All Broadcasters articles – Page 540
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NewsSky launches sports channel on basic package
A selection of Premier League and World Cup 2018 qualifiers will be made available to all Sky TV subscribers after the broadcaster revealed it is to launch a new sports channel.
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RatingsLive Celebrity Juice hits 15-month high
THURSDAY: A special live edition of Celebrity Juice lifted the ITV2 show to its biggest audience in more than a year, as BBC2’s Murder slumped to fewer than 300,000 viewers.
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NewsAdam Crozier's earnings slip 18%
Adam Crozier’s pay packet fell by 18% in 2015 but the ITV chief executive still took home nearly £4m including bonuses and benefits.
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FeaturesUKTV: embracing ideas
A watershed year for UKTV, which doubled the number of hours ordered from its top supplier to capitalise on the success of US format Storage Hunters.
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FeaturesSky: original focus
Sky has “blown right through” its commitment to spend £600m a year on British programming, according to managing director of content Gary Davey.
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FeaturesChannel 5: making progress
Channel 5 is a broadcaster in transition, and while many of its main suppliers remained the same in 2015, it has started to get to grips with life under its new owner.
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FeaturesChannel 4: creative comeback
Channel 4 has gone up in the indie community’s estimation, with survey respondents naming it this year’s best broadcaster to deal with.
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FeaturesITV: losing ground
ITV’s sturdy performance on indie relations in recent years is a source of much pride for former director of television Peter Fincham.
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FeaturesBBC: falling behind
The BBC has dropped to third place in the best broadcaster to work with ranking this year, and tops the worst broadcaster to work with list for the first time since 2013.
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NewsSky establishes virtual reality division
Sky has created a dedicated in-house virtual reality production unit which is to make its debut with two films from this weekend’s Formula 1 launch.
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FeaturesWatershed moment for TV
BBC Studios, charter renewal and a potential privatisation of Channel 4 are the big issues for indies in this year’s survey as fears grow over government tinkering in ‘distinctive’ TV
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NewsLabour accuses government of 'bullying' BBC & C4
Shadow culture secretary Maria Eagle has criticised the government’s “ideological approach” to the broadcasting sector and accused her opposite number John Whittingdale of “bullying” the BBC and Channel 4.
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The Broadcast InterviewJay Hunt, C4
C4’s chief creative officer talks to Jake Kanter about the broadcaster’s transformation in the eyes of indies, creative risk-taking and the potentially ‘catastrophic’ effects of privatisation
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NewsBBC savings plans unpicked
How the BBC will go about the gruelling task of meeting its £800m savings target by 2022
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CommentLet’s protect C4’s unique remit
Privatisation is a solution to a problem that does not exist
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NewsIndies rally behind Channel 4
The UK production sector has rallied to Channel 4’s defence, warning that privatisation would lead to a homogenised market and destabilise the UK’s “delicate eco-system” of public service broadcasting.
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NewsSky Atlantic orders Kudos crime thriller
Sky Atlantic has ordered its latest big-budget drama – a crime drama set in the Canadian mountains produced by Kudos.
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RatingsHappy Valley bows out with record audience
TUESDAY: Terrestrial rivals were left struggling in BBC1’s wake as the second series of Happy Valley bowed out with a record audience.
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NewsC4 'minded to bring back' The Jump
Channel 4 is poised to take a leap of faith and commission a fourth series of controversial winter sports show The Jump.
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NewsWall to Wall, Icon and Blast! score Nat Geo series
Wall to Wall, Icon Films and Blast! Films are among the British indies to have scored major commissions with US network Nat Geo.