All Broadcasters articles – Page 1066
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NewsSky gets Hot in Cleveland
MIPCOM: Sky has acquired the UK broadcast rights to Hot in Cleveland, the new US comedy starring Frasier’s Jane Leeves and Golden Girl Betty White.
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NewsJudge reveals Stig book ban ruling
A judge today announced his reasons for refusing to ban a book disclosing that Top Gear’s The Stig is Ben Collins.
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NewsC4 bids to repeat Drop's online success
Channel 4 has commissioned its second online play-along game following the success of Million Pound Drop in an ongoing bid to boost engagement with viewers.
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NewsWatch acquires US superhero drama
MIPCOM: UKTV channel Watch has picked up new US superhero series No Ordinary Family, starring The Shield’s Michael Chiklis.
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NewsStrictly hits the road
The BBC is taking Strictly Come Dancing out on the road with a series of events taking place at BBC big screens up and down the country throughout October.
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NewsThompson: new pension proposal 'final position'
The latest proposal for pension reform put forward by the BBC is a “final position”, the director general Mark Thompson has told staff.
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NewsPeter Rabbit hops to Nickelodeon
Beatrix Potter’s The Tales of Peter Rabbit are to be turned into a new animated series following a deal between Nickelodeon, content producers Chorion and publishers Frederick Warne.
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NewsBBC2 series to help families split wills
MIPCOM: BBC2 is to follow families as they go through the emotional journey of drawing up their wills.
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NewsJK and Joel to host celebrity CBBC show
MIPCOM: DJs and presenting duo JK and Joel are to front a new series for the BBC in which children take control of a celebrity for a day.
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NewsBBC pensions strike suspended
The unions have called off next week’s planned strike over BBC pensions, saying the corporation had made an improved offer.
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NewsThree in a Bed rolls over to new series
Channel 4 has commissioned a second run of B&B series Three in a Bed and topped up the order with a stripped daytime version.
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NewsSky to launch new channel for HBO shows
Sky is launching a dedicated channel for the raft of HBO content it has acquired, including The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire, dubbed Sky Atlantic HD.
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NewsITV2 Essex show offers barcodes for extra content
Viewers of ITV2 reality series The Only Way Is Essex will be able to download mobile content using barcodes that will feature in the show itself.
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NewsBBC strike 'risks impartial appearance'
The BBC’s director general has warned staff they risk giving the “misleading impression” they are not impartial if they strike during the Conservative Party conference.
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NewsCITV orders first animation in five years
Kids channel CITV has commissioned its first animated series in five years from children’s publishers Walker Books.
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NewsiPlayer 'best on-demand service'
BBC iPlayer is the premier on-demand video service - while Sky’s VOD service finished last, according to new research.
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NewsThompson announces exec pension cuts
The BBC is to cut pension supplement payments to executives, Mark Thompson has told staff today.
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NewsBBC loses athletics rights to C4
The BBC has stressed it is committed to producing coverage of athletics “up to and beyond London 2012”, despite Channel 4 snatching the rights to air the World Athletics event in 2011 and 2013.
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NewsBBC trumpets ‘40p’ value
The BBC looks set to put value at the heart of licence fee negotiations, with Jana Bennett hinting at a “40p per day” motto to highlight the range of services provided at little cost to the viewer.
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NewsQuentin follows in ex’s footsteps with ITV India tour
Tiger Aspect is to take actress Caroline Quentin on a tour of India for ITV - two years after it took her ex-husband Paul Merton to the same country for Channel 5.