All Broadcasters articles – Page 586
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NewsBBC stands up for funding deal
The BBC has strongly defended the negotiation of its funding deal with government at a select committee hearing, claiming it secured a better deal than in 2010.
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NewsHall defends The Voice and ‘luvvies letter’
Director general Tony Hall has pledged that the BBC’s next entertainment hit will be “home grown” and defended the decision to coordinate a ‘luvvies letter’ backing the broadcaster.
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RatingsLongleat opens its doors to 3m
MONDAY: BBC1’s All Change at Longleat took more than 3m viewers behind the scenes of the Wiltshire stately home, in line with its recent access series The Met: Policing London.
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NewsC4 orders wedding format from US indie
US indie Half Yard Productions is setting up in the UK to make a series for Channel 4 loosely based on its hit TLC format Say Yes To The Dress.
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NewsBBC4 plans interactive pop music series
7 Wonder is to produce a four-part interactive history format about pop music for BBC4.
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NewsBig names lined up for Broadcast Commissioning Forum
Recently appointed BBC genre chiefs Patrick Holland and Polly Hill are among the big names speaking at Broadcast’s Commissioning Forum in November.
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RatingsThis Is England locked up by An Inspector Calls
SUNDAY: This Is England struggled to reach 2m viewers in slot dominated by drama, including BBC1’s adaptation An Inspector Calls.
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RatingsThe X Factor hits series high
SATURDAY: The X Factor hit a series high of almost 8m viewers for ITV, twice the crowd entertained by BBC1’s Last Night of the Proms coverage.
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NewsAnalysis: why Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour will fight for the BBC
In June, Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell strode into a Parliament committee room midway through a debate on the future of BBC.
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NewsBBC orders Aneurin Bevan bipoic
The BBC is developing a 90-minute film with screenwriter Andrew Davies about post-war health minister and founder of the National Health Service Aneurin Bevan.
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FeaturesDavid Kosse, Film 4
Film 4 director David Kosse and his team talk Andreas Wiseman through the company’s direction, its roster of up-and-coming directors and future projects.
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RatingsGogglebox returns with record ratings
FRIDAY: Gogglebox returned with record ratings, breaking the 4m viewer mark for the first time.
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NewsChris Bryant replaced as shadow culture secretary
Chris Bryant has been replaced as shadow culture secretary by Michael Dugher after Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labour leader on Saturday.
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PodcastTalking TV: Tony Hall’s BBC vision & Black Mirror
Talking TV returns to London for its latest episode, featuring in-depth conversation on the BBC’s future and Netflix’s bid to land Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror.
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CommentBBC Studios - it’s time for details
After more than a year without any answers, Jake Kanter says it is time the BBC coughed up the details of plans to commercialise its in-house production division.
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NewsSky: bulk of Now TV customers new to pay-TV
Some 90% of Sky’s Now TV subscribers have never previously considered signing up to a pay-TV service, according to its director Gidon Katz.
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RatingsHunted tracks down 2m
THURSDAY: Channel 4 enjoyed a solid evening with the launch of its fugitive format Hunted and the return of First Dates.
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NewsDiscovery targets 1m OTT subs
Discovery Networks International (DNI) has targeted signing up 1m subscribers to its video-on-demand services D Play and Eurosport Player over the next two years.
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NewsRobert Lindsay moots Citizen Smith reboot
Robert Lindsay has revealed that 1970s sitcom Citizen Smith could to return to television – although it is yet to be formally pitched to a broadcaster.
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NewsGovernment receives 25,000 responses on BBC’s future
The government has received 25,000 responses to its consultation on the future of the BBC, according to intellectual property minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe.