All Broadcasters articles – Page 634
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NewsBBC develops 'smart' radio service
Director of radio Helen Boaden has warned the BBC risks damaging “our family silver” if it fails to innovate around its audio content and outlined plans to develop a “smart” digital radio service.
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NewsC4 reveals terms of trade vision: size matters
Channel 4 has called for the size of an indie to help determine its qualifying status and warned that its investment in original content could fall if the terms of trade are not updated.
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NewsIn brief: CBBC; Charles Allen; High Noon
CBBC series is to return for a second series as ITV begins legal action against Charles Allen. Click for more in today’s news round-up.
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RatingsBBC2 stalls over lack of Top Gear
SUNDAY: Top Gear’s absence put a dent in BBC2’s ratings - with Dave, The Voice UK and All Star Family Fortunes all benefiting from the channel’s loss.
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NewsITV orders shepherding format Flock Stars
ITV is to train celebrities up as shepherds in its latest bid to find a factual entertainment hit.
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NewsABC picks up Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef
ABC Australia has acquired the rights to Atlantic Productions’ forthcoming BBC1 natural history series David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef.
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NewsPact campaigns to end ‘crisis in children's TV’
Pact has called for regulatory changes to reverse a “crisis in children’s TV” commissioning after laying bare dramatic declines in spend on kids’ content.
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RatingsYou’re Back in the Room hypnotises 4.3m
SATURDAY: ITV’s hypnotism entertainment format You’re Back in the Room entranced 4.3m, while The Voice and Saturday Night Takeaway experienced series lows.
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RatingsComic Relief ratings hit low
FRIDAY: Comic Relief pulled in its lowest audience since at least 1999 despite breaking the £1bn fundraising mark.
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NewsBBC1 cleans up with more Don't Mess With Me
BBC1 will hope to clean up again with the recommission of daytime litter series Don’t Mess With Me.
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NewsJeremy Clarkson: weekend catch-up
Jeremy Clarkson’s “fracas” with a Top Gear producer continued to dominate the headlines over the weekend. Broadcast rounds up the biggest stories.
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NewsPanorama editor: broadcasters increasingly 'squeamish'
Broadcasters have become increasingly “squeamish” and worried about causing offence” according to Panorama editor Ceri Thomas.
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NewsScience season examined by BBC
Masterchef star Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey will investigate the way in which Britain’s favourite food is made in a three-part BBC2 science documentary from Voltage TV.
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NewsLenny Henry awarded for diversity work
Lenny Henry is to be honoured at the Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards today for his contribution to television and championing industry diversity.
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NewsBBC ties with tech giants for digital initiative
The BBC has partnered with Google, Microsoft and Samsung to deliver its Make It Digital education initiative.
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NewsBBC2 plans Grand Theft Auto drama
BBC2 has commissioned a 90-minute drama focusing on the British coders behind controversial computer game Grand Theft Auto (GTA).
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NewsOverview: ITV’s production empire
Talpa Media pushed ITV’s production acquisitions into double figures under chief executive Adam Crozier. Broadcast runs the rule over the company’s growing empire.
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RatingsIn and Out of the Kitchen falls short of Detectorists
WEDNESDAY: BBC4 sitcom In and Out of the Kitchen failed to gain the traction of The Detectorists, while BBC2’s suffragette series concluded on a series high.
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NewsIn Brief: Gracepoint, CBBC renews Eve, High Noon
ITV Encore acquired Broadchurch remake Gracepoint and CBBC renews Leopard Drama’s Eve. Click for more in today’s round-up.
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NewsC4 investigates end of the world
Oxford Film and Television will explore threats to the existence of the Earth in an apocalyptic one-off documentary for Channel 4.