All Broadcasters articles – Page 508
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NewsC4 puts a stop to Benefits Street
Love Productions’ controversial factual format Benefits Street will not return to Channel 4.
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NewsITV raises writers' rates
ITV writers are set to receive a pay rise after the broadcaster agreed to raise its minimum writers’ rates by 1.75%.
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NewsITV returns to Sugar Free Farm
Liberty Bell’s healthy-eating format Sugar Free Farm is to return for an extended second outing on ITV.
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NewsTwofour secures third Tom Daley doc
ITV has commissioned a documentary exploring the life of Olympic diver Tom Daley from Twofour.
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NewsChris Evans quits Top Gear
Top Gear has lost its top talent for the second time in 18 months after Chris Evans stepped down from the show.
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NewsStop, Search, Seize returns to Sky
Sky 1 has handed border-patrol documentary series Stop, Search, Seize a second series.
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NewsLethal Weapon heads to ITV
ITV has acquired the TV remake of Mel Gibson and Danny Glover’s classic cop flick Lethal Weapon.
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NewsLove Island sex scene sparks complaints
Love Island has attracted 30 complaints to Ofcom after the ITV2 format featured two contestants having sex.
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RatingsTop Gear stalls with under 2m
SUNDAY: Top Gear drew to a close with fewer than 2m viewers, the lowest overnight figure of the series, capping a tough opening run for the rebooted motoring format.
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NewsSky orders art heist competition format
Seven priceless masterpieces are to be removed from art galleries around the UK and swapped with fakes in a new Sky Arts competition show.
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NewsBoomerang scores Paralympic programming
Boomerang has been commissioned to produce key Paralympic coverage in the run up to Rio 2016.
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NewsWindfall wins C4 property commission
Channel 4 will follow families swapping land-locked properties for waterside homes in a new daytime property commission.
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NewsC4 orders extreme sports disability show
A group of disabled people are set to take on bungee jumping, sky diving and waterskiing in a one-off special for Channel 4.
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NewsSky to host James Corden US talkshow
Sky has struck a deal with Hollywood studio CBS to air The Late Late Show with James Corden in the UK.
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NewsCoronation Street extended to six eps per week
Coronation Street is to air six times a week after ITV increased the number of episodes.
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NewsPuttnam: ISPs and digital giants should fund public service content
Lord Puttnam’s Future of Public Service Television report has called for the creation of a public service content fund that is bankrolled by digital conglomerates and internet providers.
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NewsPuttnam: Don't privatise C4
Channel 4 should not be privatised in full or in part, says former deputy chair Lord Puttnam.
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NewsPuttnam calls to scrap licence fee
The BBC’s licence fee should be replaced, its royal charter abolished and government intervention curtailed to protect the corporation’s independence, according to Lord Puttnam.
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NewsBBC wants digital expertise as it mulls iPlayer log-in
Tony Hall is keen to add digital and marketing expertise to the corporation’s new unitary board to help guide the MyBBC project.
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NewsHall: BBC has cut spend on top talent by 25%
The BBC has cut the amount it pays its highest earning on-screen talent by £2.3m, Tony Hall has revealed.