All Broadcasters articles – Page 1040
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NewsNUJ strike: view from the picket line
The weather may have been wet, but feelings were not dampened at the BBC picket line at White City on Friday 5 November.
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NewsRosemary Newell to leave C4
Channel 4’s head of channel management, Rosemary Newell, is to step down after 13 years at the broadcaster.
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NewsX Factor ‘fix’ draws 900 complaints
More than 900 viewers have complained to Ofcom over Cheryl Cole’s refusal to vote on Sunday night’s The X Factor.
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NewsC4 unveils £5m multiplatform education push
Channel 4 is to plough around £5m into a raft of games, sites and apps that will encourage youngsters to consider finance, ethics, attraction and death.
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NewsBBC launches diversity consultation
The BBC has launched an independent consultation into its diversity strategy to help shape future policy.
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NewsBBC Wales director Menna Richards to step down
Menna Richards, the BBC Wales director who led a “creative transformation” in the nation, is to leave the corporation next February after more than 10 years at the helm.
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NewsBT Vision moves into 3D
BT Vision is to start providing subscribers with 3D content from later this month following deals with film studios NBC Universal and Vertigo.
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NewsQuiz show couple allowed back after Dr Who confusion
A couple who lost £325,000 on The Million Pound Drop have been told they can return to the Channel 4 show following confusion over a Doctor Who question.
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NewsDominic West to star in BBC2 period newsroom drama
Dominic West is to star in a new drama which could be the BBC’s equivalent to US TV hit Mad Men.
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NewsLabour attacks World Service funding
Television licence fee payers should not have to pay for BBC World Service programmes they cannot receive, former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has said.
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NewsPresenter axed for not being "young or pretty" enough
A female BBC presenter was told she was not “young” or “pretty” enough to appear on the Countryfile programme when it moved to a primetime slot, a tribunal has heard.
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NewsSherlock scores five RTS Craft nods
BBC1 drama Sherlock has picked up five nominations in this year’s RTS Craft and Design Awards.
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NewsC4's Britdoc calls for nature pitches
The Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation is teaming with the National Trust to back a documentary examining humans’ current relationship with nature.
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NewsC4 orders more Supersize vs Superskinny
Channel 4 has ordered a new series of Supersize vs Superskinny for broadcast early next year.
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NewsThompson: No new pension talks
The BBC’s director general has made it clear he will not reopen talks with journalists in a bitter row over pensions despite the threat of fresh strikes, including walkouts over Christmas and the New Year.
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NewsGMG to relaunch Channel M
Manchester-based television station Channel M is to be relaunched by the Guardian Media Group (GMG) in May.
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NewsIslam Channel breaches broadcasting code
A specialist Muslim religious channel breached the broadcasting code by airing discussions containing contentious views on violence against women and marital rape, according to a ruling by regulator Ofcom.
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NewsOfcom raps C5 over Flora series
Channel 5’s ad-funded programme Family Food Fight with Flora has been found in breach of TV regulations by Ofcom.
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NewsBBC orders Tony Marchant probation drama
The BBC has commissioned a new drama about probation written by Garrow’s Law creator Tony Marchant.
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NewsBBC1 must take more risks, Trust demands
The BBC Trust has given new controller Danny Cohen just over 12 months to make BBC1 early peaktime more surprising and to show more creative ambition at 9pm.