All Broadcasters articles – Page 1027
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NewsBBC2 HD still two years away
It will be at least two years before the BBC launches another simulcast high-definition channel - despite producers being required to supply all content as HD from 1 April.
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NewsBBC faces £20m more pain
The BBC will have to find an extra £20m not previously factored in to the cut to the licence fee to pay for redundancy and restructuring costs at the World Service.
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NewsNHU wins first BBC3 order with dog swap series
The BBC’s Natural History Unit has secured its first commission for BBC3, with a series in which teenagers swap their spoiled pooches for “extreme” working dogs.
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NewsC4 spells out aims for multiplatform orders
Channel 4 is implementing a new framework for measuring the success of multiplatform commissions.
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NewsThe Garden pays visit to A&E for C4 fixed-rig doc
Nick Curwin and Magnus Temple are making their biggest ever fixed-rig show, using 70 cameras to film a London hospital’s accident and emergency department for Channel 4.
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NewsC5 drops plan to link pay to performance
Channel 5 has made a U-turn on its plans to link supplier pay to the performance of shows.
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NewsBBC promotes internally to fill final Online roles
The final three positions in BBC Online’s new senior management team have been filled through internal appointments.
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NewsITV probes how indies spend cash
ITV has kicked off a major audit of suppliers to establish how much of a programming tariff is spent on screen and how much is retained by the producer.
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NewsLords offer ITV a way out of CRR obligations
ITV1’s CRR obligations could be scrapped as part of next year’s Communications Act if the broadcaster agrees to up its spend on original UK programming.
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NewsSky drops Got To Dance event
Sky has been forced to postpone its three-day Got To Dance Live event, planned for next month at London’s Excel.
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NewsVirgin Media posts record revenue
Virgin Media managed to extract record customer spend and added subscribers in the final quarter of last year helping it to post its best ever full-year financial results.
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NewsCorrie launches mini 'webisodes'
Fans of ITV’s Coronation Street have been given a peak into the late-night pillow talk of two of the soap’s most legendary characters.
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NewsMediaCityUK secures extra £22m
Peel Media has secured £22m of funding from Santander Corporate Banking to help it continue to develop MediaCityUK.
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NewsNUJ attacks BBC's "supine" approach to cuts
The NUJ has attacked the BBC’s latest round of redundancies, claiming it is further evidence of the broadcaster’s kowtowing approach towards the current government.
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NewsBBC defends £330,000 IT salary
BBC director general Mark Thompson has defended the salary paid to a departing technology chief by the corporation saying other people with similar skills could earn “millions” elsewhere.
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NewsBBC current affairs to cut 31 jobs
The BBC is making 31 positions redundant in its current affairs department in what is its fifth round of redundancies affecting its in house team.
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NewsChannel 6 pledges millions to indie sector
Local TV network Channel 6 has promised to provide the “biggest boost” to the UK indie sector since the launch of Channel 4 with a programme budget “significantly” above that of Channel 5, according to chief executive Richard Horwood.
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NewsGov't to consider Dispatches allegations
Channel 4 investigation series Dispatches, which featured an alledged assault on a child at a mosque, is to be viewed by the Department of Education.
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NewsBBC1 orders Good Cook series
Food writer and chef Simon Hopkinson is to front a new series for BBC1 revealing how to create restaurant quality food using everyday ingredients.
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NewsITV1 to break new talent in primetime comedy show
ITV1 will give upcoming comedians their big break in new primetime stand-up series Show Me the Funny (working title).