All Broadcasters articles – Page 1117
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NewsBBC spent £229m on talent last year
The BBC paid on-air talent more than £229m last year, including £54m for presenters paid over £150,000.
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NewsTrue-May: Midsomer will thrive with new Barnaby
The producer of Midsomer Murders says he is confident the programme will remain successful, despite shaking up the cast by replacing John Nettles.
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NewsMerger creates new broadcast fitness firm
Former ITN chief executive Mark Wood is to lead a new new health and fitness broadcast company following the merger of two lifestyle channel operators.
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NewsBBC2 re-orders comedy double
BBC2 has greenlit second runs of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle and Dave Gorman’s show Genius.
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NewsC4 to offer viewers a third Gok fix
Gok Wan is to re-team with fashion buyer Brix Smith-Start for a third series of Channel 4 series Gok’s Fashion Fix.
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NewsSky sells 10.4% ITV stake at £348m loss
BSkyB sold 10.4% of its stake in ITV for around £196m this morning – a loss of about £348m.
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NewsBBC to reveal stars' pay to MPs only
The BBC has agreed to reveal licence fee-funded payments to some of its leading sports presenters to a House of Commons spending watchdog but not to the public.
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NewsBBC criticised for "sloppy" spending on events
The BBC’s accounting is “sloppy” and its refusal to open its books to the National Audit Office looks “inexplicably evasive and self-indulgent,” the House of Commons public accounts committee has said.
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NewsSky will cut ITV stake - finally
BSkyB has ended its lengthy battle to hang on to its 17.9% stake in ITV and will reduce it to the 7.5% threshold set by regulators.
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NewsDannii Minogue set for ITV2 series
X Factor judge Dannii Minogue is in talks to star in her own ITV2 reality series, which her agents will co-produce.
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NewsBBC DG reassures staff over in-house production
BBC director general Mark Thompson has hinted to staff that in-house production will not be significantly affected by the size and scope review.
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NewsITV greenlights Trevor Eve drama
Trevor Eve is to star as an international hostage negotiator in new ITV1 drama Kidnap and Ransom.
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NewsFreeview slots up for grabs
The BBC and Arquiva have been given the green light to auction off two new Freeview slot thanks a major spectrum reshuffle.
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NewsCoraline creator to write for Doctor Who
Fantasy writer Neil Gaiman is working on his first major TV project in 15 years: an episode of Doctor Who.
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NewsSNP calls for competition for the BBC
Scottish culture minister Fiona Hyslop will set out the need for competition to the BBC in a speech to a Broadcasting Summit later today.
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NewsITV fined for rat killing Celebrity episode
ITV has been fined for animal cruelty after contestants on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! killed and ate a rat, the Australian RSPCA has said.
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NewsESPN to launch Euro SportsCenter
ESPN is to air a European version of its flagship SportsCenter news show on ESPN America from next month.
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NewsHammond to examine space shuttle
Top Gear co-presenter Richard Hammond will examine how the space shuttle works in a third run of his BBC/Nat Geo engineering series.
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NewsFrontrunners emerge for BBC entertainment job
Three leading executives with experience at ITV, the BBC and Virgin Media are understood to be the frontrunners to replace Jon Beazley as head of BBC entertainment – but the race remains wide open.
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NewsBirt: TV has nothing to fear from Tories
Former BBC director general Lord Birt has said that the television industry has nothing to fear from a potential Conservative government.