All articles by Balihar Khalsa – Page 9
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NewsBBC wins big at RTS Programme Awards
The BBC dominated the RTS Programme Awards 2012, claiming 18 of the 28 awards available on a night which saw the Olympics and the BBC Sport head of major events honoured.
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NewsC4 to dedicate season of shows to Ramadan
Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, will be marked in a season of programming designed to lift the lid on the experience for Channel 4 viewers.
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NewsUTV performance slips after year of "two halves"
Northern Irish broadcaster UTV has reported a slight drop in its overall performance after a year in which the chairman characterised the advertising market as a “game of two halves”.
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NewsITVS GE restructures EMEA sales team
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) EMEA sales team has restructured, promoting two existing staff members and appointing a senior sales executive from BBC Worldwide.
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NewsChannel 4 to return to Utopia
Channel 4 drama Utopia has shrugged off below-average ratings to win a recommission - but is also being investigated by Ofcom over the treatment of its child actors.
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RatingsOur Queen fails to topple Hitchcock
ITV’s landmark documentary Our Queen, the first feature-length exploration of the royal household in 20 years, struggled against the BBC remake of Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes.
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NewsC4's George Dixon moves to RTÉ One
George Dixon, Channel 4 scheduling boss and chief creative officer Jay Hunt’s right hand man, is moving to Ireland to head up RTÉ One.
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NewsBectu to debate exploitation in TV
Bectu is hosting an event to discuss the conditions faced by staff working on factual productions, as part of the union’s Say No to Exploitation in TV campaign.
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NewsC4 tests more daytime formats
Channel 4 is continuing to trial new daytime ideas with a pilot from Wild Rover and a Superscrimpers spin-off series from Remarkable Television.
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NewsSelect committee to call new director general in April
New BBC director general Tony Hall is being lined up to appear in front of the Commons Media, Culture and Sport Select Committee in April, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsOfcom kicks off second wave of local TV
Ofcom has launched a hunt for operators to run a second wave of local TV licences across the country as the initiative expands.
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NewsC4 to tell Stephen Hawking's life story
The first TV autobiography of Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s most famous scientists, is set to be broadcast on Channel 4.
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NewsBBC3 serves up Horsemeat Banquet
BBC3 has ordered a fast turnaround special exploring people’s relationship with meat in the wake of the horsemeat scandal.
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RatingsC4's Mimic picks up 1.3m
Channel 4’s latest sitcom The Mimic, starring emerging comedian Terry Mynott, launched with over 1m - in line with the slot average.
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NewsITV serves up Happy Families
ITV is to tell the stories of four families from across the UK in an ‘epic’ fixed-rig documentary series due to air later this year.
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NewsMosey: ‘Change with times’
Acting BBC director of Television Roger Mosey has drawn comparisons between the trend of falling national newspaper circulations and the dangers facing linear TV.
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NewsAdam MacDonald to head Sky 1
A+E Networks UK’s vice president Adam MacDonald has been poached to run Sky 1, after Liam Keelan turned down the role to join BBC Worldwide.
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NewsC4 strengthens cross-genre disability commitment
Channel 4 has strengthened its commitment to changing the portrayal of disability on TV through a raft of programming.
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NewsChannel 4 to hatch live Easter programming
Channel 4 is marking Easter with a natural history event that will see a variety of eggs hatch live on air.
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NewsBBC Trust clears HIGNFY over Elephant Man joke
A complaint about a joke involving the Elephant Man, made during BBC1 comedy panel show Have I Got News For You, has been dismissed by the BBC Trust.