All Broadcasters articles – Page 612
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NewsBBC Studios plans will be tabled during charter renewal
The BBC has made clear that it will push ahead with plans to commercialise its in-house production division during charter renewal, amid growing industry concern and speculation that the corporation wants to kick the proposals into the long grass.
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NewsBBC social media exec joins Netflix
BBC social media manager Rajiv Nathwani is leaving the broadcaster to join Netflix.
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RatingsBlack Work eases past Humans
SUNDAY: ITV drama Black Work held off competition from Channel 4’s Humans to win a competitive 9pm slot.
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NewsRoger Mosey criticises BBC ‘groupthink’
Former BBC editorial director Roger Mosey has claimed the corporation’s news reporting suffers from liberal “groupthink” and criticised the BBC Trust as a “shadowy force”.
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RatingsPrized Apart loses 500k viewers
SATURDAY: BBC1 gameshow Prized Apart lost half a million viewers on its second outing.
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NewsITV threatens legal action over BBC Studios plans
ITV has threatened the BBC with legal action over the plans to commercialise its production arm.
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NewsBBC partners with ABC for YouTube channel
BBC current affairs has partnered with ABC News to launch a YouTube channel featuring videos about topical issues, including illegal immigrants and fast fashion.
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NewsTony Hall: household levy a very interesting idea
Tony Hall has suggested he is open to exploring the German household levy as a means of funding the BBC.
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NewsScientology doc to get release despite legal pressure
Companies involved in the UK theatrical release of Alex Gibney’s controversial Scientology documentary Going Clear have come under pressure from the Church of Scientology not to release the film.
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NewsComedy Central boss Offman to oversee MTV UK
Comedy Central UK boss Jill Offman is to take control of Viacom sister channel MTV UK.
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RatingsHoff The Record fails to top 200k
THURSDAY: Hoff The Record was unable to muster more than 200,000 viewers for Dave despite a weighty marketing campaign which included changing the channel’s name for the day.
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NewsBlakeway and ITV News pick up One World Media gongs
Blakeway Productions was recognised for its coverage of the ebola crisis at the 2015 One World Media Awards, as ITV scooped the News Award.
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NewsJames May returns with live car show
James May has landed his first BBC commission following the ‘fracas’ scandal which engulfed Top Gear.
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NewsWelsh indies demand S4C safeguards
Welsh indie trade body TAC has called for a series of funding measures to safeguard the future of S4C.
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NewsITV pilots fixed-rig daytime format
Educating… indie Twofour is primed to take the fixed-rig format into daytime after piloting a cookery show for ITV.
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NewsAngela Jain: ITV2 benefits from BBC3 move
BBC3’s proposed move online has driven on and off- screen talent “to the door” of ITV2 according to its commissioner Angela Jain.
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NewsC5 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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NewsSports 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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NewsPeter 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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PodcastTalking 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.