All Broadcasters articles – Page 601
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NewsBBC licence fee deal: reaction
Click for all the latest reaction to the surprise BBC licence fee deal
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NewsWhittingdale: BBC to take on £650m pensioner licence fees
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has announced that the BBC will shoulder the £650m cost of licence fees for over-75s - but the corporation’s funding will be tied to inflation in the next charter period.
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RatingsViewers fail to follow Family Guy to BBC2
SUNDAY: BBC2 failed to benefit from the introduction of Family Guy after the animation was unable to top the previous series opener on BBC3.
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NewsC4 launches diverse writing initiative
Channel 4 will give diverse writers the chance to pen original series for its main channel and E4 as part of its newly-launched Studio4 initiative.
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RatingsRock 'n' Roll America draws 500k
FRIDAY: Music documentary Rock ‘ Roll America pulled in a crowd of over half a million people as Laura Robson’s defeat at Wimbledon peaked with more than 6m viewers.
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NewsBBC press team faces 20% cut
The BBC press team is facing a cut of up to 20% as the corporation axes 1,000 jobs in a bid to save £150m.
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NewsC4 hires diversity duo
Channel 4 has strengthened its diversity team with the appointment of two executives to implement its 360° Diversity Charter.
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NewsWhat does £650m buy you at the BBC?
With chancellor George Osborne set to ask the BBC to pick up the bill for licence fees for the over-75s, Broadcast assesses how a £650m cut could impact the corporation’s services.
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NewsWinnie The Witch to fly onto C5
Classic kids character Winnie The Witch is to fly onto TV screens after Channel 5 commissioned a 52-part series for its preschool strand Milkshake.
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RatingsMurray win serves up 7m
SATURDAY: A sports-filled day helped the BBC to impressive audiences while ITV4’s Tour de France coverage was punctured by the lack of an English opening stage.
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NewsChancellor to hit BBC with £650m bill for pensioner licence fees
George Osborne has all-but confirmed plans to make the BBC pick up the £650m bill for free licence fees for the over-75s in his Budget this week.
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NewsLiberty Global buys Ireland's TV3
All3Media co-owner Liberty Global has acquired Irish free-to-air broadcaster TV3 for €80m (£57m) from private equity company Doughty Hanson.
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NewsWebb: CBBC and CBeebies at risk of following BBC3 online
BBC director of children’s Alice Webb has warned that CBBC and CBeebies are at risk of going the way of BBC3 and moving online if the corporation takes a funding cut during charter renewal.
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NewsMulville & Thoday set sights on BBC3 spectrum
Jimmy Mulville and Jon Thoday want the government to preserve BBC3’s TV spectrum for young audiences if the channel is given the full greenlight to move online.
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RatingsThe Tribe bows out on a low
THURSDAY: Channel 4 documentary The Tribe bowed out on a series low and finished last in the 9pm terrestrial slot.
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NewsITV orders two Fremantle daytime formats
FremantleMedia has won picked up two ITV Daytime shows - a quick-fire Sean Fletcher-fronted gameshow and a quiz involving a circular ice table.
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NewsSunset + Vine wins BBC Scotland contract
Sunset + Vine has won a competitive pitch to produce at least 50 hours of sports programming for BBC Scotland over the next 12 months.
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NewsC5 lost £13m ahead of Viacom sale
Channel 5 lost £12.9m in its final nine months of ownership under Richard Desmond’s Northern & Shell, after suffering an advertising dispute with Omnicom and the poor performance of US soap Dallas.
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NewsOfcom: give E4 & More 4 more prominence
Ofcom has suggested that E4 and More 4 programmes are judged as part of Channel 4’s public service remit – with the digital channels handed greater prominence in the EPG.
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NewsTV viewing among young down 18%
TV viewing among young adults has fallen by 18% over the past five years, according to Ofcom.