All Broadcasters articles – Page 623
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RatingsBBC4 drama 1864 underway with 640k
SATURDAY: Britain’s Got Talent continued to smash the competition for ITV as Danish drama 1864 got underway on BBC4 with 640,000.
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NewsLA Screenings: C5 to bulk up 5USA & 5*
Channel 5 wants to supercharge digital channels 5USA and 5* with a raft of US drama acquisitions.
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RatingsJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell spooks 4.5m
SUNDAY: BBC1 drama Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell spirited up an audience of 4.5m, but was edged out by ITV’s Home Fires.
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NewsSimon Raikes quits C5 to expand Red Planet Pictures
Factual commissioning editor Simon Raikes is leaving Channel 5 to launch a non-scripted division at Tony Jordan’s Red Planet Pictures.
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NewsLA Screenings: Sky and HBO reveal first co-pro project
Jude Law is to front an eight-hour miniseries about a fictional, American-born pope for Sky Atlantic and HBO.
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NewsLA Screenings: Showtime eyes international future
Showtime, the premium cable network responsible for Homeland, is looking to strike wide-ranging international output deals similar to HBO’s deal with Sky Atlantic.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC future & Netflix
Fallout from the general election is top of the agenda on Talking TV this week.
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NewsITV stands ground on pay demands
The pay dispute between ITV and the joint unions rumbled on at the company’s AGM yesterday, with its senior execs standing their ground on the issue.
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NewsTop Gear set for first post-Clarkson format deal
Top Gear is set to be remade in Italy after BBC Worldwide struck the show’s first international format deal since the fracas surrounding Jeremy Clarkson.
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NewsChannel 4 returns to The Island for third run
Channel 4 is to head to the The Island with Bear Grylls for a third time after recommissioning the Bafta-winning show.
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NewsITV orders Peter Pan adaptation and Yorkshire period epic
ITV has ordered two high-end dramas: and adaptation of Peter Pan with Fortitude star Stanley Tucci as Hook; and epic series set in the “wild west” of the Yorkshire Dales in the 19th century.
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RatingsBig Brother debut down 300k
TUESDAY: Big Brother was 300,000 down on last year’s opener, as Channel 4’s No Offence lost nearly a million viewers on its second episode.
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NewsC4 raids Objective for head of entertainment
Objective Productions head of comedy Ben Caudell is to become Channel 4 head of entertainment as the commercial broadcaster finalises the team’s new structure.
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NewsIn brief: Comedy Central appointment; C4 commissions Arrow Media; AJE gets new boss
Comedy Central looks to ramp up online plans, Channel 4 maintains its interest in cars, and Al Jazeera English gets a new boss.
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NewsBBC1 confirms Watership Down adaptation
BBC1 has commissioned a four-part adaptation of classic kids novel Watership Down.
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NewsArmando Iannucci to deliver Edinburgh MacTaggart
The Thick Of It creator Armando Iannucci is to deliver the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at this year’s Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsUnions plan protest at ITV AGM
The National Union of Journalists, Bectu and Unite will stage a protest at ITV’s annual general meeting on Thursday as members go on strike over pay.
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NewsAnimal charities slam The Island With Bear Grylls
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has urged the attorney general of Panama to press charges against the producers of The Island With Bear Grylls over the “abhorrent” treatment of pigs on the show.
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RatingsBenefits Street down on 2014
MONDAY: Benefits Street returned with 1.3m fewer viewers than last year’s debut, but still comfortably beat Channel 4’s slot average.
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NewsBen Stephenson calls for licence fee increase
Outgoing BBC drama controller Ben Stephenson has made the case for an increase in the licence fee as he prepares to leave the corporation this week.