All Broadcasters articles – Page 1047
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NewsCohen sets sights on stronger BBC1 online presence
Danny Cohen has made building a stronger, more coherent online presence for BBC1 a key priority.
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NewsBBC2 targets access doc
BBC2 is on the hunt for a major access documentary after being turned down by British Airways, as part of a raft of factual opportunities at the corporation.
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NewsBBC3 to pilot panel show from Twenty Twenty
BBC3 has ordered a non-TX pilot for a comedy panel show from Twenty Twenty called 10 Things You Don’t Know About Your Mum.
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NewsFerguson to front C4 series on the rise of Western civilisation
The Ascent Of Money historian Niall Ferguson is to return to Channel 4 for a new series charting the rise of Western civilisation.
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NewsC4 sends chefs to cookery school for daytime series
Channel 4 has ordered 50 episodes of a new daytime cookery series starring Cook Yourself Thin chef Gizzi Erskine.
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NewsITV already drawing up plans for Salford
Granada Reports has scoped out a space at MediaCityUK in Salford and Coronation Street is believed to have agreed a site near the hub as ITV edges closer to relocating its north-west operations.
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NewsQuickfire lines up Grant for Arabian Nights doc
Bristol-based independent Quickfire Media has secured Richard E Grant to front a 1 x 60-minute film about the Arabian Nights for BBC4.
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NewsDiversity award winner to be decided by Broadcast readers
Broadcast readers are to decide whether Cast Offs, The Sex Education Show or My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding is the most groundbreaking show at this year’s Cultural Diversity Network awards.
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NewsDarroch pledges cash for Sky content push
BSkyB boss Jeremy Darroch has pledged to continue investing in content, and aims to increase spend in line with increases in revenue – meaning a potential boost to programming of £200m.
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The Broadcast InterviewCindy Rose, Virgin Media
Virgin Media’s new executive director of digital entertainment is out to change viewing habits, following a tie-up with US set-top box manufacturer TiVo.
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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.