All Broadcasters articles – Page 1137

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    News

    ITV to raise £120m and keep SDN

    2009-10-13T09:50:00Z

    ITV has revealed a raft of measures designed to put the company on more secure financial footing – including raising £120m by issuing bonds and calling off the sale of Freeview spectrum business SDN.

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    News

    Dave wants more Red Dwarf

    2009-10-12T10:10:00Z

    UKTV has commissioned a new batch of Red Dwarf scripts after reviving the BBC sci-fi comedy at Easter.

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    News

    BBC2 greenlights Simon Amstell sitcom

    2009-10-12T09:44:00Z

    BBC2 has commissioned a six-part run of Grandma’s House from Tiger Aspect Productions, written by and starring Simon Amstell.

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    News

    Pat Kenny tops RTE earnings list

    2009-10-12T09:35:00Z

    Irish TV and radio broadcast company RTE has named presenter Pat Kenny as its top earner - taking home almost €1 million a year in both 2007 and 2008.

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    News

    ITV's Cresswell to take reins - and then depart

    2009-10-12T09:24:00Z

    ITV’s John Cresswell will become its interim chief executive and lead its search for a new boss - but he will then leave the company.

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    News

    Sky Songs to launch next week

    2009-10-12T09:17:00Z

    Sky has confirmed October 19 as the launch date for Sky Songs, its new ad-free streaming music service.

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    News

    Next Ashes will be free-to-air

    2009-10-12T09:13:00Z

    The next Ashes cricket series will be broadcast live on free-to-air rather than pay-to-view television, according to a senior government source reported by the Sunday Telegraph newspaper.

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    News

    Cosgrove Hall on the brink

    2009-10-09T15:03:00Z

    Cosgrove Hall Films, the children’s animation studio behind Danger Mouse and Count Duckula, is facing an uncertain future after owner ITV confirmed the company has been placed under a review.

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    News

    ITV axes Kingdom

    2009-10-09T12:15:00Z

    ITV has axed Norfolk based drama Kingdom, after three series on the commercial broadcaster.

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    News

    Cat Deeley to host US dance show import

    2009-10-09T12:11:00Z

    The BBC’s forthcoming version of US show So You Think You Can Dance is to be hosted by Cat Deeley when it airs in January.

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    News

    BBC recommissions Missing drama

    2009-10-09T12:07:00Z

    The BBC has recommissioned the critically acclaimed drama Missing for 10 new episodes to be screened next year, making it twice the length of season one.

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    News

    Today programme tops broadcast list

    2009-10-09T12:04:00Z

    The best of British broadcasting has been named as BBC Radio 4’s Today by the influential viewers’ group Voice of the Listener and Viewer.

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    News

    Setanta collapse blamed for FA woes

    2009-10-09T11:53:00Z

    Lord Triesman, chairman of the Football Association, has blamed the collapse of Setanta for difficulties with the development of the National Football Centre in Burton.

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    News

    Forsyth apologises for race row gaff

    2009-10-09T11:51:00Z

    Veteran presenter Bruce Forsyth has been forced to backtrack in a formal BBC statement after he said the nation should get a “sense of humour” about the Strictly Come Dancing race row.

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    News

    C4 stands ground over ads in 9/11 doc

    2009-10-09T11:24:00Z

    Real-time 9/11 documentary 102 Minutes that Changed America proved to be Channel 4’s most divisive programme last month, with controversy raging over the level of advertising within its broadcast.

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    Comment

    Seven tips to avoid ITV's self-destruction

    2009-10-08T12:08:00Z

    Running ITV may seem like taking on a mission impossible - so potential CEOs should read former head of business affairs Andrew Baker’s seven tips to stop the network self-destructing.

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    News

    Now Casualty will clash with X Factor

    2009-10-08T12:05:00Z

    First it was Strictly Come Dancing - now BBC1’s Saturday night drama Casualty will move to a Sunday to go head to head with ITV1’s The X Factor next weekend.

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    News

    Bishop in pole position for ITV chairman job

    2009-10-08T11:57:00Z

    Sir Michael Bishop, former chairman of Channel 4 and airline BMI, has become the frontrunner to take the chairman’s role at ITV after Sir Crispin Davis pulled out of the running.

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    The Broadcast Interview

    Hilary Salmon, BBC executive producer

    2009-10-08T11:36:00Z

    Executive producer Hilary Salmon may be rather reserved, but she’s the woman behind the corporation’s noisiest dramas. Katherine Rushton finds out why she has a lot to shout about.

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    News

    Shine to revive fortunes of brass band for BBC2

    2009-10-08T10:30:00Z

    BBC2 hopes to do for local brass bands what Strictly has done for ballroom dancing with a three-part Shine Television series fronted by Sue Perkins.