All Broadcasters articles – Page 1072
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NewsStudents favour iPlayer
More than half of students watch TV online through iPlayer, compared to 13% on YouTube, according to a new report.
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NewsChannel 5 returns to Canvas
Channel Five has rejoined Project Canvas, just over six weeks since it pulled out of the broadband-on-TV platform amid cost concerns.
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NewsS4C cuts pose “real threat” to its future
Indies have warned that proposed cuts to Welsh channel S4C pose a “real threat” to the future of the broadcaster.
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NewsOnly 13% watch TV ads
Television advertising is still considered the most memorable form of marketing, even though the majority of viewers skip through commercials when watching recorded content, a study has found.
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NewsPublisher attacks BBC's legal moves over The Stig
The publisher embroiled in a legal battle with the BBC over a memoir by Top Gear’s The Stig has attacked the corporation for using licence fee cash on legal moves to block the book.
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NewsProducer defends X Factor over autotuning
An award-winning record producer has defended the X Factor over claims that the TV talent show used technology to make some contestants’ voices sound better.
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NewsStudy shows boost in pay-TV revenue
New research has shown that pay-TV revenue worldwide was around $58 billion (£36.8 billion) for the second quarter of the year.
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NewsUKTV acquires Strictest Parents
UKTV’s Watch has picked up World’s Strictest Parents and has bolstered the deal by buying up the rights to the US and Australian spin-off series.
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NewsFood giants lose battle over Dispatches claims
Cereal manufacturers Nestle and Kellogg’s have lost their challenge against an edition of Dispatches that they claim unfairly portrayed them as targeting children with unhealthy foods.
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NewsITV cleared over World Cup goal gaffe
Ofcom has rejected 823 complaints from ITV1 HD viewers who missed England’s first World Cup goal due when the channel aired a sponsorship bumper.
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NewsVirgin rapped over Naked Office
Ofcom has censured Virgin 1’sThe Naked Office for featuring inappropriate content before the watershed - but over bad language rather than nudity.
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NewsPub preferred place to view Premier League
Out-of-home viewing will account for more than one-third of all Premier League audiences aged 18-34 this season.
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NewsC4 orders £1m of Scottish commissions
Channel 4 is to turn the spotlight on Scotland’s burgeoning computer games industry in a three-part series that it has greenlit as part of £1m of cross-platform commissions from the nation.
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NewsBBC executive resigns over relocation
The BBC HR boss behind convincing staff to make the move north has resigned - because he does not want to relocate.
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NewsX Factor admits enhancing contestants' voices
The X Factor is embroiled in another production row after bosses admitted using technology to make some contestants’ voices sound better.
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NewsBid to list every BBC show ever broadcast
Researchers are poring over thousands of back copies of the Radio Times to put together a list of every BBC programme ever broadcast.
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NewsSky News appoints first sports editor
Sky News has appointed Nick Powell to the new role of sports editor as it revamps its coverage ahead of the launch of Sky Sports News HD.
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NewsDisney unveils autumn slate
Disney has ordered a second series of its CGI series Jungle Junction from UK indie Spider Eye Animation as part of a slate of new and returning shows for the autumn/winter season that includes the final season of Hannah Montana.
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News'Too white' BBC seeks sitcom ideas
The BBC is seen as “too white and middle class” and is aiming to make more multicultural sitcoms, it has announced.
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NewsS4C exec admits 'I wasn't Newsnight editor'
The man brought in as S4C’s interim boss has been forced to confirm he had not been the editor of Newsnight and Panorama, despite stating so on his company website.