All Broadcasters articles – Page 480
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NewsC4 orders Somme anniversary doc
360 Production has been commissioned to tell the secret history of the Battle of the Somme in a one-off Channel 4 documentary.
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NewsUTV rebrands to match ITV
Northern Irish broadcaster UTV is to be rebranded to become more consistent with its parent broadcaster ITV.
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RatingsZapped! grabs 350k for Dave
THURSDAY: Dave’s fantasy comedy Zapped! opened with an above-average audience as Paranoid and The Fall slipped to series lows.
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NewsSky Vision lands Savage Kingdom
Sky Vision has picked up international rights to Icon Films’ natural history series Savage Kingdom.
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NewsTory MPs compete to chair select committee
Conservative MPs Damian Collins and Helen Grant will go head-to-head to become chair of the Culture, Media and Sport select committee.
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The Broadcast InterviewBrooker and Jones: Netflix & chilling dramas
Black Mirror executive producers Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones talk to Robin Parker about where they get their ideas, binge-watching – and what Netflix brings to the table.
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Behind The ScenesBlack Mirror, Netflix
From different episode lengths to unusual aspect ratios, Black Mirror’s move from C4 to Netflix has given the production and post teams freedom to experiment. Robin Parker reports
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NewsC4 recruits Deutschland 83 sequel
The follow-up to Deutschland 83 is to be made available on Channel 4 and Walter Presents after Amazon Germany ordered a second series of the spy thriller.
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NewsRemarkable wins C4 beauty pilot
The nation’s attitudes towards people with visible facial conditions will be put under the spotlight in a Channel 4 pilot.
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NewsC4 supersizes 8 Out of 10 Cats brand
Channel 4 has ordered its biggest run of comedy mash-up 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
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NewsC4 commissions Born Free 50th anniversary doc
Virginia McKenna will revisit Africa for a Channel 4 documentary marking the 50th anniversary of the lion cub film Born Free.
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NewsBBC Studios exempt from salary disclosure
New rules forcing the BBC to disclose talent salaries in excess of £150,000 will not apply to staff employed by BBC Studios, according to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
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RatingsThe Missing locates 6m
WEDNESDAY: The Missing returned with 6m viewers – comfortably ahead of the audience who tuned in for the first series debut in 2014.
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NewsSky sees slowing subscriber growth
Sky has reported slowing subscriber growth and a fall in advertising revenues, although total turnover has grown over the last three months.
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NewsBBC Studios culls 300 jobs
BBC Studios is to make around 300 staff redundant across all of its major genres, with factual bearing the brunt.
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CommentSVoD players come into the fold
Traditional broadcasters are seeing the benefits of Netflix and Co
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NewsSky Italia plans dramas to follow Young Pope
Sky Italia is developing high-end dramas based on the country’s football corruption scandal, the impact of the Arab Spring and Europe’s financial crisis, to follow The Young Pope.
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NewsShowtime and Sky Atlantic join Broadcast Commissioning Forum
Showtime senior vice-president of programming Robin Gurney will talk transatlantic trends with Sky Atlantic director Zai Bennett at the Broadcast Commissioning Forum on 3 November.
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NewsPolly Hill reveals first ITV drama commissions
ITV head of drama Polly Hill has ordered her first major original commissions since joining the broadcaster, unveiling a slate that she believes will deliver “drama with real authorship”.
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NewsIndies hit out at C5 ‘land grab’
Relations between Channel 5 and qualifying indies have soured in recent months, prompting complaints to Pact about the Viacom-owned broadcaster’s stance on terms of trade.