All Broadcasters articles – Page 498

  • Case
    News

    Icelandic noir Case heads to Walter Presents

    2016-09-08T12:30:00Z

    Channel 4’s foreign language streaming service Walter Presents has acquired Red Arrow International’s Icelandic crime drama Case.

  • Paralympics
    Ratings

    Paralympics launches with 2.3m

    2016-09-08T12:15:00Z

    WEDNESDAY: The Paralympic opening ceremony peaked with 2.3m (19.1%) while BBC1’s Great British Bake Off continued with a slot winning performance.

  • Obesity - The Post Mortem
    Features

    Obesity - The Post Mortem

    2016-09-08T08:20:00Z

    Filming a post-mortem for BBC3 took us on a long and emotional journey, but the result is an eye-opening documentary, says Melanie Archer

  • Top Gear
    Features

    Giving men what they want

    2016-09-08T07:18:00Z

    Figures show that men’s viewing choices are still dominated by war, cars and football. A panel at the Edinburgh TV Festival discussed whether tastes are changing.

  • Sky
    News

    Sky shifts gear for VR drive

    2016-09-08T07:10:00Z

    Sky has kicked off an ambitious push into commissioning virtual reality (VR) content as the BBC maintains a watching brief on consumer appetite for the format.

  • GBBO Germany
    News

    BBC Worldwide fund backs 20 shows

    2016-09-08T07:08:00Z

    BBC Worldwide is developing 20 non-scripted projects as part of its Paper to Pitch fund and has backed its first commission.

  • Siobhan Greene
    News

    Broadcast Commissioning Forum lines up first speakers

    2016-09-08T07:08:00Z

    ITV entertainment chief Siobhan Greene will discuss the search for big-ticket entertainment hits as a keynote speaker at this year’s Broadcast Commissioning Forum.

  • Julie Walters
    News

    Julie Walters hops aboard C4 railway travelogue

    2016-09-08T07:07:00Z

    Julie Walters is fronting her first factual series in 17 years after Channel 4 ordered a four-part railway travelogue.

  • Geordie Shore
    News

    MTV seeks extreme ideas and big personalities

    2016-09-08T07:05:00Z

    Geordie Shore and Ex On The Beach broadcaster MTV is looking for “bigger cast members and more and more extreme situations”, but producers warned of the health and safety risks associated with reality TV.

  • Crystal Maze
    News

    Channel 4 refreshes Crystal Maze

    2016-09-08T07:04:00Z

    RDF-backed entertainment indie Fizz is to make its reboot of cult Channel 4 gameshow The Crystal Maze “relevant and refreshed” for a younger generation.

  • Life In The Air
    News

    NHU set for transformation

    2016-09-08T07:03:00Z

    The BBC’s Natural History Unit is to become more “entrepreneurial” under the leadership of Julian Hector as it prepares to make programmes for third-party broadcasters for the first time.

  • Ant & Dec
    News

    Ant and Dec 'on brink' of signing ITV deal

    2016-09-07T12:59:00Z

    Ant and Dec are on the brink of renewing their three-year contract with ITV, according to reports.

  • ITV The London Studios
    News

    Unions concerned over ITV pension plans

    2016-09-07T12:47:00Z

    Three key broadcasting unions Bectu, the NUJ and Unite have hit back at ITV’s proposed changes to its defined benefits pension scheme.

  • Formula E
    News

    C5 swoops for Formula E rights

    2016-09-07T12:26:00Z

    Channel 5 has swooped to pick up the rights to Formula E after ITV decided not to renew its contract to broadcast the emerging motorsport.

  • Ralph Rivera
    News

    Rivera resurfaces as Eurosport digital chief

    2016-09-07T12:09:00Z

    Former BBC digital chief Ralph Rivera has been appointed as managing director of Eurosport’s digital division.

  • Motherland
    Ratings

    Motherland boosts BBC2 pilot season

    2016-09-07T12:03:00Z

    TUESDAY: Sharon Horgan and Graham Linehan’s comedy Motherland was the second most-watched pilot of BBC2’s New on Two season. 

  • Alexandra Shulman
    Behind The Scenes

    Inside British Vogue, BBC2

    2016-09-07T11:30:00Z

    The opportunity to make a series about a major British institution doesn’t usually just fall into your lap, says Katie Buchanan

  • Juliette Squair
    News

    TRX appoints deputy chief exec

    2016-09-07T10:07:00Z

    TRX, the online distribution platform which recently received backing from Sky and Channel 4’s Growth Fund, has appointed Juliette Squair as its deputy chief executive.

  • DriveTribe
    News

    Fox backs Clarkson's DriveTribe

    2016-09-06T15:30:00Z

    DriveTribe, the online motoring project established by the former Top Gear team, has secured almost £5m investment from 21st Century Fox.

  • Cold Feet
    Ratings

    Cold Feet triumphs for ITV

    2016-09-06T12:59:00Z

    MONDAY: The reboot of Cold Feet smashed ITV’s slot average as Crimewatch got off to a slow start on BBC1.