All Broadcast articles in 26 June 2015 – Page 4
-
News
ITV Encore houses Houdini & Doyle drama
ITV is to air Big Talk Productions’ 10-part series about the complex relationship between Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on ITV Encore.
-
News
Endemol Shine chairman Church to depart
Endemol Shine UK chairman Lucas Church is to leave the super-indie, more than twenty years after he joined Initial.
-
News
BBC pledges £125m to Midlands
Director of BBC Birmingham and BBC Academy Joe Godwin has renewed his commitment to the Midlands, pledging to invest £125m in the region by the end of the financial year.
-
News
Now magazine editor to lead Loose Women
Now magazine’s Sally Eyden has been appointed as editor of ITV’s long-running daytime panel show Loose Women.
-
News
Ben Fogle to front BBC2 fishing contest
Ben Fogle will lead a band of eight amateur anglers across four continents to compete in a fishing challenge for BBC2.
-
News
Discovery prepares renewed ID push
Discovery is eyeing local commissions for true crime channel Investigation Discovery as it prepares a renewed UK push.
-
News
ITV acquires Twofour Group
ITV has agreed a deal to acquire The Jump producer Twofour Group for an initial £55m for 75% of the business.
-
News
Boland appoints Root6 as UK reseller
US-based LCD and OLED monitor manufacturer Boland Communications has selected Root6 as its UK reseller.
-
Ratings
The Bank deposits fewer than 1m viewers
TUESDAY: There was no run on The Bank last night as the BBC2 ob-doc struggled to find viewers.
-
Comment
Redefining quality
We all want to make quality content. But what exactly does that mean, asks Ben Butterworth
-
News
Dan Korn joins STV Productions
Discovery executive Dan Korn has been hired as STV Productions’ creative director to focus on specialist factual and returnable programming.
-
News
Aurora wins bulk Goodwood order from ITV
Aurora Media, the sports media company headed up by former IMG and Endemol executive Lawrence Duffy, has won a bulk motor-racing order from ITV as it bids to shake up the sports production market.
-
Critics
TV Critics: The Bank; Don’t Blame the Council; Mountain Lions
“A revealing and surprisingly entertaining three-part doc.”
-
News
Optomen lands 'groundbreaking' BBC2 disability series
BBC2 will follow people with neurological conditions as they attempt to find work as part of a “groundbreaking” series from Optomen.
-
Features
Best Game: Reverse the Odds for Stand Up To Cancer
Helping to find a cure for cancer may not be the obvious motivation when downloading a game for your smartphone or tablet, but Maverick Television’s innovative offering made it possible.
-
Features
Best Popular Factual Programme: The Islamic State
Film-maker Medyan Dairieh spent three weeks embedded with Sunni jihadist group Islamic State for this extraordinary film, shooting all the footage and conducting all the interviews himself.
-
Features
Best Social Media and Digital Marketing Campaign: Hollyoaks Snapchat: Who Killed Fraser?
In February 2014, Hollyoaks became the first British soap to launch on Snapchat, using the social media service to drive viewers to the show and maintain the conversation away from TX.
-
Features
Best Factual Channel: Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel went from strength to strength in 2014.
-
Features
Best Specialist Channel: CBBC
CBBC was a clear winner in this category, with the judges waxing lyrical about its brave, original commissioning and brilliant programming.
-
Features
Best Scripted Programme: Murdered By My Boyfriend
Fittingly for a fact-based drama, Murdered By My Boyfriend came out of current affairs.