All Broadcasters articles – Page 632
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NewsC5 returns to 10,000 BC
Channel 5 is bringing back The Garden’s stone-age reality series 10,000 BC for a second series.
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NewsC4 explores SAS selection process
Minnow Films is to use fixed-rig cameras to shine a light on the SAS selection process in a documentary series for Channel 4.
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CommentIt pays to be fair in hiring staff
Promoting equal opportunities need not make you a light touch, argues UKTV chief executive Darren Childs
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NewsDon't Tell The Bride travels to China
Don’t Tell The Bride is to be remade in China after distributor DRG sold the format to local broadcaster Shenzhen.
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NewsLabour and Lib Dems commit to keeping C4 in public hands
Business secretary Vince Cable and shadow minister for the arts Chris Bryant have committed to keeping Channel 4 under public ownership if Labour or the Liberal Democrats win the general election.
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NewsMP tells Rona Fairhead to resign
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chair Margaret Hodge has called on BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead to resign over her handling of the HSBC tax evasion scandal.
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NewsOfcom diversity record 'shabby'
Former RTS boss Simon Albury has branded Ofcom’s diversity record “shabby” in evidence to the media regulator’s PSB review.
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NewsBBCW hires Twenty Twenty producer
BBC Worldwide has appointed Twenty Twenty executive producer Kirsty Hanson as commissioning executive for its recently-launched international channel BBC Earth.
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FeaturesPoldark, BBC1
BBC1’s adaption seeks to do justice to the books of Winston Graham and the elemental passion of the Cornish landscape
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RatingsPoldark makes strong start
SUNDAY: Poldark got underway with almost 7m viewers to become BBC1’s best performing Sunday drama launch since The Muskeeters.
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NewsHorror Channel heads to Freeview
The Horror Channel is to be made available in around 17m extra homes after striking a deal to launch on Freeview.
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NewsLBC presenter handed ITV series
LBC Radio presenter James O’Brien has signed up to front a topical debate show for ITV Daytime in the run up to the election.
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RatingsFirst Dates pulls best ever audience
FRIDAY: Channel 4 enjoyed a successful evening as First Dates pulled in its best ever audience and Gogglebox continued to dominate the 9pm slot.
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NewsBBC questions 25% indie quota
The BBC has raised concerns about its ability to continue commissioning 25% of its content from qualifying indies amid seismic market consolidation.
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NewsBroadcasters stand firm on leaders’ debates
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky have held firm on their original plans for the proposed election debates – raising the possibility of prime minister David Cameron being empty-chaired if he fails to participate.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Gogglebox
Click to see the consolidated success of the fifth series opener of Channel 4’s TV-watching format.
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NewsShed of the Year returns to C4
Channel 4 is to extend its coverage of the annual Shed of the Year contest with a four-part recommission for Plum Pictures.
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NewsGomorrah lands second series
Filming on the second series of acclaimed Sky Italia crime-drama Gomorrah is due to get underway in Naples next month.
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CommentITV is wrong to blame BBC for ratings woes
Jake Kanter dissects Adam Crozier’s claims the BBC is the source of ITV’s ratings slump.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC Trust future & Sky's Wild Things
Talking TV walks you through a busy fortnight of news, providing an analysis of Rona Fairhead’s speech on the future of the BBC Trust and unpicking ITV’s Talpa takeover bid.