All Broadcasters articles – Page 1005
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NewsBBC1 orders daytime legal drama
Daytime controller Liam Keelan has ordered a new legal drama from Liverpool-based Lime Pictures, to air on BBC1 later this year.
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NewsBBC issues audibility guidance
The BBC is issuing best practice guidance for programme makers in a bid to address audibility issues, following a year-long research project into the problem.
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NewsCox criticises BBC for turning down music
TV presenter Professor Brian Cox has criticised the BBC for agreeing to turn down the music on his science series Wonders of the Universe.
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NewsMidsomer creator suspended over all-white remarks
The producer and co-creator of ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders, who implied in an interview that there was no place in the show for ethnic minorities, has been suspended.
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NewsDCMS reveals local TV hopefuls
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has received more than 50 expressions of interest in its plan to create a local TV network.
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NewsBeing Human to return in 2012
The BBC has commissioned a fourth series of supernatural drama Being Human.
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NewsMedia groups warn over BSkyB deal
An alliance of media organisations has criticised News Corporation’s bid to takeover BSkyB, claiming that plans to spin off Sky News are “ineffective” and should be blocked by the Government.
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NewsLord Patten confirmed as BBC Trust chair
The appointment of former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten as the chairman of the BBC Trust has been approved by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
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NewsSky expands Scottish operations
Sky is to expand its Scottish operations with the creation of 100 jobs.
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NewsBBC2 takes multi-genre approach to mixed race
BBC2 has commissioned a raft of programmes across genres for a mixed-race season, highlighting that Britain has the largest mixed-race population in the Western world.
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NewsSarah Caplin departs ITVS
Sarah Caplin, ITV Studio’s long-standing head of features & factual entertainment, has left the business as part of its strategic shake-up.
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NewsBectu to investigate what makes a good boss
Bectu is to investigate what makes a good TV boss in an event prompted by Broadcast’s Freelance Survey at the start of the year.
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NewsC4 kicks off indies clinics
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt will hold the first of 12 indie surgeries in London on 31 March.
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NewsWorld Service "wholly part of the BBC"
The World Service could be given a separate service licence and its own trustee on the BBC Trust, but no representative on the board when it is rolled into the corporation in 2014.
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NewsSky News backs iPad app with dedicated team
Sky News is planning to roll out the broadcaster’s first iPad app, which is being supported by a dedicated editorial team.
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NewsITVS to overhaul ent development process
Plans to reinvigorate ITV Studios will see it overhaul its entertainment development processes and make a factual primetime ITV1 show in conjunction with charity Save the Children.
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NewsSky signs Britain's Next Top Model product placement deal
Sky has signed its first product placement deal and will integrate hair care brand Tresemme into the forthcoming series of Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model.
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NewsGlasgow editor for Question Time
BBC bosses have appointed a Glasgow-based executive to be the new editor of BBC1’s Question Time, ahead of the programme’s move to the city.
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NewsReport slams ‘climate of fear’
Compliance and editorial policy are stifling British TV’s ability to make hard-hitting documentaries, according to a leaked report seen by Broadcast.
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NewsBroadcasters to get tough on PP terms
Broadcasters are beginning to establish terms on product placement, with Channel 5 emerging as the most aggressive, seeking 85% of new revenues generated.