All Broadcasters articles – Page 546
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NewsITV daytime orders include The Alphabet Game revival
Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling is to front an ITV quiz inspired by 1990s BBC format The Alphabet Game as part of a trio of daytime commissions.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother peaks with 3m
FRIDAY: Celebrity Big Brother bowed out with a peak of almost 3m viewers but was narrowly beaten by February 2015’s final.
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NewsWar and Peace producer revisits Les Misérables adaptation
Lookout Point is preparing to open talks with the BBC over Andrew Davies’ follow-up to War and Peace - an adaption of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables.
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RatingsWar and Peace bows out with 5.7m
SUNDAY: War and Peace’s feature-length finale bowed out with its second-biggest audience of the series, as Countryfile pulled in its biggest audience in at least a decade.
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NewsTop actors unite to protect BBC
Independent producers Charlie Parsons and Waheed Alli have gathered actors including Dame Judi Dench, Steve Coogan and David Oyelowo to defend the BBC against further cuts in a video made by My Week with Marilyn director Simon Curtis.
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RatingsSix Nations kicks off 1m down on 2015
SATURDAY: England’s opening Six Nations clash against Scotland was unable to outscore the team’s debut appearance against Wales in 2015.
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NewsTalpa UK hires ex-C4 commissioner
Talpa UK has hired former Channel 4 commissioning editor Madeleine Knight as its director of development and formats.
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VideoTrue Colour TV, Channel 4
Channel 4 was set up to provide an alternative voice in broadcasting and reflect British diversity.
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NewsITV Studios appoints international president
ITV Studios Global Entertainment managing director Maria Kyriacou has been promoted to international president of ITV Studios.
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NewsIn brief: More 4; RTS; Grass Roots
More 4 has picked up an Australian vet doc while the RTS is to invest £75,000 in TV technology bursaries.
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NewsBBC Studios hires head of development
In-house development chief Damon Pattison has been appointed to the “business critical” role of BBC Studios head of development.
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NewsShine takes The Force to Essex for Sky 1
Shine TV is to head to Essex for the second series of Sky 1 blue-light documentary The Force.
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NewsSyco: The X Factor will not be rested
Syco has denied reports that The X Factor will be rested and is quietly confident that the singing contest will be recommissioned by ITV.
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NewsWildgaze developing Brooklyn TV spin-off for BBC
Wildgaze Films is developing a TV spin-off to Oscar and Bafta-nominated Brooklyn, the company’s producers Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey have confirmed to Broadcast sister-magazine Screen.
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NewsHincks slams ‘snobbery’ over BBC entertainment imports
Outgoing Endemol Shine Group president Tim Hincks has claimed that an “inherent snobbery” lies behind criticism of the BBC importing entertainment formats.
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NewsNew C4 chair praises broadcaster’s unique remit
Channel 4’s new chairman Charles Gurassa has extolled the virtues of the broadcaster’s unique public service remit in his first message to staff.
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NewsMatt LeBlanc unveiled as Top Gear host
Matt LeBlanc will join Chris Evans as a co-host on the upcoming reboot of Top Gear.
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CommentPublic service TV needs you to help shape its future
Be part of the debate to define the direction television needs to be taking, urges Des Freedman
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CommentA shout-out to the Sky ad team
Half-year results show new revenue is out there, says Kate Bulkley