All Broadcasters articles – Page 1110
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NewsFive launches show to find UK Glee club
Five is lining up a live entertainment spectacular to find a real life UK Glee club.
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NewsSky RL picks up US dance show
Sky Real Lives has acquired series one and two of US dance contest Dance Your Ass Off from NBCU International Television Distribution.
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NewsDance exec to take on Strictly
The BBC has named the new executive producer of Strictly Come Dancing, following the departure of its long-standing exec Sam Donnelly to Gallowgate.
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NewsWatch acquires Who Do You Think You Are US
The US version of Who Do You Think You Are? has been picked up by UKTV-owned Watch.
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NewsGMG axes original content and staff at Channel M
All but four jobs at Manchester based TV regional station Channel M have been placed into consultation, after owners GMG axed the channel’soriginal output.
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NewsHunt questions logic of 6 Music plan
Shadow Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he could not understand the BBC’s logic in dropping 6 Music but retaining another “niche” service such as Radio 3.
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NewsRTS snubs talent shows
The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent have been snubbed at the Royal Television Society Awards.
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NewsFive HD to launch on Sky
Five has confirmed plans for an HD channel on Sky this summer – just days after ruling out launching one on Freeview on cost grounds.
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The Broadcast InterviewAndrew Jackson: the BBC’s straight-talker
Natural History Unit chief Andrew Jackson isn’t afraid to say what he thinks, and his self confessed lack of ‘pedigree’ is just what the corporation ordered, writes Katherine Rushton
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NewsFellowes attacks TV's "cult of youth"
Veteran screenwriter Julian Fellowes has attacked TV commissioners’ obsession with reaching a “mythical” youth audience and their fear of portraying comfortable middle class life.
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NewsArts back on ITV agenda as factual edges upmarket
ITV is brainstorming ideas for a new arts strand as it looks to revitalise its factual slate.
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NewsITV's Bristol studios sale falls through
ITV has gone back to the drawing board after a £5m deal to sell its Bristol studios fell through.
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NewsTaylor to run BBC in-house entertainment
Katie Taylor has won the race to succeed Jon Beazley as head of BBC in-house entertainment.
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NewsSky News plans female faces for Women's Day
Sky News will have an all female production and broadcasting team on Monday 8 March to mark the 99th anniversary of International Women’s Day.
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NewsC4 viewers heap praise on Mowlam biopic
Ratings-busting drama Mo was the most praised show on Channel 4 last month – but viewers complained in droves about a technical hitch that saw The Godfather Part II transmitted in the wrong order.Scroll down for full list of “rated and slated”A total of 60 people contacted C4 to praise ...
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NewsSmith and Stapleton leave GMTV sofa in shake-up
GMTV News Hour presenters Penny Smith and John Stapleton are leaving the sofa as part of a wider shakeup of the morning programme.
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NewsITV Studios set for cash boost
ITV chairman Archie Norman has revealed his ambition to pump money into ITV Studios to reshape it as a creative multiplatform powerhouse.
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NewsNorman: No quick fixes for ITV
ITV chairman Archie Norman is reshaping the commercial broadcaster for its long term survival, and warned shareholders that long term goals will be the new priority over short term results.
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NewsBroadcasters agree election debate rules
The BBC, ITV and Sky have agreed on the rules for hosting the Prime Ministerial debates through the 2010 general election campaign.
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NewsBradshaw: BBC shouldn't assume Tory victory
Media secretary Ben Bradshaw has urged the BBC to have confidence in itself, and warned against the broadcaster preparing for a “viscerally hostile” Conservative Party winning the upcoming election.