All Broadcasters articles – Page 602
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C5 orders Celebs on Benefits
Former stars including Bruce Jones, who played Coronation Street’s Les Battersby, are to be profiled in forthcoming Channel 5 documentary Celebs on Benefits: Fame to Claim.
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Sports stars go head-to-head in ITV format
Richard Bacon is to front a six-part entertainment format for ITV in which eight sports stars will compete in a series of physical and mental challenges.
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Peter Fincham: ITV not a citadel
Peter Fincham has dismissed allegations that ITV is becoming a “citadel” in which commissioning decisions favour its growing in-house production empire.
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Podcast
Talking TV - BBC3 special: Jimmy Mulville & Jon Thoday
Jimmy Mulville and Jon Thoday visit Broadcast towers for a Talking TV special, where they discuss their mission to save BBC3.
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Former C4 disability exec Alison Walsh joins BBC
The BBC has handed Shell diversity boss Tunde Ogungbesan and former Channel 4 disability executive Alison Walsh lead roles in its diversity and inclusion team.
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Ratings
The Interceptor stumbles for BBC1
WEDNESDAY: BBC1 police drama The Interceptor shed almost 1m viewers from last week’s opener as England’s Women’s World Cup victory netted 2.3m for BBC3.
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BBC tests brain-controlled iPlayer
The BBC has developed an internal iPlayer prototype which can be controlled by viewers’ brainwaves.
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Conservative MP calls on BBC to embrace change
Conservative MP and former BBC reporter Julian Knight has argued that the corporation must use charter renewal as an opportunity to fundamentally re-examine itself.
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BBC Children’s to host 2017 World Summit
BBC Children’s is to host 2017’s 8th World Summit on Media for Children in Manchester.
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Comment
BBC proves its worth with events that are unique
Who else would attempt something as ambitious as Music Day? asks Jane Marlow
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Comment
C4 will benefit from bartering
Tapping into new ad revenues is a model for success, says Kate Bulkley
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Factual should 'borrow the clothes of drama'
Prominent figures from factual television have argued that the genre must learn from drama if it is to compete with the global demand for scripted content.
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Tony Hall: bring on the BBC debate
Tony Hall has warned the government not to “screw around” with the UK’s broadcasting ecology in an interview setting out the BBC’s stall ahead of charter renewal.
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TV stars: keep the BBC strong
Some of the biggest stars in UK television have signed up to Broadcast’s campaign of qualified support for the BBC.
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The Broadcast Interview
Tony Hall, BBC
Director general Tony Hall on the challenges facing the BBC and why the public must be involved in the licence fee debate
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Comment
BBC needs to come out fighting
Corporation has to engage the public as allies in funding fight
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Let’s all work to make the BBC the best it can be
Corporation can lead the way in addressing regional imbalances, says Christine Payne
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Believe eyes ITV co-pros
Believe Entertainment Group, ITV’s first digital investment, has revealed plans to co-produce content with other ITV-owned businesses and launch a UK division.
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Ratings
Undercover struggles for Dave
TUESDAY: Dave’s original scripted sitcom Undercover failed to track down a big audience in the face of tough competition.
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BBC2 orders RAF display doc
BBC2 has ordered an documentary series about the RAF’s special display teams from Red Arrows: Inside The Bubble indie Archie Productions.