All Broadcasters articles – Page 1015
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NewsC4's Event hiatus sparks 519 complaints
More than 500 viewers have complained to Channel 4 after US conspiracy drama The Event disappeared from the schedules.
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NewsC4 unveils online Promise exclusives
Peter Kosminsky, the writer and director of new Channel 4 drama The Promise, will take part in a live web chat after the first episode on Sunday.
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NewsSky Arts orders first 3D art doc
Sky Arts has commissioned the world’s first 3D visual art documentary.
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NewsArmstrong gameshow returning to BBC2
BBC2 has ordered two new series of the Alexander Armstrong-fronted gameshow Pointless.
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NewsDarcy slams ITV's "lemmings" online strategy
BSkyB chief operating officer Mike Darcey has accused ITV and Channel 4 of “leaping like lemmings” into a strategy of making content available for free online.
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NewsRebranded Fiver to air Warner comedies
Channel 5 is rebranding its digital channel Fiver as 5* (Five Star) and has acquired two Warner Bros comedies, including the Twitter-inspired show $#*! My Dad Says.
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NewsAnnabel Karmel to front CITV series on healthy eating
Bestselling children’s nutritionist Annabel Karmel is to front a CITV series championing healthy eating.
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NewsE4 signs up YouTube stars for comedy music pilot
A comedy music group with a huge online following across YouTube, Twitter and Facebook are the stars of an E4 comedy pilot that has just gone into production.
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NewsBBC to take pain away from e-commissioning
The BBC is looking to take the pain out of its e-commissioning process with an overhaul of the online system.
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NewsITV signs £12m Titchmarsh deal with Spun Gold
ITV has struck a multi-commission and licensing deal, thought to be worth £12m in production fees, that will establish Alan Titchmarsh as a primetime face on ITV1 and launch a raft of consumer products under his name.
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NewsShed creates blue-collar comedy drama for BBC1
BBC1 is continuing its push on blue-collar scripted content by commissioning a primetime comedy drama based around a decaying seaside community in the north of England.
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NewsE4 wins Channel of the Year at Broadcast Awards
Multichannel broadcaster E4 has scooped the coveted Channel of the Year prize at the Broadcast Awards 2011, beating off stiff competition from the likes of terrestrials BBC1, ITV1 and Channel 4.
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The Broadcast InterviewCheryl Taylor, BBC comedy
With shows such as Rev and Miranda, BBC Comedy is thriving under controller Cheryl Taylor. She tells Catherine Neilan about her latest commissions and the challenges the genre faces.
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NewsBBC in-house faces 15% cuts as pattern emerges
The jobs of up to 200 BBC Vision Productions staff are under threat, as a pattern of cuts to the in-house teams emerges.
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NewsMTV first with paid streaming
MTV is to become the only UK broadcaster to offer a micropayment streaming service on its website after promoting Kerry Taylor to senior vice president, director of television.
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NewsMTV’s Heather Jones to take reins at North One
MTV director of television Heather Jones is to join All3Media-owned North One Television as managing director.
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NewsSoftware puts price on ITV product placement
ITV has appointed brand analysis specialist Repucom to help with internal tests to determine the different values of product placement in its shows.
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NewsSky recruits The Sun’s Johnson to head up revamped Living
Sky has appointed The Sun’s Saturday and associate editor Jane Johnson to the newly created position of director of Sky Living.
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NewsITVS America ups Stakes with pilots for US and UK
ITV Studios America is to make its first ever pilot for ITV1 and will simultaneously produce a US version of the show for NBC.