All Broadcasters articles – Page 1153

  • Big Brother
    News

    Ad revenue dive sparks new crisis

    2009-07-16T07:00:00Z

    TV advertising revenues are set to reach a crisis point in the autumn with the second double-digit year-on-year drop in a row.

  • Peter Fincham
    News

    ITV signs Terms of Trade

    2009-07-15T14:11:00Z

    ITV has signed its Terms of Trade agreement with Pact, two years after the conditions were initally agreed.

  • Clive Jones
    News

    Top-slice licence fee by 5%, says ex-ITV exec

    2009-07-13T10:23:00Z

    Former ITV news and regions chief executive Clive Jones has accused the BBC of suffering “delusions of grandeur” and called for the licence fee to be top-sliced by 5% going forward.

  • Green Wing
    News

    UKTV to air Channel 4 shows

    2009-07-09T08:54:00Z

    UKTV will enter a new era this summer after signing a landmark deal giving it access to almost 200 hours of Channel 4 content.

  • Wallace and Gromit
    News

    KidsCo: let digital channels at PSB funds

    2009-07-07T10:09:00Z

    KidsCo managing director Paul Robinson has called for a contestable fund for younger children’s programming to be made open to both digital and terrestrial channels.

  • Neil Bentley
    News

    Bentley to replace Emma B on Heart

    2009-07-06T11:29:00Z

    Neil Bentley is to take over Heart 106.2’s weekday drivetime show from Emma B.

  • Wombles
    News

    End nostalgia in kids TV, say industry figures

    2009-07-03T13:55:00Z

    SHOWCOMOTION: Children’s broadcasters must stop relying on nostalgia to save kids TV and try to reposition themselves instead, some of the industry’s most senior figures have claimed.

  • Bop Box
    Behind The Scenes

    Bop Box, C5

    2009-07-02T08:49:00Z

    Exec Jessica Symons explains how the team found their dancing feet on a shoestring budget.

  • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
    News

    Mackin to quit BBCW for acquisitions role at UKTV

    2009-07-02T08:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide executive Catherine Mackin will have the job of finding the next Extreme Make­over: Home Edition after being named head of content acquisition at UKTV.

  • News

    Restoration and rip-offs land BBC daytime orders

    2009-07-02T08:00:00Z

    The BBC is bolstering its daytime output with a “daytime Watchdog” and a 20 x 30-minute antiques show on repairing damaged goods.

  • Chris Tarrant
    News

    Tarrant confirmed for Watch

    2009-07-01T09:36:00Z

    North One’s hidden camera series My Little Soldier has been renamed Tarrant Lets the Kids Loose after securing the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? host for the show.

  • Red Bull X Fighters
    News

    Dave plans first live broadcast

    2009-06-30T10:45:00Z

    UKTV channel Dave will broadcast live for the first time for the climax of the second series of the Red Bull X-Fighters motorcross world tour.

  • Neil Young at Glastonbury
    News

    Connery slams BBC Glasto coverage

    2009-06-29T12:03:00Z

    Sir Sean Connery has slammed the BBC for sending more than 400 staff to Glastonbury but “not one” to cover the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

  • Last of the Summer Wine
    News

    Still not the last of Last of The Summer Wine

    2009-06-29T10:49:00Z

    The BBC has recommissioned the world’s longest running sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine, for a 31st series -countering widespread rumours the show was about to be axed.

  • Hot Fuzz
    News

    Universal brings movies to Virgin

    2009-06-29T10:46:00Z

    Virgin Media has expanded is movies-on-demand service in a deal with Universal Pictures.

  • Jeremy Darroch
    News

    Sky boss Darroch comes out fighting

    2009-06-26T14:14:00Z

    BSkyB chief executive Jeremy Darroch has launched a blistering attack on Ofcom, accusing the regulator of “punishing success” with its proposals to limit what the satellite operator can charge for its premium sports and movie channels.

  • Trial and Retribution
    Ratings

    Peaktime proves a Trial for ITV1

    2009-06-26T13:10:00Z

    Two hours of Trial and Retribution repeats fell flat for ITV1 last night, as it floundered either side of News at Ten.

  • Taggart
    News

    STV waiting on Taggart decision

    2009-06-26T11:17:00Z

    STV is confident its ITV1 drama Taggart will be recommissioned – despite extending its financial borrowing facility in case it is not.

  • Man United / Chelsea
    News

    BSkyB and Ofcom on collision course

    2009-06-26T10:07:00Z

    BSkyB is set for a legal battle with Ofcom after the regulator proposed forcing the satellite giant to offer its premium sports and movie channels to rival pay TV operators for fixed sums.

  • Mark Thompson
    News

    Expenses: the hidden cost of Sachsgate

    2009-06-25T13:00:00Z

    The BBC paid more than £2,200 to fly Mark Thompson’s family home after the director general cut short his holiday to deal with the Sachsgate affair.