All BBC3 articles – Page 38
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NewsBBC3 orders supernatural drama
BBC3 has turned to Being Human producer Touchpaper Television and All3Media-owned South Pacific Pictures for its first drama since plans emerged to move the channel online.
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NewsBBC3’s Bennett hails ‘massive vote of confidence’ in linear TV
The success of BBC3 at the Broadcast Digital Awards is a “massive vote of confidence in linear television” according to outgoing controller Zai Bennett.
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NewsBBC3 wins big at 2014 Broadcast Digital Awards
BBC3 was the big winner at this week’s Broadcast Digital Awards, picking up five gongs including Channel of the Year.
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NewsBBC3 Fresh calls for new ideas
BBC3 is looking to commission six new documentaries for its Fresh strand in 2015.
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NewsBBC3 to breathe new life into zombie genre
BBC3 may be on the chopping block but it plans to innovate ahead of its move online with a Release The Hounds-style crossgenre zombie gameshow.
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NewsSam Bickley made acting BBC3 boss
Sam Bickley, BBC3’s head of documentaries and features commissioning, will step up to run the channel in an acting capacity later this month.
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NewsFacebook: BBC3 could profit from online binge-viewing
Facebook strategic media partnerships exec Karla Geci has claimed that BBC3 could benefit from its move online by being freed from traditional TV distribution models.
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NewsBBC3 Bafta gongs may prompt rethink
Big Talk Productions boss Kenton Allen believes that BBC3’s success at the Bafta Television Awards could help prompt a rethink of the channel’s move online.
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NewsiPlayer shorts pave way for BBC3’s move online
A collection of BBC iPlayer comedy shorts will help pave the way for BBC3’s move online next year, according to the VoD platform’s head of TV content.
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NewsBBC3 heads to Successville for hybrid show pilot
BBC3 is piloting a hybrid comedy entertainment murder mystery show where a celebrity must guess the identity of a killer in a fictional world.
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NewsBBC3 and iPlayer roles likely to merge
The BBC3 controller post will likely be merged with the yet-to-be-filled role of iPlayer content boss following Zai Bennett’s decision to join Sky Atlantic.
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NewsBBC3’s Zai Bennett to lead Sky Atlantic
Zai Bennett will become director of Sky Atlantic just weeks after it was announced that BBC3 is to move online next year.
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NewsBBC3 reveals fresh round of factual orders
Keo Films will follow the arrivals and departures of British tourists at Bangkok airport as part of a raft of BBC3 factual commissions.
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NewsGermany goes Cuckoo for BBC3 comedy
BBC3 comedy Cuckoo will become the first import in 10 years to air in a prime time slot on German broadcaster ARD, after it agreed a two series deal with Fremantle Media International.
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NewsBennett: BBC3 must place 'big bets' on fewer shows
BBC3 must place Netflix-style “big bets” on certain programmes to make a success of its move online, according to Zai Bennett.
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NewsBBC3 plans prompt 750 complaints
The BBC has received nearly 750 complaints and comments about its plans to close BBC3 as a linear television channel.
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NewsBBC3 orders sitcoms prior to online move
BBC3 is lining up a sitcom set in a young offenders’ institution and has recommissioned three of its biggest comedies as it begins to increase its online experimentation.
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NewsBBC3 returns to Sweat The Small Stuff
BBC3’s Sweat The Small Stuff is to return for two more series marking the channel’s first big renewal after the revelation it is to move online.
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NewsBBC3 to review its genre mix
The BBC3 genre mix is up for grabs as Danny Cohen and Zai Bennett set to work preparing the youth channel for its move online next year.
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NewsBBC3 in fight for Family Guy
BBC3 is battling with Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox Television to bring prized US acquisition Family Guy to its new online home and is preparing to change the role acquisitions will play on the channel.