All Broadcasters articles – Page 1071
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NewsVaughan digs up Thames treasure for History
The History Channel is handing Capital FM breakfast DJ Johnny Vaughan a metal detector so he can unearth hidden treasures on the shores of the River Thames.
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NewsC4 hands ‘female Kenny Everett’ peaktime series
Channel 4 has given a primetime slot to an unknown comedienne described as “Kenny Everett without the beard”.
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NewsSheen’s passion for Port Talbot in trio of DCD docs
Super-indie DCD Media has won a clutch of three documentaries including a BBC Wales two-parter that sees The Damned United star Michael Sheen return to his home town of Port Talbot to produce epic play The Passion.
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NewsUppercut patrols the waves for C5 drug-running doc
The intense hunt for the world’s biggest cocaine smugglers will be explored in a new documentary series for Channel 5.
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NewsHat Trick adapts Victorian crime story for ITV
Paddy Considine is to star in an ITV adaptation of award-winning period crime book The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher.
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NewsC4 delays decision on chief creative officer
Channel 4 staff will have to wait until at least next month to discover who will be taking on the key role of chief creative officer at the restructured broadcaster.
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NewsITV2 invests £1m in major off-air marketing push
ITV2 is gearing up to splash more than £1m on its first major marketing campaign in about two years.
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NewsITV offers X Factor fans dual-screen interactivity
ITV and Talkback Thames Digital are to use the dual-screen ITV Live platform that was debuted for the World Cup for the live shows of The X Factor, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsTalkback defends X Factor care
Talkback Thames has hit back over criticisms that it failed to protect the welfare of ejected X Factor contestant Shirlena Johnson.
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NewsLeading indies take aim at Channel 5
The prospects for Channel 5 under Richard Desmond are bleak, according to a group of 40 top indie programme-makers.
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NewsCBeebies acquires Universal’s Uki
BBC children’s channel CBeebies has picked up the first animated series from record label Universal Music UK (UMUK), overseen by former Radio 2 boss Lesley Douglas.
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Horror Channel prepare Lynch season
The surreal style of David Lynch will compiled for a season of his work on the Horror Channel this autumn.
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NewsBBC4 picks up AMC drama Rubicon
BBC has picked up the UK rights to acclaimed US conspiracy thriller Rubicon, which airs alongside Mad Men on the AMC cable network.
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NewsGallery: BBC4 autumn 2010
Full rundown of the drama, comedy, documentaries and US series coming to BBC4 this autumn.
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NewsX Factor hopeful axed over health fears
TV bosses have axed contestant Shirlena Johnson from The X Factor over fears about her health.
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NewsUltimate Big Brother line up revealed
Big Brother divorcees Chantelle and Preston have been reunited as they joined the all-star line-up for the final series.
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NewsGrade to front BBC series
Michael Grade is making a return to the BBC to tell the story of a lost world of dancers, singers and comics who performed in variety shows up and down the land.
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NewsName That Tune remake scrapped
Ant and Dec’s bid to bring Name That Tune back to TV has been scuppered.
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NewsLiam Hamilton to join STV
Liam Hamilton, business development director at DCD Media, is to join STV as deputy director of content.
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NewsBBC4 to screen Anna Nicole opera
An opera based on the life of Playboy pin-up Anna Nicole Smith is to be broadcast on BBC4, as part of an autumn line-up that also includes a new Douglas Adams adaptation and a stage production of Macbeth with Patrick Stewart.