All Broadcasters articles – Page 578
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NewsUKTV sets apprenticeship targets
UKTV is to expand its apprentice scheme next year as part of chief executive Darren Childs’ drive to encourage a wider talent pool into TV.
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RatingsKarl Pilkington helps Sky 1 to biggest audience of 2015
TUESDAY: The return of Karl Pilkington’s Moaning of Life and US superhero show The Flash helped Sky 1 to notch up some of its biggest audiences of the year.
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NewsChannel 4 opens Manchester hub
Channel 4 has opened a new Manchester hub for its commissioning and commercial teams and to enhance its nations and regions credentials.
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NewsBritish Gas funds second C4 Short
Phil Spencer is to front Channel 4’s latest advertiser-funded short – a six-part property format funded by British Gas.
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NewsWatch sends The Call Centre boss to India
Liberty Bell is sending the star of The Call Centre to India for Watch, months after it hired the exec producer of the BBC3 show.
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NewsSupergirl heads to Sky 1
Supergirl is to land on Sky 1 after the channel swooped for the rights to the Warner Bros-distributed drama.
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NewsLeftfield staff vote to join WGAE union
Writers and producers working at ITV Studios’s Leftfield Entertainment have voted to unionise as tension grows between the UK broadcaster and the Writers Guild of America (WGAE).
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NewsITV rules out Peston versus Marr clash
Peston on Sunday will avoid a head-to-head clash with BBC1’s The Andrew Marr Show when the ITV political format launches next year.
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NewsChannel 5 cooks up weekend format to rival Saturday Kitchen
Channel 5 is to go head-to-head with BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen with a two-hour live magazine show for Saturday mornings.
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NewsBBC on brink of The Voice recommission
The Voice UK is on the brink of being recommissioned for BBC1.
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NewsiPlayer to stream Elton John concert
BBC iPlayer is to offer visitors an exclusive Elton John performance from Cornwall’s Eden Project.
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NewsAbraham: privatising C4 risks 19,000 jobs
The privatisation of Channel 4 would place 19,000 jobs in the indie community at risk, according to chief executive David Abraham.
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NewsCohen: no conspiracy theory behind my departure
Director of television Danny Cohen has told Broadcast his decision to leave the BBC is about his personal need for a fresh challenge rather than any “climactic situation” facing the corporation.
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RatingsFirst Dates hooks up 2m
MONDAY: Stand Up To Cancer’s First Dates special performed solidly but was unable to beat Friday’s charity-themed Gogglebox.
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NewsCohen: BBC faces seismic challenges
Danny Cohen has acknowledged that he is leaving the BBC as it prepares for “challenges the like of which [it] and the television industry have never faced before”.
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NewsDanny Cohen: letter to staff
Click to read the note sent to BBC staff by outgoing director of televison Danny Cohen.
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NewsSNP demands more funds from Tony Hall
Scottish culture secretary Fiona Hyslop has urged Tony Hall to launch new channels and invest more of the licence fee north of the border at a meeting with the director general.
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NewsIn brief: Sky & Disney; Classic Car Show; Last Panthers
Sky has extended its wide-ranging deal with Disney, C5’s Classic Car Show goes global and HBO Nordic picks up Sky’s Last Panthers.
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RatingsGogglebox helps C4 beat BBC1 at 9pm
FRIDAY: C4’s Stand Up To Cancer-inspired Gogglebox trumped BBC1, but just lost out to ITV’s England Euro 2016 qualifier.
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NewsOfcom raps Comedy Central for trailer watershed blunder
Comedy Central has been rapped by Ofcom after broadcasting risqué trailers before the watershed over several months.