All Broadcasters articles – Page 625
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NewsC4 hires viewer relationship chief
Channel 4 has promoted Charlie Palmer to head of viewer relationship management following the departure of Steve Forde last month.
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NewsGeorge Entwistle to exec C4 election coverage
Former BBC director general George Entwistle has been drafted in to exec produce Channel 4’s election night coverage.
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NewsIn brief: The Jump; Fremantle; ITV Be; Wall to Wall; Sunday Brunch; Sky Go
The Jump is to return for a third outing on Channel 4, while ITVBe is heading back to The Real Housewives of Cheshire. Click for more in today’s news round-up.
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NewsSky closes 3D channel
Sky is closing its 3D linear channel and making all the programmed available to view on-demand.
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NewsUS execs lead Edinburgh TV Festival line-up
US execs will be out in force in Edinburgh this year, with senior figures from HBO, Showtime, FX and Discovery flying the flag for cable and Amazon Studios representing the new breed of online commissioners.
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NewsFormer C4 boss argues for licence fee rise
Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson has called for the licence fee to be increased and warned against the potential “dismemberment” of the BBC.
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RatingsDispatches scores two-year high with Sports Direct doc
MONDAY: Dispatches hit a two-year high with its investigation of Sports Direct, narrowly losing out to a Panorama election special.
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NewsC5 supersizes 20 Moments That Rocked Britain
Channel 5 has ordered a full series of Crackit’s list show 20 Moments That Rocked Britain before the one-off special it originally commissioned has aired.
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NewsFiona Bruce closes indie as BBC changes talent contracts
Fiona Bruce is closing her production company as the BBC continues to overhaul the way it contracts some of its biggest stars.
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NewsITV piloting Jonathan Ross cookery show
ITV is piloting a cookery panel show fronted by talk show host Jonathan Ross.
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NewsITV sends Davina McCall on extreme expedition
Davina McCall will explore how animals live in some of the Earth’s harshest conditions in a four-part series for ITV.
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NewsFormer Culture Show editor wins 75-part Bloomberg arts series
An indie founded by former Culture Show editor Eddie Morgan has secured a three-year deal with Bloomberg TV to make a 75-part art series.
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RatingsPoldark bows out with 5.9m
SUNDAY: Poldark’s finale won the battle of the Sunday night dramas, as BBC1’s London Marathon coverage peaked with 4m.
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NewsITV boosts writers’ pay by 5%
ITV has improved its minimum pay for writers by 5% as part of the broadcaster’s first rates increase in four years.
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RatingsNinja Warrior adds 1m viewers
SATURDAY: ITV physical gameshow Ninja Warrior gained almost 1m viewers, as BBC1’s Atlantis hit a series low.
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RatingsMasterChef final cooks up four-year high
FRIDAY: The MasterChef final served up its biggest audience for BBC1 in four years.
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NewsJulian Fellowes adapts Anthony Trollope novel for ITV
Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes will renew acquaintances with ITV by adapting 19th century novel Doctor Thorne.
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NewsITV committed to live Sound of Music event
ITV remains committed to celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Sound of Music amid suggestions that it was originally eyeing an Easter TX date for the live extravaganza.
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RatingsW1A beats ITV’s Ice Rink on the Estate
THURSDAY: W1A returned to BBC2 with 1.5m viewers, beating the final part of ITV’s Ice Rink on the Estate.
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NewsDiscovery to examine Churchill's secret weapons
The British bazooka and the limpet mine are among Winston Churchill’s secret military inventions to be explored in a documentary from Discovery and Sky Vision.