All Broadcasters articles – Page 1147
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NewsSTV says cost savings were major reason for axing ITV dramas
STV director of content Alan Clements has admitted that costs were a major consideration in its decision to drop ITV’s drama slate - which is understood to have saved the broadcaster £4.5m this year.
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NewsHat Trick to produce US TV satire for BBC2
Hat Trick Productions is making a BBC2 sitcom starring Friends actor Matt LeBlanc that satirises the trend for US remakes of British comedy shows.
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News19 exec to lead Discovery AFP push
Discovery Networks International has appointed former 19 Entertainment exec Chris Shaw to secure more AFP and negotiate its new UK business ad sales contract.
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NewsFive mulls switch to pay-TV
Five is considering taking its main terrestrial channel into the pay-TV market as it investigates radical survival strategies.
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NewsFincham: drama deals could be way forward
ITV hopes to follow its resurrection of Primeval with more innovative drama funding deals designed to squeeze the most from its reduced budget.
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NewsArmstrong to front BBC1 satire pilot
Armstrong and Miller’s subsidiary Toff Media is piloting a companion show to Have I Got News For You that will cast a satirical eye on the week ahead.
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NewsFive launches live football on iPhone
Live football has come to the iPhone for the first time with an application from Five.
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NewsEight out of 10 TVs digital
Eight out of 10 of the UK’s 60 million TV sets are now digitally enabled, according to Ofcom.
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NewsMore scheduling overlap for Strictly and X Factor
Fans of popular shows The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing may be forced to pick between the two as TV scheduling for October 10 will see one hour and 20 minutes overlap.
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NewsInternet ad spend overtakes TV
First-half spending on internet advertising was a record £1.75 billion, a quarter of the market and more than the £1.64 billion for television, says the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB).
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NewsBBC to cut 90 jobs
The BBC is to axe 90 jobs in a restructure of its talent and rights negotiation team.
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NewsBradshaw: BBC faces "fight for its life" if Tories win
Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has warned that a Tory general election victory would leave the BBC “fighting for its life”.
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NewsPrimeval resurrected on ITV1 with UKTV deal
ITV has resurrected hit sci fi drama Primeval for two new series in 2011, after agreeing a ground breaking co-production deal that will see UKTV have the first run of the fifth series.
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NewsFreeview retune to boost Five
A move to boost the availability of Five means that 18 million homes with Freeview must retune their televisions.
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NewsPM may participate in live debate
Reports emanating from the Labour Party Conference suggest that Gordon Brown is ready to participate in a televised debate with David Cameron and Nick Clegg ahead of next year’s general election.
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NewsITV lines-up Grade successor
ITV is believed to be in advanced talks with former Reed Elsevier boss Sir Crispin Davis and ex-Channel 4 chairman and BMI founder Sir Michael Bishop about taking the non-executive chairman role.
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NewsWatch orders Thorpe Park gameshow
Heather Mills and Katie Price are among a number of famous faces who will brave a series of extreme theme park rides as part of a new TV gameshow on Watch.
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NewsBBC and Labour in fresh "bias" row
The reaction of the BBC to Government plans on the future of its funding has led the Culture Secretary to accuse the corporation of bias.
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NewsBall's chairman demands too much for ITV
Tony Ball wanted a £42m package to run ITV – but it was his demand to have the final veto over the company’s new chairman that caused negotiations to collapse.
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NewsITV and Ball: it's all off
ITV is back to square one in its search for a new chief executive after its board terminated discussions with Tony Ball.