All Broadcasters articles – Page 1131
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NewsInput Media scores with Chelsea deal
Sports producer Input Media has extended its contract to make Chelsea TV until 2013.
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NewsFree sport prompts cash loss fears
Sport’s governing bodies have claimed that restricting ‘crown-jewel’ live sporting events to free-to-air broadcast will mean a significant loss of revenue.
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NewsPanorama's Sandy Smith moves to The One Show
Panorama executive editor Sandy Smith is to move across to The One Show, replacing Tessa Finch as executive editor.
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NewsBBC2 greenlights Watson & Oliver pilot
BBC2 has greenlit a pilot from female comedy duo Watson & Oliver to be made by Peep Show producer Robert Popper and French and Saunders exec Jo Sargent.
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NewsITV to amend I'm a Celebrity guidelines
ITV is set to implement a string of new guidelines to I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here to avoid animal cruelty on future series.
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NewsCartoon Network rapped for breaking junk food rules
Cartoon Network has fallen foul of UK junk food advertising laws – over ads broadcast in Spain.
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NewsTop BBC staff must "justify salaries"
BBC staff earning more than £150,000 are to be forced to publicly justify their salaries in a Government bid to crack down on public-sector pay and bonuses.
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NewsSTV names Partyka channel controller
STV has appointed Elizabeth Partyka as its first channel controller, giving her responsibility for commissioning and scheduling.
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NewsUKTV acquires Notting Hill Carnival doc
A Don Letts documentary celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Notting Hill Carnival has been acquired by UKTV’s Blighty.
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NewsMarr to take over Dimbleby duties
The BBC’s Andrew Marr has been told that he is to take over covering some of the big state and ceremonial occasions from David Dimbleby in 2012.
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NewsI'm a Celeb producers escape animal cruelty prosecution
There are no plans to prosecute the producers of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! over alleged animal cruelty on the programme, Australian police said.
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NewsC4 or ITV could spring chief exec surprise
C4 needs a creative leader as its next chief executive and ITV a business strategist, according to a panel of industry experts – but the smart money could still be on at least one of them making a surprise appointment.
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NewsJLC making Eurovision bid for Five
Justin Lee Collins will attempt to enter next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in his first documentary for Five.
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NewsRicky Gervais toon comes to C4
Channel 4 is to show Ricky Gervais’ new HBO show just weeks after it airs in the US.
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NewsGallagher to leave ITV
ITV’s director of group corporate affairs Mark Gallagher has announced he will step down from the company at the end of the month.
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NewsITV Leeds to get £5m revamp
ITV’s Kirkstall Road studios in Leeds are set for a £5.2m revamp that will move Emmerdale’s production facilities into the mothballed site and introduce high definition facilities.
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NewsPopper indie wins first order in E4 sitcom pilot
The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird is to take a lead role in an E4 sitcom pilot from Robert Popper’s indie and Big Talk Productions about a Jewish family.
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NewsBBC taps Northern Ireland indies for entertainment shows
Northern Ireland indies have landed a flurry of major BBC network orders, including an eight-part National Lottery series and an entertainment pilot starring Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert.
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NewsChristmas TV is 600 hours of repeats
The spirit of Christmas past will highlight this year’s TV schedule with 600 hours of repeats on the main channels.
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NewsMurphy to overhaul Sky 1 roles
Sky 1 has embarked on a major restructure of its commissioning team which has resulted in the departure of commissioning editor for factual entertainment and specialist factual Emma Read.