All Broadcasters articles – Page 540
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NewsCharlotte Moore gets to grips with BBC2
Charlotte Moore has made reinvigorating factual on BBC2 her top priority after spending six weeks getting to grips with the channel in her new role.
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NewsIn brief: Sky; Blurrt
Sky has invested in a southeast Asian subscription service and social media analytics firm Blurrt has hired a C4 producer.
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RatingsAliens land on E4 with over 500k
TUESDAY: Clerkenwell Films fantasy drama The Aliens landed with more than half a million viewers on E4.
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Behind The ScenesDunblane: Our Story, BBC2
A piece of kit inspired by Errol Morris’ famous ‘Interrotron’ was key to helping contributors feel comfortable about opening up on camera, says Stephen Bennett
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NewsSky Arts re-tunes Guitar Star
David Bowie producer Tony Visconti is to appear as a mentor in Guitar Star after Sky Arts ordered a second series of the Somethin’ Else show.
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NewsBuccaneer lands first kids series
Nickelodeon has commissioned Ride, a live-action series set in an elite equestrian boarding school, from Buccaneer Media.
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NewsVice to launch linear channel on Sky
Vice is to launch a linear pay-TV channel in the UK in September after striking a deal with Sky.
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NewsF1 coverage to be 'more diverse' on C4
Channel 4’s Formula 1 coverage will be more “detailed, diverse and fun” than the BBC’s, according to its presenting team.
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NewsScripps would consider C4 takeover
UKTV’s co-owner Scripps has admitted that it would run the rule over Channel 4 if the public service broadcaster was to be put up for sale by the government.
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NewsDavid Abraham: Enders speech in full
Click for the full transcript of the Channel 4 chief executive’s speech at the Enders Analysis conference.
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NewsAbraham slams Lord Grade & Luke Johnson over C4 sale
David Abraham has issued his fiercest warning yet over the dangers of privatising Channel 4 - branding the prospect a “solution in search of a problem” and slamming the shifting stances of his predecessors over the issue.
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NewsBBC savings target rises to £800m
Director general Tony Hall has revealed that the BBC must make deeper savings than previously set out – cutting £800m from its budget by 2022.
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NewsRegional indies take aim at BBC darts
Regional indies have been invited to pitch for the contract to produce the new darts tournament that will be broadcast live on BBC2.
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NewsWhy you should attend The Media Production Show
Broadcast publisher MBI is organising the Media Production Show, which will take in June. Event director Charlotte Wheeler reveals what visitors can expect from the show.
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RatingsFamily Guy dented by Tattoo Fixers move
MONDAY: Family Guy shed almost half of its audience for ITV2 after it was dented by E4’s Tattoo Fixers.
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NewsBBC1 & C5 prepare rival Henry VIII docs
Channel 5 is to go head-to-head with BBC1 after the broadcasters ordered rival documentaries about King Henry VIII.
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NewsTony Hall to sound warning over governance proposals
Tony Hall will today sound a strong warning that Sir David Clementi’s BBC governance review could open the door to further erosion of the corporation’s independence.
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NewsCharlotte Moore makes 'loud & clear' defence of BBC1
Content supremo Charlotte Moore has issued a “loud and clear” defence of BBC1 distinctiveness and claimed not to recognise the secretary of state’s criticism of the channel.
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NewsAnthony Hopkins plays Lear for BBC2
Sir Anthony Hopkins is returning to BBC2 as King Lear and the channel is planning a drama based on Olivier Award-winning play King Charles III.
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NewsPaxman back on BBC for EU referendum
Jeremy Paxman is to return to the BBC to front a documentary on Brussels for an EU referendum season, while the corporation is also planning a raft of special programmes on black Britons.