All Broadcast articles in 5 October 2012 – Page 5
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NewsBBC1 drama to examine controversial murder law
Jimmy McGovern is to pen a BBC1 drama about a divisive legal tool used to combat gang violence.
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NewsC4's Bigger Fatter Gypsier ads ruled offensive
The Advertising Standards Agency has found adverts promoting Channel 4’s Big Fat Gypsy Wedding series offensive and irresponsible following an investigation into the campaign.
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CommentTV Critics: Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip; Cuckoo
“Thoroughly researched, wittily presented and genuinely original.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsBFI Player to launch on Samsung TVs
The BFI is to launch a connected TV VoD player, further to a partnership with Samsung, as part of plans to digitise 10,000 films.
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NewsBBC to support Jimmy Savile probe
The BBC has offered its “full support” to police investigating allegations that Sir Jimmy Savile sexually abused teenage girls.
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FeaturesGetting big by staying small
Wendy Mitchell talks to Wayne Borg of Abu Dhabi Media Summit organiser Twofour54.
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NewsBBC eyes iPlayer-style music service
The BBC is eyeing the launch of an iPlayer-style music service that will bring together its archive of recordings online.
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NewsMonroe and Case Histories picked up in Latin America
ITV crime dramas Monroe, Case Histories and Vera have been picked up by broadcasters in Latin America, Asia and New Zealand ahead of Mipcom.
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NewsBill Gates to headline Abu Dhabi Media Summit
Bill Gates will deliver the keynote speech at the 2012 Abu Dhabi Media Summit, which kicks off next week.
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NewsDCMS opens tax relief consultation
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is nailing down the criteria used to decide which programmes are eligible for the proposed drama tax relief for high-end TV.
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RatingsHotel GB checks in with 1.5m
Channel 4’s Hotel GB saw 1.56m checking in on its opening night, while Monroe’s return to ITV1 failed to match the premiere of the first series.
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CommentTV Critics: Monroe; Conspiracy Road Trip; New Tricks; Health Before the NHS
“Its characters seem so deliberately ‘there to say something’ that they feel less like people and more like plot devices.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsAttentional to launch US ratings service
Ratings provider Attentional has signed a deal with US audience measurement company Rentrak to provide an American TV ratings service.
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NewsHollyoaks series producer exits
Hollyoaks series producer Emma Smithwick is stepping down after 18 months on the soap this week.
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NewsTCB Media Rights signs first client
TCB Media Rights, the distributor established by ex-Cineflix Rights managing director Paul Heaney, has signed Argonon as its first client.
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NewsC4 raises "serious concerns" over Barb ratings gaffe
Channel 4 has written to Barb raising “serious concerns” after the audience measurement body misreported its ratings last month.
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NewsBBC News Channel boss unveiled
BBC News’ head of editorial development Sam Taylor has been named as the controller of the BBC News Channel.
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NewsBarb reveals ITV1 and C4 ratings errors
Barb has apologised for a number of high-profile gaffes in its ratings reports for ITV1 and Channel 4 late last month.
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NewsDCD Media debt wiped out
DCD Media wiped out the majority of its debt after investors Timeweave increased its equity stake in the indie.
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RatingsX Factor invites 9.5m to judges' houses
The X Factor pulled in its second biggest audience of the series as the show’s judges decided on their finalists.