All Broadcasters articles – Page 1131
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NewsBroadcast Awards 2010 shortlist unveiled
Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor are to go head to head at the 2010 Broadcast Awards.
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The Broadcast InterviewAaqil Ahmed, BBC head of religion and ethics
The BBC head of religion tells Katherine Rushton why the row over his appointment is trivial, how class is more crucial than race and what he plans to do with Songs Of Praise.
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NewsITV snaps up Disney's GMTV stake for £22m
ITV has spent more than £22m buying out Disney’s minority stake in GMTV.
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NewsCome Dine With Me creators cook up fresh format duo for ITV1
The team behind Come Dine With Me and Britain’s Best Dish are to produce two new factual formats for ITV1’s daytime schedule.
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NewsRogue Traders’ Allwright to sort out holiday woes
Rogue Traders presenter Matt Allwright is to front a peaktime BBC1 consumer travel show designed to expose the worst of the tourist industry.
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NewsFive to strip JLC game show
Justin Lee Collins’ first show for Five under his two-year golden handcuffs deal will be stripped across the Christmas period.
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NewsC4 moots online charge for advance episodes
Channel 4 is considering charging viewers to watch new programmes online before they air on TV as part of plans to break down the barriers between the schedule and on-demand viewing.
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NewsITV1 pulls the plug on Beat the Star after two series
Beat The Star has been dropped from ITV1 to make way for new entertainment formats.
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NewsSTV’s Hain hits out at lack of clean ITV feed
The row between STV and ITV has intensified, after disagreements over whether the latter is providing its licensees with a clean feed of programmes.
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NewsBurns’ search for C4 boss to hot up in the new year
Channel 4’s hunt for a new chief executive will begin in earnest in January as new chairman Lord Burns is only beginning to draw up his shortlist for the role.
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NewsBBC scraps plans to air ‘horny priests’ ballet
The BBC has dropped plans to air a ballet inspired by impresario Sergei Diaghilev this Christmas – after discovering that it features a deformed Pope who rapes nuns.
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NewsITV4 to air FHM stand-up contest
ITV4 is repackaging an FHM contest to find Britain’s best undiscovered stand-up comedian in a 60-minute show from Baby Cow and Signal TV.
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NewsIndustry celebrates diversity champions
The Paul O’Grady Show producer Olga TV was recognised for its efforts to champion diversity at the inaugural Cultural Diversity Network Awards last night.
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NewsRTS rewards Being Human werewolf
Being Human’s werewolf transformation, Wallander’s title music and the make-up for Moses Jones were all honoured at the RTS Craft & Design Awards 2008/9 last night.
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NewsJones: stamp out unfair TV work experience
GMTV and Skillset chairman Clive Jones has called for the TV industry to “stamp out” the culture of low and unpaid internships as part of a new code of practice.
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NewsSun, Sea and A&E returns to Virgin
Virgin 1 has commissioned a second series of ob doc hit Sun, Sea and A&E from October Films.
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NewsCheryl Cole to host ITV1 special
X Factor judge Cheryl Cole is set to star in a celebrity-packed special for ITV1 this Christmas.
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NewsGMTV broke sponsorship rules
GMTV’s sponsored morning segment Talking Telly has been found in breach of the broadcasting code by Ofcom.
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NewsNorman: ITV could 'charge for channels'
The new chairman of ITV is considering charging viewers for some of its channels as part of a complete overhaul of the broadcaster, it has been reported.
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NewsHuggers: Canvas may be delayed until 2011
MEDIA FESTIVAL: Project Canvas will be delayed until 2011 unless the BBC Trust gives interim approval before the end of the year, BBC director of future media and technology Erik Huggers has revealed.