All Broadcasters articles – Page 643

  • 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.

  • Gomorrah
    News

    Gomorrah lands second series

    2015-03-06T12:58:00Z

    Filming on the second series of acclaimed Sky Italia crime-drama Gomorrah is due to get underway in Naples next month.

  • Wild Things
    Podcast

    Talking TV: BBC Trust future & Sky's Wild Things

    2015-03-06T12:48:00Z

    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.

  • The Lady Who Flew Africa: The Aviatrix
    News

    BBC acquires female aviator film

    2015-03-06T11:48:00Z

    BBC4 has acquired a film that will follow a female pilot’s mission to fly from Cape Town to London.

  • broadchurch-infog
    News

    INFOGRAPHIC: Broadchurch

    2015-03-06T10:37:00Z

    Click to see how the second series of the Kudos drama compared with its 2013 debut.

  • Manchester (credit: Abhijitsathe)
    News

    That's TV takes controlling stake in Manchester TV

    2015-03-06T10:28:00Z

    That’s TV has swooped to take a controlling stake in the local TV licences for Manchester and Blackpool and Preston following the failure of rival operator YourTV to get the channels on-air.

  • Charlie Hanson
    News

    Charlie Hanson: BBC lags behind on diversity

    2015-03-06T09:46:00Z

    The BBC’s diversity initiatives have left it “lagging behind” rival broadcasters according to The Real McCoy and Desmond’s producer Charlie Hanson.

  • Amanda Holden
    News

    Initial to rehouse animals for ITV

    2015-03-06T09:06:00Z

    The RSPCA will train celebrity volunteers to rescue and rehabilitate neglected animals with a view to finding them a new home for a six-part ITV series.