All Broadcast articles in 28 February 2020 – Page 4
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Comment
It’s tough being a freelancer
I considered starting a new career after selling my indie but TV is my life, says Steven D Wright
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News
Fremantle taps into influencers
Super-indie inks drama deal as it looks to social media stars to connect with younger audiences
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News
ScreenSkills scheme lands first drama commission
First-time writer to pen ITV series after being mentored by Jed Mercurio
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News
Sky History relaunch underlines genre focus
Zai Bennett: ‘Our content brands are becoming more and more specific’
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News
Disney names new CEO as Iger steps down
Bob Chapek promoted from theme parks as long-serving Bob Iger becomes executive chairman
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News
BBC named best broadcaster for new talent
BBC3 presenter Tiffany Sweeney and Idris Elba’s Green Door Pictures also recognised at New Voice Awards
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News
PromoMii announces investment as it eyes expansion
The company is looking to the EU and US for its next move
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News
BBC Studios signs Saturday Night Takeaway exec
Pete Ogden takes on entertainment brief formerly held by Damon Pattison and Pam Cavannagh
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News
Music rights chief: buyouts must stop
Andrea C Martin pens open letter to stop broadcasters trying to force composers to hand over rights
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Ratings
ITV family drama welcomes 4.3m
MONDAY: Flesh and Blood launch comfortably outperforms slot average at 9pm while murder pays off for BBC2
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News
Netflix boards Cate Blanchett’s Stateless
Dirty Films and Matchbox Pictures’ immigration drama to air later this year after ABC premiere
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News
ITVS closes string of European drama deals
HBO Europe and Australia’s SBS pick up Sky Italia’s Romulus
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News
Eamonn Holmes loses £250,000 tax case
Ruling against This Morning presenter comes weeks ahead of tightening of controversial IR35 law
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News
Piers Wenger: BBC is backing ‘grass-roots’ drama ideas
Genre controller positions corporation as ‘primary incubator of UK storytelling talent’
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Critics
Flesh and Blood
“This is a rich, meaty plot stew to go with the one warming your lap of an evening”
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Features
HBO Max bets big on Friends
Streamer set to reunite cast of iconic 90s sitcom for an exclusive special
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Video
Friday Night Dinner, Channel 4
Big Talk Productions and Popper Pictures’ kosher sitcom returns for a sixth series
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News
BBC drama commissions quartet of new writers
Alice Seabright, Tony Schumacher, Nicôle Lecky and Shola Amoo score shows