All Broadcasters articles – Page 489
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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.
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NewsDNI revamp and Kaplan exit puzzles suppliers
UK factual producers are working through the implications of a Discovery Networks International restructure in which the media giant will merge its International Content Group with its UK/ Ireland business and prioritise local investment.
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NewsDan Korn to join A+E Networks
Former Discovery commissioner Dan Korn is to join A+E Networks as vice president of programming.
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RatingsNational Treasure concludes with 2.3m
TUESDAY: National Treasure closed with 2.3m (11%) while the launch of Sharon Horgan’s black comedy Divorce doubled Sky Atlantic’s slot average.
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NewsMcDonald unveils upcoming NHU slate
The BBC has unveiled six major natural history commissions across BBC1 and BBC including a follow up of Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur.
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NewsITV2 orders four BAME commissions
ITV2 has ordered four BAME-friendly comedy and entertainment specials, commissioned by recently appointed digital channels boss Rosemary Newell and entertainment commissioning editor Asif Zubairy.
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NewsDickson and Charker-Phillips to leave ITV Studios
Simon Dickson and Lorraine Charker-Phillips are to leave ITV Studios to establish Label 1 in the indie sector.
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NewsC4 commissions doppelganger format
Mentorn Media is to hunt down un-related doppelgängers for a one-off documentary for Channel 4.
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RatingsVictorian Slum pulls 2.4m to BBC2
MONDAY: Wall to Wall’s poverty experiment The Victorian Slum got underway with 2.4m (11.5%) while Big Talk’s Cold Feet continued to dominate.
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NewsDiscovery reshuffles UK division as Marjorie Kaplan exits
Marjorie Kaplan is exiting Discovery Communications after almost 20 years at the company, and less than one year into her post as president of content at Discovery Networks International (DNI).
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NewsUKTV's W buys property formats from Cineflix Rights
Cineflix Rights has sold more than 200 hours of lifestyle and crime programming to UKTV, Sky and CBS Reality.