All Broadcasters articles – Page 647
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NewsMargaret Hodge attacks Tony Hall over TVC sale
Director general Tony Hall has denied the BBC knowingly sold TV Centre to a consortium set up to avoid paying tax in the face of accusations from Labour MP Margaret Hodge.
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NewsITV in Family Guy talks
ITV has entered talks to snatch the UK rights for hit US series Family Guy away from the BBC.
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NewsDanny Cohen: Avalon/Hat Trick BBC3 bid does not stack up
Danny Cohen has publically rejected Avalon Entertainment and Hat Trick Productions’ BBC3 rescue bid, arguing that the £100m takeover plan “does not stack up”.
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NewsBBC3: Cohen response to Mulville & Thoday
Click to read the letter sent by BBC director of television Danny Cohen to the Hat Trick and Avalon bosses about their BBC3 bid.
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NewsITV explores more Secret Life Of...
ITV is extending its the Secret Life of… strand with films focused on twins and growing old.
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NewsC4 to brief indies on AFP
Channel 4 is to highlight the slots available in its schedule for ad-funded programming (AFP) as part of an overview of its strategy at an event tomorrow.
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NewsCrackit finds disaster homes for C5
Channel 5 is to investigate domestic disasters including family homes being left flooded in raw sewage for a six-part order from Crackit Productions.
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NewsTreasury invests £80m in drama tax credits
The British government spent nearly £80m on tax credits for high-end TV dramas including Wolf Hall and Game of Thrones in the first year of its incentive scheme.
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RatingsImmigration Street brings in 1.4m
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s controversial documentary Immigration Street failed to make the same waves as its Benefits Street predecessor – pulling in 1.4m viewers.
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NewsITV orders consumer review format with a twist
ITV has commissioned a Gogglebox-esque format in which families will be filmed in their homes reviewing consumer products.
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NewsTrio of BBC shows lead RTS Awards nominations
Marvellous, Harry & Paul’s Story of the Twos and Happy Valley have all received three nominations for the Royal Television Society Awards 2013/14.
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NewsDiscovery develops 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy for US
US broadcaster Discovery is developing a local version of Sky 1’s 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy.
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RatingsIndian Summers becomes C4's biggest drama in 20 years
Indian Summers has become Channel 4’s best performing drama in more than two decades after its opening episode drew a consolidated audience of more than 5m viewers.
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NewsBBC unveils VE Day season
Testimony Films, Fresh One Productions and Oxford Film and Television are among the indies to have picked up commissions as the BBC unveils a season of programming to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
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NewsDanny Cohen aims to rid BBC of 'addiction' to overnight ratings
Danny Cohen will attempt to wean staff off their “addiction” to the overnight ratings by introducing sophisticated internal data, which will also how reveal how the BBC is reaching underserved viewers.
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NewsBBC Trust probes potential EU rule breach over local TV
The BBC Trust is investigating whether EU rules may have been breached after £25m of licence fee funding was ploughed into launching local television.
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RatingsBroadchurch concludes on a high
MONDAY: Broadchurch bowed out on a high although the second run gripped an average audience almost 1m down on the first series.
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Behind The ScenesWorld's Toughest Jobs, BBC3
Boundless’ small production team had to work as hard as our subjects in our global adventure
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VideoVIDEO: Banished, BBC2
View the trailer for the RSJ and See-Saw’s co-production set in an Australian penal colony in 1788
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NewsThe CW picks up C4's Dates
US network The CW has acquired Channel 4’s Bryan Elsley-created drama Dates.