All Broadcasters articles – Page 1127
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NewsConchords grounded after two series
HBO comedy series Flight of the Conchords will not return for a third series, its creators have confirmed.
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NewsMurray to debunk German stereotypes for BBC4
BBC4 plans to combat negative stereotypes about German culture in a two-part factual series fronted by comedian Al Murray.
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NewsITV to send celebs on Norway trek
ITV has ordered a cold-weather alternative to I’m A Celebrity… - sending two groups of stars on a 2,000-mile trek through the wilderness of Norway to the edge of the Arctic Circle.
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NewsBBC ditches Siemens from £80m DMI scheme
The BBC’s £80m Digital Media Initiative is floundering so severely that the corporation has ditched technology partner Siemens.
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NewsWe Are The Champions returns for Sport Relief
CBBC is to revive classic children’s show We Are The Champions for next year’s Sport Relief, with Phoenix Nights comic Paddy McGuinness as host.
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The Broadcast InterviewFive comes out fighting
Our partnership remains strong, Five’s Dawn Airey and Richard Woolfe tell Lisa Campbell.
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NewsC4 gets cooking Japanese-style
Channel 4 is lining up a UK version of Japanese gladiatorial ‘cook-off ’ format Iron Chef as a stripped weekday show.
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NewsLiving presents celebs at 75 without the nip-tucks
Living will reveal what an elderly Katie Price would look like if she had not had plastic surgery in one of two major commissions for Granada Media.
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NewsDisney Channels EMEA buys surf series for XD
Disney Channels EMEA has acquired an animated sitcom about six teenagers who come together one summer to surf and work at the world-renowned Surfer’s Paradise Resort.
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NewsUTV eyes Welsh and North East news pilots
UTV is hatching a bid to run the independently funded news consortium pilot project in the North East of England, and hasn’t ruled out making a bid to run the Scottish news service either.
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NewsPedigree Dogs was "on the money", producer claims
Pedigree Dogs Exposed producer Jemima Harrison has claimed today’s Ofcom ruling as a victory after it rejected Kennel Club allegations that the doc was unfairly edited.
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NewsTesco to sponsor C4 music shows
High street retailer Tesco has struck its first ever TV sponsorship deal with two music shows for Channel 4.
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NewsOfcom rules against Pedigree Dogs Exposed
Ofcom has upheld three of 19 complaints against BBC documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed, despite coming under severe pressure from the corporation.
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NewsBBC3 charts 9% year on year growth
BBC3 is on course to increase its share of 16-to 34-year-olds to 4.4% by the end of the year – in line with growth for all the BBC’s digital channels.
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NewsUTV joins race for Welsh news pilot
Northern Ireland ITV franchisee UTV has joined forces with Welsh News publisher NWN media to make a bid for running the independently funded news consortium scheme pilot project for Wales.
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NewsTurner Laing joins Media Trust
BSkyB’s managing director of entertainment and news Sophie Turner Laing has joined the board of the charity the Media Trust.
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NewsITV2 picks up new American Idol
ITV2 has won the rights to broadcast the ninth series of American Idol and will air the show just one day after its US transmission.
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NewsMTV's Viva a ratings success
MTV Networks UK’s entertainment channel Viva has become a top ren-rated Freeview channel since its launch in October.
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NewsGrade: ITV could drop regional news
ITV’s outgoing executive chairman Michael Grade has warned that regional news could be dropped completely from the broadcaster’s schedule if a Conservative government overturned Ofcom’s regional news pilot scheme.