All Broadcasters articles – Page 1053
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NewsBird wins commissions for BBC North ent team
BBC Entertainment North’s new creative director, Dominic Bird, has staffed up his team and won two BBC3 commissions that build on existing brands.
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NewsBBC Vision acts to cut red tape
Jana Bennett has tasked BBC Vision with reducing compliance red tape after taking on board concerns from producers.
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NewsC5 conjures up illusionist gameshow
Channel 5 has ordered an entertainment series that combines magic and illusion with a gameshow.
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NewsC4 visits trapped miners
Channel 4 and US broadcaster PBS have ordered a fast-turnaround doc from Pioneer Productions on the 33 trapped Chilean miners.
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NewsCDN extends diversity awards
The Cultural Diversity Network has added new categories for its second annual awards and is inviting indies and broadcasters to submit their entries.
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NewsITV acquires Matt Hatter toon
ITV1 has picked up a new animated fantasy series based around a boy who must defend a ‘multiverse’.
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NewsCaroline Aherne developing ITV1 sitcom
BROADCAST COMEDY FORUM: ITV1 is eyeing a sitcom from Royle Family writer Caroline Aherne and Jeff Pope as it seeks to broaden its scripted comedy output beyond Benidorm.
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NewsC4 extends Million Pound Drop
Channel 4 game show The Million Pound Drop – Live will be extended into a weekly series after a second run of stripped episdes.
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NewsBBC loses exclusive US Masters coverage
The BBC will no longer have exclusive coverage of the US Masters golf tournament from 2011, ending a 24-year run as the event’s only broadcaster.
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NewsBBC defends coverage of Papal visit
The BBC has defended its coverage of last week’s state visit of Pope Benedict XVI after hundreds of complaints from viewers.
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NewsBBC plans live night for the Queen
The BBC is to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation - and the last year the corporation broadcasts from Television Centre – with a night of all-live programming.
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NewsWatchdog to look at BBC finances
Auditors from the National Audit Office are to be given greater freedom to inspect the BBC’s finances, under the terms of a deal to be announced today (22 Sep).
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NewsMorris replaces Farrar at NBC
NBC Universal has promoted Jamie Morris to the role of UK channel director for Syfy and Movies 24.
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NewsBBC lines up Shakespeare season
The BBC is planning a major new season around Shakespeare, including new versions of his most acclaimed plays and a series of documentaries examining the life and times of the Bard.
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NewsBBC3 orders more young Question Time
BBC3 is positioning itself as the home for politics aimed at young people with four new editions of a youth-based Question Time in the pipeline.
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NewsTaggart writer adapts Field of Blood for BBC
BBC Scotland is to adapt Denise Mina novel The Field of Blood, with Taggart and Rebus screenwriter David Kane writing and directing.
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NewsBBC in talks to adapt queens book
The BBC is currently in discussions to adapt a book about pre-Elizabethan queens into a new series.
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NewsBBC1 conjures up celebrity magic show
BBC1 has ordered a new Saturday night gameshow that will see celebrities team up with magicians.
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NewsDaybreak and One Show to go head-to-head
Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley are set to go head-to-head with their replacements on The One Show at the National Television Awards.
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CommentDoes British drama lack balls?
Following Paul Abbott’s attack on drama commissioning, Jake Kanter asks if British viewers have the appetite for long-running homegrown drama.