All Broadcasters articles – Page 574
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NewsUHD channel calls for pitches
Fledgling Ultra HD channel Insight TV has flung open its doors to UK indies as it looks to commission high-quality factual content that will play out across the world.
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NewsITVBe lags in female appeal
ITVBe is behind Dave, Film 4 and Disney Junior in attracting young female viewers, according to Broadcast analysis of the channel’s first year on air.
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NewsVice cements role as disruptor
Vice Media is set to shake up the British television landscape next year as it launches a linear channel and doubles its production presence.
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NewsITV formats travel to Australia
Australian broadcaster Nine Network is remaking Tuesday’s Child’s hypnotist format You’re Back In The Room and Twofour’s This Time Next Year.
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NewsFremantle raises questions over Bring the Noise
Fremantle Media UK has written to Sky and the indie behind Bring the Noise seeking assurances that the music panel show is unrelated to a format it previously pitched to the broadcaster.
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NewsTrust introduces BBC distribution framework
The Trust has introduced a new framework for the BBC’s £217m TV, radio and online content distribution business.
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NewsBalding returns to front Grand National
Clare Balding will return to front Channel 4’s coverage of the Grand National in 2016 after expanding her racing commitments with the broadcaster.
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RatingsCatastrophe back with a bang
TUESDAY: Catastrophe returned to Channel 4 for a second run with an audience narrowly above its debut earlier this year.
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VideoLondon Spy, BBC2
Working Title’s five-part thriller stars Ben Whishaw alongside Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling.
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NewsBBCW scores Adele pre-sales
BBC Worldwide has secured a slew of pre-sales for a one-off event featuring Adele with broadcasters in Belgium, Canada, The Netherlands and Spain.
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NewsITV2 orders Hunger Games-style prank show
Eight internet stars will take on a Hunger Games-style challenge for ITV2, where they attempt to force each other out of shared accommodation using pranks.
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RatingsScream Queens spooks 300k
MONDAY: E4’s US acquisition Scream Queens opened up with a solid performance, shocking 80,000 viewers more than the channel’s slot average.
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NewsC4 & AMC developing sci-fi mystery drama
Channel 4 and Breaking Bad broadcaster AMC are developing a sci-fi mystery drama from emerging British writer Tom Moran.
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NewsJohn Whittingdale reminds BBC licence fee deal is not done
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has cast doubt on the BBC’s financial security after reminding an audience of industry executives that July’s deal for the over-75s did not represent the final licence fee agreement.
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NewsThe X Factor embraces Periscope
The X Factor has tapped into live video-streaming app Periscope to offer fans a peek backstage after Shotglass Media renewed its digital deal with Social Life.
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NewsDoctor Foster helps VoD jump 1m hours
The growing popularity of BBC1 drama Doctor Foster helped grow the volume of viewing to the broadcaster’s on-demand services by over 1m hours week-on-week.
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RatingsThe Returned sheds half its audience
FRIDAY: Channel 4 shows The Returned and TFI Friday slipped as they returned for a second week.
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NewsJekyll and Hyde draws 500 complaints
ITV’s teatime drama Jekyll and Hyde has drawn almost 500 complaints after depicting horror and violence before the watershed.
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RatingsJekyll and Hyde suffers mixed fortunes
SUNDAY: ITV’s new teatime drama Jekyll and Hyde suffered mixed fortunes, as the live judges’ houses experiment failed to pay off on The X Factor.