All Broadcasters articles – Page 1117
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RatingsPrice pulls viewers for ITV2
Tabloid darling Katie Price proved to be ratings dynamite for ITV2 last night, with 1.6m tuning in for the premiere of her latest series – three times the audience of BBC3’s new reality series Dancing on Wheels.
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NewsCreeping doubts over Six Nations SpiderCam
Six Nations fans were left in a spin when the BBC used a pioneering new camera to cover the action during the England v Wales game.
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NewsNew antiques show gets BBC go-ahead
A new television programme showing how antiques can be accessed by all and provide an alternative to high street goods has been commissioned by the BBC.
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NewsDermot O'Leary to host youth Question Time
Dermot O’Leary is to front a youth-oriented Question Time for the BBC in a bid to engage a younger generation with politics.
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NewsMSPs 'should pressure BBC on Alba'
Politicians in Scotland should join forces and encourage the BBC to make a Gaelic TV channel available on Freeview, according to the culture minister.
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NewsSky 1 pilots format from new Noel JV
Sky 1 is to test a Price Is Right-style format jointly developed with Noel Edmonds.
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NewsMore 4 to air Nick Griffin’s Battle For Barking
More 4 is to mark the general election with a documentary depicting Labour MP Margaret Hodge’s attempts to hold onto her seat against British National Party leader Nick Griffin.
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ITV Studios looks to radio stations for FM funding
ITV Studios is in talks with record companies and radio stations to help piece together a Primeval-style deal to fund a second series of Chris O’Dowd sitcom FM to air on ITV2.
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NewsC4 eyes Deeley pilot
So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley has signed up to front a new treasure hunt entertainment format, where people race around UK cities to win a big cash prize.
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NewsBravo broadens its appeal with con artist drama from Fox
A USA Network comedy drama about a quick-thinking con artist has been collared by Bravo.
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Rise Films scores coup with rights to Semenya story
Factual indie Rise Films has beaten ITN and Oprah Winfrey to secure world exclusive documentary access to Caster Semenya, the South African world champion athlete at the centre of a gender controversy.
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NewsFriends to swap C4 for Comedy Central
Comedy Central UK will become the new home of Friends next year after succeeding with a 12-month “all-singing, all-dancing” campaign to land the show from Warner Bros.
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NewsNickelodeon drops splat for ‘older’ identity
Nickelodeon UK is ditching its famous orange splat as part of a major global rebrand.
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NewsC4 earmarks prime AFP slots for new ent ideas
Channel 4 is opening up its 10pm and 11pm slots to AFP for the first time.
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NewsBragg heads back to the South Bank for last hurrah on ITV1
The South Bank Show, the long-running arts strand that was controversially ditched by ITV, is set for a last hurrah with a 10-part series mixing new interviews with archive footage.
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NewsBBC Trust orders review of sports rights spending
The BBC Trust is to launch a major review into the BBC’s spending on sports rights.
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NewsDon’t cave in on star salaries, BBC urged
Execs, in-house producers and indies have urged the BBC to stand firm on its refusal to reveal talent deals in the face of mounting media and political pressure.
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NewsProduct placement for Corrie, but not X Factor
ITV has drawn up a top 10 list of programmes that are ripe for product placement that includes Coronation Street and Emmerdale - but not The X Factor.
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NewsLove bridges The Generation Gap for BBC2 series
BBC2 is to send a group of young people into an old people’s home in a bid to persuade them the elderly should not be “consigned to the dustbin”.