All Broadcasters articles – Page 497
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NewsUKTV hits ad share high
UKTV’s share of the television advertising market has continued to grow – hitting an all-time high in the first six months of the year.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother peaks with 3m
THURSDAY: Celebrity Big Brother nudged ahead of the performance for last summer’s opener - as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall shed 1m viewers on BBC1.
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NewsElectric Ray explores parenting for C4
Electric Ray is to take a light-hearted look at the reality of parenting for Channel 4.
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NewsFox eyes original UK drama
UK pay-TV channel Fox is set to kick off a hunt for a British drama to match The Walking Dead after hiring Keshet exec Sara Johnson as its scripted drama chief.
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Behind The ScenesThe Fall, Sky Atlantic
Reuniting Mary Decker and Zola Budd for the first time since their 1984 clash, it was clear how much it had affected both their lives, says Karen Emsley
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RatingsSaving Lives at Sea rescues 3m
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s Saving Lives At Sea surged to a series high of over 3m as Gold sitcom The Rebel maintained its solid performance.
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NewsC4: Blaps tackles 'closed shop' of scripted comedy
Taking risks to help emerging talent and wacky ideas break into “the closed shop” of scripted comedy is at the heart of Channel 4’s online Blaps strategy as it prepares to open up its next commissioning round.
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NewsStarz plots Peep Show US
US cable network Starz is remaking Channel 4’s hit comedy Peep Show for American audiences.
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NewsSky profits break £1.5bn
Sky has posted strong full-year financial results with revenue and profit both up as the pay-TV operator starts to take advantage of bringing together its European services.
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NewsHistory cues up Ronnie O'Sullivan doc
Snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan is to hustle pool players across the USA in a four-part series for History after the pay-TV channel reignited its talent strategy.
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NewsITV Studios strategy pays off
ITV Studios has underlined its importance to its parent company after reporting a surge in revenues that will help insulate the broadcaster from the anticipated shockwaves of Brexit.
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NewsAdvertising giants back TV content fund
Advertising giants including Omnicom, Publicis and Interpublic are beginning to fund TV programming via a multimillion-pound fund created by Krempelwood.
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RatingsBig Brother bows out with series high
TUESDAY: Big Brother bowed out with a series average of 1.2m as E4 comedy Wasted got underway with a below par performance.
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NewsITV prepares for £25m Brexit cuts
ITV is preparing to make redundanies as it looks to make £25m of cuts in the wake of the EU referendum but has stressed that programming budgets will not be affected.
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NewsEuro 2016 boosts iPlayer
Wimbledon and Euro 2016 helped boost BBC iPlayer to 290m requests in June, well above the 250m generated the previous year.
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NewsITV Studios revenue surges
A strong performance by ITV Studios helped the broadcaster weather the post-Brexit storm, as net advertising revenue remained flat in the wake of the referendum.
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NewsSky Sports scores Chinese football
Sky Sports has looked east for its latest set of football rights – acquiring the Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League competition.
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RatingsC4's Naked Attraction pulls in viewers
MONDAY: Channel 4’s risqué new dating show Naked Attraction almost doubled slot average as it grew its audience to peak with 1.7m.
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NewsC4 founder warns against privatisation
Channel 4’s first chief executive Jeremy Isaacs has warned against the privatisation of the broadcaster.