All Broadcasters articles – Page 549
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NewsChannel 5 orders benefits experiment
Channel 5 is to hand three families on benefits £26,000 in a new social experiment from Dragonfly.
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NewsChildren spending more time online than watching TV
British children are spending more time online than watching television for the first time, according to new research.
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NewsC5 scheduler resigns after airing post-watershed Benefits doc
A Channel 5 scheduler has resigned after mistakenly broadcasting a post-watershed version of Benefits Brits by the Sea on two separate occasions.
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NewsBBC3 partners with Idris Elba as it braces for online move
BBC3 has struck a partnership with Idris Elba’s production company Green Door Pictures to produce short films showcasing new talent, as the channel gears up for its digital switch.
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NewsJekyll & Hyde censured by Ofcom
ITV has been rapped after the “violent and graphic” nature of Sunday teatime drama Jekyll & Hyde breached Ofcom rules.
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NewsIn brief: Lygo; Princess; Plum Pictures; Talkback
Kevin Lygo has been named in Debrett’s list of influential Brits, while Princess, Plum Pictures and Talkback prepare new shows.
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RatingsThe Getaway Car slides
SATURDAY: Over half a million viewers avoided BBC1’s The Getaway Car as it returned for a second outing.
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NewsOne Direction producers secure C4 script
The owners of Luti Media, the production company behind music videos including Drake’s Hotline Bling and One Direction’s Best Song Ever, have secured a script development from Channel 4.
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RatingsAttenborough helps BBC1 to monster ratings
SUNDAY: BBC1 enjoyed a barnstorming evening, as a special from David Attenborough and the Still Open All Hours finale helped lift its primetime average to 6.6m viewers.
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NewsFox buys Hulu's Stephen King adaptation
Pay-TV channel Fox has acquired 11/22/63, the TV adaptation of Stephen King’s novel produced by Lost creator JJ Abrams.
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RatingsStan Lee's Lucky Man brings good fortune to Sky
FRIDAY: Stan Lee’s Lucky Man made an auspicious start, reeling in Sky 1’s biggest audience for a drama launch since Sinbad.
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NewsSky invests £7m in ad-tech firm
Sky has invested £7m in advertising technology firm DataXu, continuing its spate of Silicon Valley-style deals.
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NewsSteven Moffat to leave Doctor Who
Steven Moffat is to step down as Doctor Who’s showrunner in 2017 and will be replaced by Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall.
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NewsBattle of the bongs: how news ratings are shaping up
With the relaunch of ITV News at Ten and the BBC’s extension of its flagship bulletin, there has rarely been so much scrutiny on the performance of TV news. Broadcast attempts to separate fact from fiction in a rundown of the way in which the changes are shaping up.
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NewsJanice Hadlow to exit BBC after 30 years
Former BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow will become the latest high-profile executive to step down, as she prepares to leave after a near 30-year career at the BBC.
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RatingsBBC2's China season off to a slow start
THURSDAY: BBC2’s China season did not bring particularly good fortune to the channel, as Jericho continued to suffer on ITV.
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NewsBBC comedy hit by second exit
The BBC’s in-house comedy unit has suffered its second departure of the week – after it emerged executive producer Ben Farrell is returning to Objective Productions.
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NewsSky News facing Gherkin exit
Sky News could be forced to leave its studio in London’s Gherkin after the landlord began weighing up plans to rent out the space.
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NewsWhittingdale pledges to preserve C4 remit
Channel 4’s public service remit will be preserved should the broadcaster be sold, culture secretary John Whittingdale has promised.
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NewsSky strikes pan-European Showtime partnership
Showtime programming including New York drama Billions and the re-make of Twin Peaks will air on Sky Atlantic after a pan-European deal was agreed with CBS Corporation.