All Broadcasters articles – Page 472
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RatingsStrictly, Planet Earth & I'm A Celebrity land 11m viewers
SUNDAY: Linear TV proved it remains a powerful force after three shows pulled in more than 11m viewers – Strictly Come Dancing, Planet Earth and the return of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
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NewsMicky Flanagan returns to Sky
Comedian Micky Flanagan is returning to Sky 1 for a six-part documentary two years after his Detour de France travelogue.
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NewsTwenty Twenty dances off with BBC2 format
Twenty Twenty is to apply The Choir format to dance after securing a five-part documentary from BBC2.
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NewsBBC launches Google VR experience
BBC has teamed up with production studio Vrtov to create an enhanced version of VR experience The Turning Forest for Google’s headset Daydream.
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NewsVirgin strikes deal for Turner box-sets
Virgin Media and Time Warner-owned Turner have expanded a carriage deal for the UK and Ireland to include catch-up TV and box sets.
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RatingsPoliakoff drama grips 2m
THURSDAY: Stephen Poliakoff’s WW2 drama opened with almost 2m viewers, as Channel 4’s controversial jail doc got underway with fewer than 1m.
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NewsITN closes archive division and plans to cut 50 jobs
ITN has struck a licencing deal with Getty Images to represent its entire archive of news clips and will also cut 50 jobs as its bids to hit its ambitious 2020 targets.
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NewsITV gears up for I'm A Celebrity launch
ITV is gearing up for the launch of the 16th series of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here after appointing Monterosa and Somethin Else to key digital roles.
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CommentAudiences want more than glitz
In an age of austerity, perhaps we should put value in content over form, says John Lloyd
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NewsITV orders This Time Next Year spin-offs
Twofour is to apply the “entertainment grammar” of its transformation format This Time Next Year to a pair of ITV factual spin-offs.
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NewsCelia Taylor to leave Sky
Sky head of non-scripted Celia Taylor is leaving the broadcaster after seven years.
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NewsIn brief: Sky Atlantic; Professor Green; TriForce; Lionsgate / Green Door
Merman, Big Talk Productions and David Cross have collaborated on a Sky Atlantic sitcom, as BBC3 has turned to Professor Green for two docs exploring cannabis legalisation and child poverty.
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NewsC4 doubles Naked Attraction order
Channel 4 has supersized its risqué dating show Naked Attraction for a second series.
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NewsITV hit by ad market collapse
ITV has been hit by a downturn in the TV advertising market and has warned its ads revenue will continue to tumble across the rest of the year.
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NewsWalter Presents picks up Nordic noir
Channel 4’s foreign-language on-demand service Walter Presents has acquired Nordic noir drama Valkyrien from distributor About Premium Content.
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CommentITV should play to its strengths
Drama with humour works better than comedy, says Stephen Arnell
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NewsSky pulls Store from YouView after price hike
Sky is to pull its TV and film download app Sky Store from YouView after the platform ramped up its charges.
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NewsComedy heads eye co-productions
Comedy can shrug off its reputation as drama’s poor relation by blurring genre lines and tapping into an increased global appetite for co-production, commissioners have declared.
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NewsIndie revenues bounce back
A boom in international primary commissioning and format sales boosted the UK indie sector’s total revenue by 3.5% in 2015, according to the Pact Census.