All Broadcasters articles – Page 1088
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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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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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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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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.
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NewsBowen: BBC must be less defensive
The BBC’s Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen has accused the corporation of suffering from a collective loss of confidence and becoming introspective.
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NewsC4 libel action to be heard without jury
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision over action against Channel 4 by a former bodyguard to Michael Jackson that could jeopardise the future of trial by jury in defamation cases.
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NewsC4 to subtitle all programming output from 2011
Channel 4 aims to offer subtitles on all programmes and fi lms across TV and online by next January as part of a package of measures to improve its access services.
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NewsSpence dances out of Pineapple Studios to sign Sky contract
Extrovert dance instructor Louie Spence has signed a golden-handcuffs deal with Sky1 HD but Pineapple Dance Studios, the show in which he made his name, is not returning.
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NewsITV to mark The Bill’s passing with behind scenes doc
The final months of production on The Bill are being filmed in a special behind-the-scenes documentary for ITV1.
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NewsRelief at sale of VMTV but job fears persist
VMTV sources have welcomed its sale to BSkyB for finally ending the uncertainty around the business - but the prospect of a major overhaul and potential job losses still looms.
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News£1.5m shake-up sees GMTV name dropped
ITV is dropping the GMTV brand and will splash out £1.5m on a shake-up of the flagship morning show.