All Broadcast articles in 29 April 2011 – Page 4
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NewsCohen: drop in talent pay 'creates conundrum'
The BBC’s commitment to reducing both on and off screen pay “creates a conundrum” when attempting to produce top-notch programming, the BBC1 controller has admitted.
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NewsITV and Sky Sports renew Champions League deal
ITV and Sky Sports have signed a deal with UEFA that will see them hang on to Champions League broadcast rights until 2015.
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RatingsTop 100 network programmes
Find out who topped the ratings league table for network programming from 18 - 24 April and browse the top 100.
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RatingsTop 30 BBC2, Channel 4, Channel 5
Find out the top 30 programmes on BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from 18 - 24 April as well as the performance of all the terrestrials across week 16.
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes
Find out the top 30 multichannel programmes for 18 - 24 April as well as the share of viewing across digital homes.
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CommentDambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
Dambusters producer Tom Cook on the challenges of filming an explosive reconstruction.
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RatingsGame of Thrones takes consolidated crown
Game of Thrones has made heroic start on Sky Atlantic, already becoming its highest rating show. Elsewhere Waking The Dead is laid to rest and a very modern family quietly makes itself at home.
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RatingsDemographic Focus
Explore the ratings breakdown demographically across the main terrestrial and multichannel broadcasters for 18 - 24 April.
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RatingsGenre Overview
Browse the top 10 children’s, factual, drama, entertainment, comedy, sport and current affairs from 18 - 24 April.
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NewsITV orders Seinfeld’s Marriage Ref
Famous faces are to cast a guiding eye over nuptial disputes in a new ITV1 show based on Jerry Seinfeld’s US reality vehicle The Marriage Ref.
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NewsSky profits up by 24%
Sky’s HD user base has risen to 3.7m homes as the pay TV operator added 51,000 new subscribers in its third quarter.
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NewsObjective to pilot new gameshow for C4
Objective Productions, the indie behind gameshow The Cube, has been given the green light to pilot a gameshow for Channel 4 based on testing people’s reflexes.
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NewsCohen criticises number of crime dramas on TV
BBC1 controller Danny Cohen has criticised the amount of crime drama on TV as he admitted that the BBC risked having too many male-led detectives on screen.
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NewsSky HD subscriber base grows to 3.7 million
Sky added 189,000 customers to its HD user base during the last quarter, taking the total number of Sky HD viewers to 3.7 million.
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News5USA gears up for Sons of Anarchy third series
Channel 5’s digital channel 5USA has snapped up the rights to the third series of biker gang drama Sons Of Anarchy.
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NewsDailymotion staffs up to expand into UK
Video-sharing site Dailymotion has appointed its first head of international content as part of a move to develop its presence including the UK.
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NewsRoyal Wedding satire pulled
The BBC has issued an eleventh hour contract revision to ABC, resulting in the Australian broadcaster cancelling its satirical commentary on the Royal Wedding.
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RatingsMasterChef bows out with record ratings
WEDNESDAY: The MasterChef final served up a record performance, but was still edged out by ITV’s Champions League coverage of Real Madrid v Barcelona.
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RatingsEssex wins biggest ever audience
WEDNESDAY: Constructed reality programme The Only Way is Essex reached dizzying heights clocking its biggest ever overnight audience.
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Comment28 Apr '11
“It was broadbrush stuff but then Starkey has been teaching in Jamie’s Dream School for a while.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.