-based Lime Pictures, to air on BBC1 later this year.
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NewsBBC dismisses copycat claims
The BBC has dismissed claims its new BBC4 comedy Twenty Twelve is a plagiarised version of Australian sitcom The Games.
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NewsBroadcasters boost investment in Scottish TV
Creative Scotland has secured partnerships with BBC Scotland, Channel 4, STV and MG Alba to increase investment in Scottish TV.
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NewsC4 lines-up transgender films
Channel 4 is to broadcast a week of short films focussed on transgender issues as part of a drive to improve their portrayal in the media.
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CommentMad Dogs and consolidation
Overnight ratings have long been the touchstone of how a show is performing. But as PVR use increases, Sky1 boss Stuart Murphy reflects on the growing importance of consolidated figures
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NewsITV overhauls senior news team
ITV is to scrap its most senior regional news roles and incorporate Daybreak into the network news team as part of a management shakeup.
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NewsBodies creator returns with gritty cop drama
Bodies writer Jed Mercurio is to put the “controversial and perverse realities of 21st century policing” under the spotlight in his new BBC2 drama, Line of Duty.
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NewsTrilogy adopts EBU audio standards
Trilogy Communications’ intercom systems are now compliant with the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) new audio over IP standards.
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NewsCheltenham Festival marks first live HD sport on C4
Racing UK today delivered the first live sport to be shown in high definition on Channel 4, with the broadcast of the first day of the Cheltenham Festival.
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NewsCox the star of RTS awards
Science presenter Professor Brian Cox was the star himself after becoming a double winner at the Royal Television Society Awards.
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NewsBBC unveils Archers spin-off
A spin-off of long-running rural radio soap The Archers is being launched.
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RatingsLily Allen doc debuts with 1.3m
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s documentary trailing Lily Allen’s bid to break into retail fashion delivered an audience of more than 1.3m - as Caroline Quentin: A Passage through India continued to struggle on ITV1.
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RatingsSeries high for Junior Doctors
TUESDAY: Junior Doctors continued to set pulses racing for BBC3 with another series high for the fly on the wall series.