All Broadcasters articles – Page 1076
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NewsITV breaks new ground in Baby Cow app transfer
Baby Cow has won an ITV commission for an animated series in what is thought to be the first time an iPhone app has been turned into a TV show.
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NewsC4 plans follow-up series to My Beautiful Face doc
Channel 4 is to turn its Bafta-nominated Cutting Edge documentary Katie: My Beautiful Face into a four-part series.
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NewsStreet Striker to return
Ad-funded football talent contest Coke Zero Street Striker, presented by Wayne Rooney, has been recommissioned by Sky 1 HD for a third series to start filming in August.
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NewsPineapple spin-off set for a nationwide tour
Sky 1 is to turn the follow-up to Pineapple Dance Studios into a live event that it plans to take around the country.
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NewsProducers slam Trust’s support for online cuts
Multiplatform producers campaigning for the BBC to rethink its online strategy have given short shrift to the BBC Trust’s backing for the proposed 25% budget cut.
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NewsBBC Daytime to get £5m boost to aid reinvention
BBC Daytime is closing in on a budget boost of between £5m and £10m as it prepares to fast-track its transformation in the wake of strong criticism from the BBC Trust.
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NewsMet Office renews BBC deal
The Met Office has had its contract to supply the BBC’s weather renewed for a further five years, after the contract was put up for tender for the first time in nearly 90 years.
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NewsCeleb chefs more effective than gov't healthy eating campaigns
Jamie Oliver was right to ignore recent criticism from the Government as new research indicates that cooking shows and documentaries are more influential than government healthy eating campaigns.
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NewsJonathan Ross to host ITV chatshow
ITV has announced that Jonathan Ross is to front a new prime chatshow that is slated to launch next year.
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NewsTwofour admits using "misleading" footage
Indie Twofour has admitted that it “appears” to have mistakenly misled audiences over footage in a series about a Bristol housing estate.
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NewsITV suffers World Cup commentary blow
ITV struggled through last night’s coverage of the World Cup clash between Uruguay v Holland with just one commentator after summariser Jim Beglin fell ill.
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NewsPolice complain over 'misleading' BBC doc
A policeman in Bristol has said a BBC programme about a housing estate in the city is misleading.
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NewsESPN kicks off Premier League coverage
ESPN will kick off its Premier League coverage by screening matches involving defending champions Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.
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NewsBBC counts cost of Salford move
The BBC’s annual report has revealed the significant cost of moving 2,300 staff to the corporation’s new northern headquarters in Salford.
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NewsCall for more "recognisably Scottish" drama
BBC Scotland has been urged to find new ways of ensuring there is more “recognisably Scottish” drama on screen - and has recommissioned three comedy series.
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NewsEx-C4 marketing chief resurfaces at Comedy Central
A former Channel 4 head of marketing has returned to TV after a five-year absence to take up a post at Comedy Central UK.
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NewsKatona doc attracts 64 complaints
A documentary about Kerry Katona received more complaints than any other Channel 4 show last month, the broadcaster has said.
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NewsJedward to star in ITV2 ob doc
X Factor contestants John and Edward Grimes, better known as pop duo Jedward, are to star in an ob doc for ITV2.
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NewsBBCW execs pay rises
Total pay for BBC Worldwide staff has rocketed from £155.5m to £182.1m in the year to April 2010.
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NewsC4 Sales wins UKTV deal
Channel 4 Sales is to take over all advertising for UKTV’s portfolio in a ten-year deal.