All Broadcasters articles – Page 1081
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NewsTime Warner shuns Five deal
US media giant Time Warner is understood to have backed away from offering a bid for Five having previously expressed interest in buying the broadcaster.
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NewsNME TV tunes into Freesat
Music television channel NME TV has extended its distribution following a launch via digital free-to-air service Freesat.
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NewsFiver takes Sex Lessons
Digital channel Fiver is to provide a light-hearted take on how to improve viewers’ sex lives in a new series hosted by Big Brother’s Dan Wright.
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NewsSheffield Doc Fest moved to June
The Sheffield International Documentary Festival is to be moved to June from next year in a bid attract more delegates and increase engagement with the local community.
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NewsITV2 blessed with Katie Price wedding series
Katie Price and Alex Reid’s wedding blessing will be captured on camera for an ITV show.
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NewsSky Sports News goes pay TV-only
Sky is retrenching Sky Sports News as a pay TV-only channel as the broadcaster extends its strategy of charging viewers to view its content.
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NewsMumbai director tackles Haiti
The Bafta award-winning director of Terror In Mumbai is to tackle the fallout of the Haitian earthquake for his next project.
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NewsSnow slams obsession with celebs
Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow has blamed the media’s obsession with celebrity culture for holding back the international news agenda on British television.
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NewsBlumenthal may call time on feasting to keep C4 menu fresh
Chef Heston Blumenthal is considering calling time on his Channel 4 Feasts strand to prevent it getting “tired”.
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NewsE4 triumphs at Digital Awards with four gongs
E4 was crowned Digital Channel of the Year at this year’s Broadcast Digital Awards – one of four prizes for the Channel 4 youth station.
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NewsThe Biggest Loser wins promotion to ITV1 primetime
ITV1 weight-loss series The Biggest Loser is set for a primetime slot in a bid to reach a fresh audience following its daytime debut.
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NewsSky axes Real Lives to beef up Sky 1 and 2
Sky is axing its female-focussed channel Real Lives to shift its budget onto sister channels Sky 1 and 2.
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NewsC4 inks BT content deal for 4oD
Channel 4 has signed its first commercial partnership deal for 4oD, with BT sponsoring a raft of bespoke content including the premiere of season four of The IT Crowd.
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NewsBishop fronts BBC1 primetime show
Liverpudlian comedian John Bishop has won a series order for a Saturday primetime show for BBC1 later this summer and is also fronting a World Cup app for theiPhone and iPad.
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NewsAlmost 6,000 complain over ITV goal gaffe
Almost 6,000 people have complainted over ITV’s error that resulted in nearly 1.5m viewers missing England’s first goal of the 2010 World Cup.
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NewsITV sacks Robbie Earle in ticket scandal
Football pundit Robbie Earle has been sacked by ITV after his World Cup tickets were found to have been used by an unauthorised “third party”.
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NewsFilming finishes on The Bill
Cast and crew on The Bill gathered to film the drama’s final ever scene yesterday in an emotional day on set.
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NewsITV apologises for goal gaffe
Nearly 1.5m viewers missed England’s first goal of the 2010 World Cup after an embarrassing blunder on ITV1 HD.
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NewsC4 creative director steps down
Channel 4 creative director Brett Foraker, who oversees the broadcaster’s branding and idents, is to leave the broadcaster after seven years to pursue a career in the US.
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NewsITV 'set to win mobile apps race'
ITV looks set to become the first major UK broadcaster to launch a mobile app which would allow viewers to catch up on its programmes after confirming it is in talks with Apple, Blackberry and Google’s Android teams.