All Broadcasters articles – Page 1052
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NewsBBC1 HD launch date set
A high definition version of BBC1 has been scheduled for launch next month, with the first HD episode of EastEnders being prepared for broadcast on Christmas Day.
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NewsBBC cuts send out shockwaves
The BBC funding cuts may have been greeted with sighs of relief from the upper echelons of the corporation, but outsiders have responded with anger and dismay
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NewsLyons: BBC faces 'tough choices'
The BBC Trust has said “difficult choices” lay ahead for the corporation following its new licence fee settlement - but delivers “stability” until at least 2016.
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NewsBBC puts brave face on cuts
The whirlwind cuts to the BBC’s funding are the best it could have hoped for in a bad situation, corporation insiders are claiming.
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NewsSTV predicts further ad growth
STV has reported that its advertising revenues are likely to grow by as much as 20% year-on-year in October, with a further increase predicted next month.
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NewsObjective remakes Tool Academy for E4
Objective Productions is making an 8 x 60-minute version of VH1’s US hit Tool Academy for E4.
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NewsNutopia takes celebs back to their youth for C4
Nutopia, the indie run by Jane Root and Laura Franses, is to take the likes of Boy George and Michael Barrymore back to their teenage homes for Channel 4.
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NewsC5 links payment to results
Northern & Shell is preparing a radical payment system for Channel 5 that will see indies work for it on a performance-related basis.
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NewsHorse & Country assets sold as company enters administration
Horse & Country TV has been put into pre-pack administration and the assets bought out by a new incarnation of the broadcaster, H&CTV.
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NewsITV orders six-part run of DCI Banks
ITV is bringing back Left Bank Pictures’ DCI Banks for a 6 x 60-minute run following the success of its recent pilot.
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NewsCBeebies orders Darrall Macqueen comedy
Pre-school channel CBeebies has commissioned indie Darrall Macqueen to produce a comedy entertainment series that combines live action and photographic animation.
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NewsCohen’s greatest challenge? Entertaining us
Danny Cohen’s biggest challenge running BBC1 will be freshening up its entertainment output, sources believe.
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NewsMore Downton in pipeline
ITV director of drama Laura Mackie has revealed that Julian Fellowes has already outlined a third series of Downton Abbey - but has warned indies against pitching “clones” of the hit show.
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NewsFunding deal 'firm but fair', say BBC bosses
The new licence fee settlement is firm but fair and welcome when considering the “unprecedented” economic state of the UK, the heads of the BBC have said.
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NewsC5 given all clear on quotas
Channel 5 has been given the all clear by Ofcom following its acquisition by Northern & Shell.
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NewsChello Zone extends Freesat footprint
Chello Zone has finished shifting its portfolio of six channels onto Freesat with the rollout of CBS Reality+1, along with an EMEA crime doc acquisition from Harmony Entertainment.
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NewsPSBs warn of 'modest' product placement revenues
Channel 4 and Channel 5 have claimed that the profit-boosting benefits of product placement should not be “overplayed”.
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NewsUnions to challenge BBC funding cuts
Unions have attacked as “appalling” news about funding cuts to the BBC, and vowed to challenge the decision.
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NewsBBC licence fee frozen for six years
The BBC is to have its licence fee frozen at the current rate of £145.50 until 2017 – a 16% cut in real terms - and will be required to fund the World Service.
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NewsBBC poaches C5 strategy boss
Channel 5’s Kieran Clifton has been poached to head strategy at the BBC’s Future, Media and Technology division, as it prepares to launch a paid training scheme to attract new talent to Salford.