All Broadcasters articles – Page 517
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NewsVirgin Media returns to LA Screenings
Virgin Media is on the hunt for US serialised dramas and single camera comedies as it attends the LA Screenings for the first time in a number of years.
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NewsC4 supersizes The Secret Life of the Zoo
Channel 4 has ordered a supersized version of The Secret Life of the Zoo, more the doubling the length of its original run.
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NewsCBS shops Carpool Karaoke format
James Corden’s viral hit Carpool Karaoke is set to be remade around the world after CBS Studios International started shopping it to international broadcasters.
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NewsViacom boss sues owner
The row over Viacom took another twist on Monday, as chief executive Philippe Dauman launched legal action against the company’s owner Sumner Redstone and his representatives.
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RatingsLove, Nina loses out to The Secret
FRIDAY: BBC1’s Nick Hornby adaptation Love, Nina struggled to compete with the conclusion of ITV’s dark thriller The Secret.
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FeaturesC4’s F1 ambition: personality over technicality
As Channel 4 gears up to cover the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend, Broadcast reporter Miranda Blazeby went behind the scenes in Barcelona to find out how the broadcaster is shifting the focus from technicalities to personalities.
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NewsViacom at centre of ugly row in US
Channel 5 owner Viacom is at the centre of an ugly row between chief executive Philippe Dauman and representatives of the company’s proprietor, Sumner Redstone.
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NewsPossessed wins ITV daytime quiz show
ITV has commissioned a daytime quiz show created and hosted by Bradley Walsh.
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NewsOfcom clears C4 over Muslim doc complaints
Channel 4’s controversial documentary What British Muslims Really Think has been cleared of breaching Ofcom rules after amassing more than 200 complaints.
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NewsBBC4 prepares to go Trainspotting Live
BBC4 is to build on the slow TV phenomenon with a live trainspotting series that will be stripped across three consecutive nights.
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NewsIn brief: NBC boss joins RTS line-up; S4C returns to HD
NBC Universal chief Steve Burke is to deliver the opening keynote of the RTS London Conference, while S4C has unveielEd plans to reintroduce its HD service ahead of Euro 2016.
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RatingsMan Utd FA Cup win scores four-year high
SATURDAY: Manchester United’s dramatic victory in the FA Cup final helped the game to its highest peak since 2012.
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RatingsPaxman EU doc fails to get viewers’ vote
Jeremy Paxman’s first project for the BBC since he left Newsnight in June 2014 failed to match BBC1’s slot average.
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NewsPeston On Sunday editor: we’re here for the long haul
Peston On Sunday’s series editor has made clear that ITV has backed the show for the long haul after it launched with underwhelming ratings this month.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC future & Peston On Sunday
The latest edition of Talking TV analyses the future of the BBC following the publication of the white paper and hears for the series editor Peston On Sunday.
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NewsJowell: Ofcom should regulate broadcasters' diversity targets
Former culture secretary Tessa Jowell has called on Ofcom to regulate broadcasters’ diversity targets and sanction them if they fail to meet them.
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NewsC5 orders Freddie Mercury and Karen Carpenter docs
The untimely deaths of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury and American singer Karen Carpenter will be explored in two feature-length Channel 5 drama documentaries.
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NewsFox debuts Outcast on Facebook Live
Fox is to debut horror thriller Outcast on Facebook Live – making it the first broadcaster in the UK to launch a show on the platform ahead of its linear TX.
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NewsLime exec to head C5 production
Lime Pictures’ head of non-scripted production Joe Mclusky is to become the boss of Channel 5’s in-house production arm.
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NewsMedia Summit 2016: reasons to attend
Broadcast publisher MBI is hosting the Media Summit on 7 & 8 June to gather leaders from across the TV, film and creative communities to debate the future of content, innovation and digital strategy. Read on to learn more about the two-day event.