All Broadcast articles in 26 October 2012 – Page 5

  • Jimmy Savile
    Ratings

    Savile film propels Panorama to two year high

    2012-10-23T10:15:00Z

    A Panorama special on the BBC Jimmy Savile scandal was watched by an average of 5.09m becoming the highest rating programme in the strand for the last two years.

  • Tivo
    News

    Tivo hits 30% of Virgin homes

    2012-10-23T09:57:00Z

    Virgin Media grew its Tivo customer base by over 200,000 homes in its third quarter, taking its total revenues to £3bn for the year-to-date.

  • Holly Willoughby
    Ratings

    Strictly spoils Surprise Surprise

    2012-10-22T18:12:00Z

    The return of Surprise Surprise after a 15 year absence failed to dent the Strictly Come Dancing results show, which polled an audience more than double the size of its ITV1 rival.

  • Tim Davie
    News

    Tim Davie de-facto DG for Savile scandal

    2012-10-22T17:33:00Z

    Tim Davie, the incoming chief executive of BBC Worldwide, is acting as a de-facto director general on the subject of Jimmy Savile and the axed Newsnight Investigation.

  • Jeff Ford
    News

    Jeff Ford departs C5

    2012-10-22T15:48:00Z

    Jeff Ford is stepping down from his role as director of programmes at Channel 5 after 12 years at the broadcaster.

  • Sunday Brunch
    News

    Sunday Brunch breaks product placement rules

    2012-10-22T12:17:00Z

    Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch has been found in breach by Ofcom for breaking the rules around product placement.

  • Peter Rippon
    News

    BBC: Rippon's Savile blog was wrong

    2012-10-22T11:40:00Z

    The BBC has said that a blog post by Newsnight editor Peter Rippon was inaccurate in three key respects, and wrongly claimed that the programme had no new information that would have helped police.

  • Strictly Come Dancing
    Ratings

    Strictly dazzles X Factor again

    2012-10-22T11:34:00Z

    A Hollywood edition of Strictly Come Dancing drew a peak audience 2m larger than the X Factor, in the Saturday night ratings showdown.

  • Mike Dicks
    News

    Mike Dicks exits Pact

    2012-10-22T11:31:00Z

    Pact’s head of digital Mike Dicks has left the indie trade body after two and half years.

  • New Tricks
    News

    Savile scandal scuppers New Tricks

    2012-10-22T11:27:00Z

    The BBC has revealed the latest casualty from the Jimmy Savile scandal now engulfing the Corporation – tonight’s controversial episode of its hit drama New Tricks has been pulled.

  • The Thick Of It
    Comment

    TV Critics: The Thick of It; You've Been Trumped; Homeland

    2012-10-22T10:28:00Z

    “The closest thing we’ve had to serious political drama on television for far too long.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Rev
    News

    Rev set for US remake

    2012-10-22T10:23:00Z

    Big Talk Productions’ religious comedy Rev is in development with broadcaster ABC for a US remake.

  • Davina McCall
    Ratings

    Stand Up To Cancer 2m peak helps raise £6m

    2012-10-22T09:35:00Z

    Channel 4’s star-studded live event which raised £6.5m for cancer research slightly lifted the broadcaster’s Friday night audience.

  • Time Team
    News

    Time Team buried by C4

    2012-10-22T09:20:00Z

    After 250 episodes over 20 series and nearly two decades on air, archaeology series Time Team is being axed by Channel 4.

  • Jimmy Savile
    News

    Panorama to stoke Savile controversy

    2012-10-22T09:15:00Z

    Tonight’s Panorama is set to heap more pressure on the BBC by calling into question George Entwistle’s handling of the Jimmy Savile crisis and revealing “the inside story” behind the shelving of the Newsnight investigation.