All Broadcasters articles – Page 532
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NewsPulse lands Random Acts series
Channel 4 shorts strand Random Acts is to relaunch this spring backed by a three year partnership with Arts Council England.
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Ratings200k pass through The Tunnel
TUESDAY: The Tunnel returned to Sky Atlantic with around half its debut audience but remained the channel’s biggest series launch of the year.
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NewsNick hires programming boss
NBC Universal content chief James Newton is joining Nickelodeon UK & Ireland as vice president of programming.
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NewsMilkshake buys rebooted Noddy
Channel 5 has acquired rebooted Noddy series Noddy, Toyland Detective, in which the beloved British character turns into a super sleuth.
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NewsBBC and BT extend FA Cup deal
The BBC and BT Sport will continue to share rights to the FA Cup until 2021 after extending their deal with the Football Association for three years.
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NewsTOWIE commissioner leaves ITV
The Only Way Is Essex commissioner Claire Zolkwer is to leave ITV after Peter Davey was named head of comedy entertainment during the broadcaster’s major restructure.
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NewsE4 doc follows party planner for the rich
The lives of the world’s richest partiers will be put under the spotlight in an E4 documentary.
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RatingsMarcella maintains lead for ITV
MONDAY: Marcella slipped by around 500,000 viewers but continued to dominate the evening viewing for ITV.
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NewsBBC launches kids iPlayer
The BBC has launched its dedicated app for children, which will serve up over 10,000 episodes of age-appropriate content.
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NewsUKTV profits hit £80m
A 20% boost in its programming budget helped UKTV deliver record profits in 2015 as well as cement its ratings lead over Channel 5 and Sky.
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CommentLearning to generate our own audiences
Reverse engineering a web show for TV requires a whole new mindset for producers, discovers Matt Percival
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NewsMusketeers to be axed after third series
The Musketeers will hang up their swords after a third series on BBC1 later this year.
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NewsBBC faces strike threat over expenses clampdown
The broadcasting unions have vowed to launch a strike ballot should the BBC push ahead with a major clampdown on staff expenses.
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RatingsHome Fires burns Undercover
SUNDAY: ITV drama Home Fires overturned BBC1’s Undercover – as a peak of 2.5m watched Danny Willet storm to victory at the 2016 Masters.
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NewsOfcom raps C4 over sexually explicit music
Ofcom has rapped Channel 4 for broadcasting music containing sexually explicit lyrics at 7am during its winter sports coverage.
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NewsOfcom probes Countdown and Good Morning Britain
Ofcom has launched investigations into perennials Countdown and Good Morning Britain after complaints were received about the daytime shows.
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RatingsBelow-par BGT thrashes The Voice UK
SATURDAY: Britain’s Got Talent’s second lowest-rated launch on record still had enough to thrash the final episode of The Voice UK on BBC1.
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PodcastTalking TV: ITV's commissioning team analysed
Talking TV runs the rule over ITV’s new group of commissioners and assesses Polly Hill’s decision to leave the BBC - while two contrasting BBC3 shows are previewed.
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NewsITV top team: in their own words
The key quotes from the commercial broadcaster’s newly-formed commissioning team.
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NewsITV unveils Kevin Lygo’s top team
BBC drama controller Polly Hill, Optomen managing director Sue Murphy and ITV Studios’ Siobhan Greene have been confirmed as the star signings in ITV director of television Kevin Lygo’s new commissioning team.