All Broadcasters articles – Page 522
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NewsReally orders first original programme
UKTV channel Really has ordered its first ever original programme - a high volume, primetime spin-off of BBC1 daytime show Helicopter Heroes.
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NewsIn brief: DLT drama & RTS Scotland Awards
DTL is developing a UK version of hit Argentinian drama Perfidia, while the RTS Scotland Awards winners have been unveiled.
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NewsFifth Gear set for fourth home
Fifth Gear is gearing up for a move to its fourth new home after coming to an end on A+E Networks.
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NewsRaise the Roof wins C4 property format
Channel 4 has commissioned a daytime property format from Love It or List It indie Raise the Roof.
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NewsEncore plans period prostitute drama
Alison Owens and Debra Hayward’s indie Monumental Pictures has won its first commission - an eight-part ITV Encore drama exploring the dark world of prostitution in 18th century London.
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NewsBBC reveals Olympics plans
The BBC has fired the starting gun on its Rio 2016 coverage – revealing plans to offer more than 3000 hours of Olympics coverage across multiple platforms.
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NewsDan Brooke: TV 'hideously able-bodied'
Channel 4 diversity guru Dan Brooke has slammed TV as “hideously able-bodied” as the broadcaster bids to increase the volume of disabled talent in the industry.
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NewsLA Screenings: Corden tipped for CBS sitcom
James Corden’s popularity in the US shows no sign of slowing down with the host of The Late Late Show tipped to join CBS sitcom The Great Indoors.
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Behind The ScenesNeil Gaiman’s Likely Stories, Sky Arts
The trick to adapting four unconnected short stories from the pen of cult author Neil Gaiman was to give them a ‘shared grammar’, directors Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth tell Olly Grant
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NewsITV lines up Talpa entertainment format
ITV is continuing its push to mine Talpa’s rich vein of entertainment shows after ordering a talent contest based on its international format Challenge Me.
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NewsBBC extends Alice Webb and Joe Godwin’s roles
BBC children’s boss Alice Webb and Academy director Joe Godwin have had their roles extended under changes announced by director general Tony Hall.
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RatingsSecret Life Of The Human Pups lacks bite
WEDNESDAY: Secret Life Of The Human Pups’ bark proved bigger than its bite, as Channel 4’s heavily trailed documentary failed to pull in a big audience.
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NewsC4 turns spotlight on teenage mums
The stories of five teenage mothers will be told in a one-off documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC3 move a boon for rivals
E4 and ITV2 have both had strong starts to the year, benefiting from BBC3’s move online in the battle for young viewers.
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NewsReboots dominate the LA Screenings
The LA Screenings transported British buyers back in time this week, with a raft of dramas and programmes based on movies and TV series dating as far back as the 1980s.
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NewsBBC factual set to experiment
BBC head of natural history and specialist factual formats Tom McDonald has called for more experimental events as he attempts to build greater emotional engagement with his slate.
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NewsOsborne: scrapping recipes has 'balanced' BBC
The “operational decision” to close BBC Food has helped re-establish the BBC as a public broadcaster rather than an online newspaper, according to George Osborne.
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NewsImagine… to bolster BBC2 arts push
Alan Yentob’s Imagine… is to air on BBC2 for what is thought to be the first time as part of plans to make Saturday nights a home for arts on the channel.
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RatingsRovers kicks off on Sky 1
TUESDAY: Sky 1’s football sitcom Rovers kicked off with an audience three times the size of the slot average.
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NewsE4 revs up car makeover format
E4 has ordered a Pimp My Ride-style car makeover format from Electric Ray.