All Broadcasters articles – Page 576
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NewsBake Off audience rises to five-year TV high
The Great British Bake Off final has become the highest-rated original show on British television in five years after it consolidated to nearly 15.1m viewers.
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RatingsBuilding Cars Live drives off with over 2m
TUESDAY: Former Top Gear host James May returned to BBC2 with a solid performance for motoring manufacturing event Building Cars Live.
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NewsViacom hands Holmes expanded remit
Viacom has promoted Comedy Central UK boss Louise Holmes to oversee programming for the comedy channel and MTV UK as part of a management team shake-up.
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NewsSamsung sponsors All 4 supper club format
Atomized Entertainment is to produce an ad-funded pop-up restaurant format for Channel 4’s digital service.
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NewsSky scores southern hemisphere rugby rights
Sky Atlantic has grown its audience by 70% year-on-year while the pay-TV broadcaster has swooped for rights to a host of southern hemisphere rugby rights.
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NewsBBC journalists to get EU training
All BBC journalists will go through mandatory training about the EU ahead of the in-out referendum which is due to take place within the next two years.
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NewsBBC mulls content supremo role after Cohen’s exit
The BBC is giving serious consideration to installing a director of content who would oversee TV, radio and online, rather than replacing director of television Danny Cohen directly.
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NewsLittle Dot accesses vloggers for first TV commission
Digital producer Little Dot has secured its first television commission – a documentary about vloggers for BBC3.
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NewsMark Price exits Waitrose amid C4 speculation
Channel 4’s deputy chairman Mark Price has stepped down as Waitrose managing director amid speculation that he will take over from Lord Burns.
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NewsBritish Comedy Awards cancelled for 2015
The British Comedy Awards have been cancelled this year as organisers attempt to finalise a new broadcast partner for the 25-year old event.
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NewsSimon Albury hits out at BBC diversity policy
The Campaign for Broadcasting Equality has submitted a 27-page response to the government’s charter renewal green paper which is heavily critical of the BBC’s record on diversity.
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RatingsHoney I Bought The House makes room for 91,000
MONDAY: Honey I Bought The House got off to strong start for Watch, as The Muppets debuted on Sky 1 with nearly 400,000 viewers.
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NewsBBC clamps downs on expenses to save £50m
The BBC is to crack down on staff expenses, with bans being introduced on first class train travel and certain alcohol claims as the corporation bids to save £50m.
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NewsBBC Trust probing Yentob's Kids Company involvement
The BBC Trust is investigating whether Alan Yentob broke editorial guidelines over his involvement in the corporation’s reporting on failed charity Kids Company.
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NewsRTS introduces new categories to TV Journalism Awards
The RTS has introduced two new categories to its Television Journalism Awards to reflect the changes in the industry.
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Behind The ScenesBull, Gold
With no gallery and no audience to play to, UKTV’s new sitcom tried to take a more naturalistic approach to studio filming. Robin Parker reports
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RatingsStrictly climbs to series high of 9.7m
SATURDAY: Strictly Come Dancing rocketed to a series high and continued to boost Doctor Who.
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RatingsDownton hits series high as Lord Grantham collapses
SUNDAY: Lord Grantham’s dining table collapse help Downton Abbey to its largest audience since last year’s finale.
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NewsBBC Sport app gets personal
BBC Sport will allow fans to follow the progress of their favourite teams more closely as part of personalised functionality being introduced to its app.
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NewsITV ordered to pay millions for cancelled Peter Andre reality show
ITV has been ordered to pay multi-million pound damages to a production company after pulling out of reality series it had commissioned starring Peter Andre and Kerry Katona.