All Broadcasters articles – Page 640

  • Uncle
    News

    BBC services face axe without ‘riskier’ management savings

    2015-03-10T13:12:00Z

    More BBC services will face the axe if the corporation is unable to make “riskier changes to organisational structures and ways of working” as part of its strategy to save £700m a year, according to a report.

  • Bannan
    News

    Gaelic drama Bannan to return

    2015-03-10T12:57:00Z

    Gaelic broadcaster BBC Alba is to tap into the success of foreign-language series such as The Killing after commissioning another 10 episodes of local drama Bannan. 

  • 10000 BC
    News

    C5 returns to 10,000 BC

    2015-03-10T12:50:00Z

    Channel 5 is bringing back The Garden’s stone-age reality series 10,000 BC for a second series.

  • Commando School
    News

    C4 explores SAS selection process

    2015-03-10T12:44:00Z

    Minnow Films is to use fixed-rig cameras to shine a light on the SAS selection process in a documentary series for Channel 4.

  • Darren Childs
    Comment

    It pays to be fair in hiring staff

    2015-03-10T09:39:00Z

    Promoting equal opportunities need not make you a light touch, argues UKTV chief executive Darren Childs

  • Vince Cable
    News

    Labour and Lib Dems commit to keeping C4 in public hands

    2015-03-10T09:34:00Z

    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.

  • Don't Tell The Bride
    News

    Don't Tell The Bride travels to China

    2015-03-10T09:34:00Z

    Don’t Tell The Bride is to be remade in China after distributor DRG sold the format to local broadcaster Shenzhen.

  • Rona Fairhead
    News

    MP tells Rona Fairhead to resign

    2015-03-09T18:10:00Z

    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.

  • Simon Albury
    News

    Ofcom diversity record 'shabby'

    2015-03-09T13:24:00Z

    Former RTS boss Simon Albury has branded Ofcom’s diversity record “shabby” in evidence to the media regulator’s PSB review.

  • Frozen Planet
    News

    BBCW hires Twenty Twenty producer

    2015-03-09T12:59:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has appointed Twenty Twenty executive producer Kirsty Hanson as commissioning executive for its recently-launched international channel BBC Earth.

  • Poldark
    Features

    Poldark, BBC1

    2015-03-09T12:42:00Z

    BBC1’s adaption seeks to do justice to the books of Winston Graham and the elemental passion of the Cornish landscape

  • Poldark
    Ratings

    Poldark makes strong start

    2015-03-09T12:34:00Z

    SUNDAY: Poldark got underway with almost 7m viewers to become BBC1’s best performing Sunday drama launch since The Muskeeters.

  • Doctor Who
    News

    Horror Channel heads to Freeview

    2015-03-09T12:04:00Z

    The Horror Channel is to be made available in around 17m extra homes after striking a deal to launch on Freeview.

  • James O'Brien
    News

    LBC presenter handed ITV series

    2015-03-09T10:14:00Z

    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.

  • First Dates
    Ratings

    First Dates pulls best ever audience

    2015-03-09T09:56:00Z

    FRIDAY: Channel 4 enjoyed a successful evening as First Dates pulled in its best ever audience and Gogglebox continued to dominate the 9pm slot.

  • Banished
    News

    BBC questions 25% indie quota

    2015-03-09T09:18:00Z

    The BBC has raised concerns about its ability to continue commissioning 25% of its content from qualifying indies amid seismic market consolidation.

  • Election debates
    News

    Broadcasters stand firm on leaders’ debates

    2015-03-06T16:28:00Z

    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.

  • Gogglebox
    News

    INFOGRAPHIC: Gogglebox

    2015-03-06T13:15:00Z

    Click to see the consolidated success of the fifth series opener of Channel 4’s TV-watching format.

  • Allotment shed
    News

    Shed of the Year returns to C4

    2015-03-06T13:13:00Z

    Channel 4 is to extend its coverage of the annual Shed of the Year contest with a four-part recommission for Plum Pictures.

  • Downton Abbey
    Comment

    ITV is wrong to blame BBC for ratings woes

    2015-03-06T12:58:00Z

    Jake Kanter dissects Adam Crozier’s claims the BBC is the source of ITV’s ratings slump.