All Broadcasters articles – Page 660
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NewsBBC3 orders drama from emerging writer
BBC3’s plans for an online-only future have taken a step forward with the commission of a drama from emerging writer Marnie Dickens.
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NewsMr Bean makes Comic Relief comeback
Tiger Aspect has resurrected legendary comedy character Mr Bean for the BBC’s Red Nose Day coverage this March.
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NewsE4 slopes off with The Jump companion
E4 will take to the slopes with a companion series for Channel 4 celebrity winter sports format The Jump.
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NewsDave doubles up on Storage Hunters
Auctioneer Sean Kelly is to remain in the UK after Dave ordered two more series of Storage Hunters UK.
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NewsBBC3: proposals in full
Click to view the BBC Trust’s public value assessment for the reinvention of BBC3.
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NewsBBC3: genre by genre
Discover how BBC3’s “make me think and make me laugh” programming strategy will impact each genre.
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NewsBBC plans to supercharge iPlayer
The BBC has revealed plans to premiere around 25 shows from its linear channels and third party organisations on iPlayer.
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NewsResearch finds ‘little appetite’ for BBC3 plans
There is “very little appetite” among audiences to close BBC3 as a television channel, according to a study by the corporation.
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NewsShort-form plan revealed for online BBC3
The proposed online-only BBC3 will offer visitors more than 100 pieces of new-form content a month via a new Daily Stream service.
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NewsIn brief: Jane Mote & BBC diet calculator
Read about Tru TV’s latest hire and the success of Horizon’s diet calculator
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NewsDamian Kavanagh: BBC3 is not for sale
The BBC has ruled that BBC3 is “not for sale” after Hat Trick Productions and Avalon Entertainment revealed plans to buy the channel.
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NewsITV News deputy editor departs
ITV News’ deputy editor Richard Zackheim has stepped down after only a year in the job.
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NewsSimon Cowell and Objective prepare BBC2 gameshow
Simon Cowell’s indie Over The Top Productions has partnered with Objective Productions for a 30-part daytime gameshow for BBC2.
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Behind The ScenesAir Ambulance ER, Sky 1
Finding room to fit cameras among helicopter crews’ kit was a big logistical challenge, says producer Louise V Say.
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NewsBBC Trust: no back door deal on BBC3
The BBC Trust could make a “provisional conclusion” on the future of BBC3 in April and has insisted that there will be no “back door deal” when deciding the channel’s fate.
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RatingsCatastrophe kicks off with 800k
MONDAY: Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe opened up with just under 1m viewers as Broadchurch dipped by a further 400,000 viewers.
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NewsC4 to pilot King Bert porn comedy
Miranda Hart and David Walliam’s fledgling indie King Bert Productions is to pilot a sitcom set in a porn shop for Channel 4.
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Behind The ScenesThe Eichmann Show, BBC2
The trial of the Nazi war criminal was also the birth of mass media, discovered producer Laurence Bowen
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NewsHat Trick and Avalon to make BBC3 bid
Hat Trick Productions and Avalon Entertainment are to make an audacious bid for BBC3 in an attempt to save it as a TV channel.
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NewsBBC and PBS strike factual content deal
The BBC has struck an ambitious partnership with PBS to develop and commission blue-chip natural history and factual programming.