All Broadcasters articles – Page 1007
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NewsPact contacts Ofcom over concerns at C5
Pact has raised concerns with Ofcom that Channel 5 is failing to meet its PSB obligations, and is taking legal advice over its treatment of suppliers.
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NewsBBC plans to turn Hasidic Jews doc into full series
The BBC is keen to turn a one-off doc on the Hasidic Jewish community in Stamford Hill into a full series.
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NewsBBC to keep senior newsreaders tied to the desk to cut costs
Flagship BBC news bulletins will no longer be produced at the location of a big story, unless an exceptional case can be made for doing so.
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NewsBring us your ideas first, Sky tells indies
Sky’s portfolio of channels is hunting an 8pm documentary series, a female-focused drama and more ideas with “true multiplatform potential”, execs have told suppliers.
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NewsUKTV's Mote to join Current TV
UKTV executive Jane Mote is leaving the broadcaster after five years to join topical multiplatform channel Current TV as its first UK managing director.
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NewsITV eyes US event format deal
ITV is looking to one of the biggest live event companies in the US to end its five-year search for a homegrown entertainment mega hit.
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NewsHenshaw to tell Lords that Ed Pol Unit is ‘wholly unnecessary'
The award-winning producer of Undercover Mosque and Secret NHS Diaries is set to tell the Lords’ Communications Committee that the BBC’s Editorial Policy Unit should be scrapped.
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NewsC4 recruits editor for convergent formats
Channel 4 has handed control of its £2m convergent formats fund to ITV Studios digital executive Anna Cronin.
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NewsSilk wins second series
controller Danny Cohen has commissioned a second series of popular legal drama Silk.
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NewsLemon squeezed into Sing if You Can
Leigh Francis character Keith Lemon has replaced Vernon Kay on ITV1’s primetime entertainment format Sing if You Can after a pilot revealed the show would work better in the hands of a comedian.
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NewsC4 to serve up more Friday Night Dinner
Channel 4 has ordered second helpings of Robert Popper sitcom Friday Night Dinner.
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NewsShine poaches BBC Scotland comedy boss
BBC Scotland’s head of comedy is to step down and head a new regional joint venture between Shine-owned Kudos and Brown Eyed Boy.
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NewsBBC to revive classic TOTP
BBC4 is to bring Top of the Pops back to the screen – by airing classic episodes from the corporation’s archive.
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NewsPrince Charles to front BBC4 doc
BBC4 has revealed a raft of cultural commissions that will play out over its spring and summer schedule, including a documentary fronted by Prince Charles and a drama starring Doctor Who actress Karen Gillan.
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NewsLondon to go digital before 2012 Games
Television sets in London will all be equipped with digital capability by the time the Olympics are staged in the capital next summer, it has been confirmed.
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NewsDaughter's anger at ITV's Fred West drama
The daughter of serial killer Fred West has said she is “absolutely appalled” that an ITV drama is being made about his life.
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NewsGrade calls for BBC ombudsman
The BBC needs an independent ombudsman to deal with complaints, the corporation’s former chairman Michael Grade has said.
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NewsITV strikes new IPL deal
ITV has struck a new four year rights deal to broadcast the Indian Premier League cricket competition.
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NewsUKTV to host first live events
UKTV is to host a series of four Dave-themed comedy nights as the broadcaster extends into live events for the first time.
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NewsSky Atlantic to air The Pacific
Sky Atlantic has announced that it will broadcast HBO’s multi Emmy Award-winning series The Pacific later this year.