All Broadcasters articles – Page 1073
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NewsOfcom study reveals UK's media addiction
Consumers are spending almost half their waking hours watching TV and using their mobiles and other communications gadgets, a study has found.
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NewsWorld Cup boosts TV watching time
Wall to wall coverage of the World Cup boosted the number of hours people spent watching television in the first six months of this year, according to research published today.
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NewsBBC bid to put brakes on The Stig's Top Gear book
The BBC is fighting to keep Top Gear’s mystery driver The Stig from revealing his identity, it has emerged.
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NewsMiddle Child wins Sky 1 deal for RSPCA ob-doc
Fledgling indie Middle Child Productions has won its first major commission: a 20-part ob-doc for Sky 1 following frontline RSPCA officers at work.
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NewsHawking’s Universe heads to C4
Channel 4 has bought Darlow Smithson’s Stephen Hawking’s Universe, a 4 x 60-minute science series that originally aired on Discovery in the US and the UK.
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NewsOptomen takes C5’s order for daytime cooking show
Optomen, All3Media’s latest acquisition, has cooked up a new advertiser-funded series for Channel 5 that aims to help viewers prepare quick meals.
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NewsBBC accused of bias over Panorama report on raid
The BBC is facing a protest this weekend following its Panorama documentary on the Israeli raid on a Palestinian aid flotilla, with complaints beginning to flood in after a campaign by lobby groups.
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NewsUKTV adds Peep Show to Dave
Dave will add Peep Show to its roster of comedy series after 4Rights sold 30 hours of programming to UKTV.
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NewsSTV to air Shed web drama Being Victor
Shed Media’s web drama Being Victor will transfer to TV this autumn after the producer struck a deal with Scottish broadcaster STV.
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NewsZolkwer moves into ITV comedy hot seat
Claire Zolkwer is to become ITV’s new comedy supremo, with Michaela Hennessy-Vass leaving the broadcaster.
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NewsMale TV experts outnumber women four to one, study shows
City University has applied for a grant to study the representation of women in the media after an initial study into news programmes found that male experts outnumbered women by four to one.
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NewsThompson: pensions strike will be no help
The BBC and unions remain at loggerheads over the broadcaster’s proposed pension cuts, as director general Mark Thompson warned staff this week that industrial action will have no effect.
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NewsIndie peaktime share soars
Indies commanded more than half of peaktime spending by public service broadcasters for the first time in 2009, but their share of daytime TV spend was at a 10-year low.
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NewsX Factor exclusive unveiled on Facebook
Fresh footage from this year’s X Factor is to debut on Facebook, as ITV moves to connect with fans on the social network ahead of the new series.
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NewsSky Arts acquires Bestival film
Feature-length coverage of this year’s Camp Bestival festival has been picked up for broadcast by Sky Arts.
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NewsPrince teams with Goldie for BBC talent show
Prince Harry is teaming up with drum’n’bass star Goldie to stage a gig at Buckingham Palace.
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NewsBBC apologises over weatherman's rude gesture
The BBC has been forced to apologise after one of its weathermen was caught making a rude gesture live on air.
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NewsITV Player to launch on PS3
ITV is to make its video-on-demand service ITV Player available via games console Sony PlayStation 3 by the end of the year.
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NewsLiving hosts Party Wars
Extravagant parties, wild socialites and popular ‘it’ girls will combine in a new Four Weddings-style format for Living.
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NewsITV gets first web news editor
ITN has appointed Jason Mills as the first web editor for the news section of the ITV website.