All Broadcasters articles – Page 660
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NewsDiscovery scores rights to Real Madrid match
Discovery is ramping up its interest in football with a deal to broadcast a high-profile friendly between Real Madrid and AC Milan on UK free-to-air channel Quest and British Eurosport later this month.
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NewsBBC spends £800,000 settling unfair dismissal claims
The BBC has spent more than £800,000 settling nearly 50 claims of unfair dismissal over the past 10 years, a Freedom of Information Act request has revealed.
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RatingsText Santa fails to deliver for ITV
FRIDAY: Text Santa failed to beat its previous two outings for ITV - despite an appearance from George Clooney in a Downton Abbey sketch.
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NewsRona Fairhead blocks publication of Savile review correspondence
Rona Fairhead has blocked the publication of some BBC correspondence with the Dame Janet Smith Review amid concerns the corporation has attempted to delay the investigation.
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RatingsThe Apprentice finale draws 6.2m
SUNDAY: The Apprentice hired its biggest finale audience since 2011.
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NewsSky invests £2.6m in VoD tech firm
Sky has invested £2.6m in multiscreen delivery company Elemental Technologies – the latest move in its strategy to partner with digital start-ups.
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RatingsStrictly finale hits nine-year low
SATURDAY: The Strictly Come Dancing finale stumbled to its lowest audience since 2005 as television presenter Caroline Flack was crowned champion.
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NewsBBC quest for disabled The Apprentice candidate
The BBC is on the hunt for the first visibly disabled entrepreneur to star in next year’s series of The Apprentice following criticism over a lack of diversity in previous series of BBC1’s business show.
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VideoVIDEO: George Clooney in Downton Abbey, ITV
George Clooney will star with the cast of ITV’s hit period drama Downton Abbey in a mini episode recorded exclusively for Text Santa
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NewsSyfy picks up Extant TV rights
Syfy has picked up the TV rights to CBS Studios International’s Extant after it launched earlier this year on Amazon Prime Instant Video.
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RatingsThe Fall finale arrests series high
THURSDAY: The conclusion of Gillian Anderson’s BBC2 drama The Fall arrested a series high of 2.5m.
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NewsOfcom kicks off Sky Sports wholesale consultation
Ofcom has opened a fresh consultation to investigate whether Sky should continue to offer its Sky Sports channels to rival pay TV operators.
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NewsBlast! rides London night bus for C4
A London night bus is to be fitted with 16 cameras for Channel 4’s latest fixed-rig format from Blast! Films.
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NewsJames Harding: Panorama won’t be ‘hived off’
BBC director of news and current affairs James Harding has argued that it is unlikely that the corporation will hive off Panorama into a commercial entity under plans to transform in-house production.
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NewsUkip move forces Michael family off Gogglebox
Channel 4 has axed Gogglebox’s Michael family from the show after father Andrew announced he plans to stand for Ukip in next year’s general election.
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NewsMichael Sheen takes role in CBBC film format
CBBC has ordered a factual entertainment format about the film industry featuring Hollywood actor Michael Sheen from Horrid Henry indie Novel Entertainment.
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NewsChris Chibnall: Broadchurch return to be more thrilling
The second series of Broadchurch is to include more of a “thriller narrative” than the debut run according to writer Chris Chibnall.
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NewsCITV orders second run of Thunderbirds
CITV has commissioned a second series of Thunderbirds Are Go! ahead of the return of its revamp.
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RatingsThe Apprentice semi-final recruits 1m
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice added almost 1 million viewers as it rumbled towards its conclusion while BBC2’s Secrets of the Castle ended on a series high.
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NewsITV suffers 2014 ratings woes
ITV is on course to suffer the most marked ratings declines of all the major broadcasters in 2014 as the World Cup failed to prevent its audience dropping 8%.