All Broadcasters articles – Page 1011
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NewsLords committee seeks views on BBC compliance
Programme-makers are to be called to give evidence about the BBC’s compliance culture to a House of Lords select committee, as part of a wide-ranging review of the BBC Trust.
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NewsTurner sticks neck out with Gumball re-order
Turner Broadcasting has ordered a second series of live-action animation hybrid The Amazing World Of Gumball before the first series has aired.
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The Broadcast InterviewJanice Hadlow, BBC2
With the BBC facing swingeing cuts, critics of BBC2 have called its role into question. But a new slate of commissions will redefine the channel, its controller tells Catherine Neilan.
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NewsTV freelancers: last chance to have your say
LAST CHANCE: Broadcast is calling on all freelancers to help shape the future of training in the TV industry.
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NewsBBC2 to air Kennedys drama
A multi-million dollar miniseries about the rise of the Kennedys, pulled by the History Channel in the US, is to air on BBC2.
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NewsDarlow floats house for Nat Geo
Darlow Smithson is making a new series for Nat Geo that will attempt seemingly impossible feats, including an experiment inspired by animated film Up.
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NewsC4 names first show to go global on 4oD
Channel 4 series Unreported World will become the first programme to be made available to audiences outside the UK through the broadcaster’s online catch-up service, 4 on Demand (4oD).
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NewsCox the star of RTS awards
Science presenter Professor Brian Cox was the star himself after becoming a double winner at the Royal Television Society Awards.
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NewsBodies creator returns with gritty cop drama
Bodies writer Jed Mercurio is to put the “controversial and perverse realities of 21st century policing” under the spotlight in his new BBC2 drama, Line of Duty.
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NewsITV overhauls senior news team
ITV is to scrap its most senior regional news roles and incorporate Daybreak into the network news team as part of a management shakeup.
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NewsC4 lines-up transgender films
Channel 4 is to broadcast a week of short films focussed on transgender issues as part of a drive to improve their portrayal in the media.
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NewsBBC dismisses copycat claims
The BBC has dismissed claims its new BBC4 comedy Twenty Twelve is a plagiarised version of Australian sitcom The Games.
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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.