All Broadcasters articles – Page 661
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NewsBBC unveils plans for Victoria Derbyshire show
Victoria Derbyshire’s daytime business programme is to air simultaneously on BBC2, BBC News and online with a host of “digital-first” content.
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NewsSioned Wiliam joins Radio 4 commissioning team
Former ITV comedy controller Sioned Wiliam is to become BBC Radio 4’s comedy commissioner.
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The Broadcast InterviewSharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, Catastrophe
The writers and stars of Channel 4’s sitcom Catastrophe talk to Paul Whitelaw about their transatlantic partnership
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NewsIn brief: Simon Cowell & Supernanny
Hear about Simon Cowell’s latest Fox deal and Jo Frost’s trip to Holland in today’s round-up.
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RatingsFoyle’s War bows out on a low
SUNDAY: The final episode of Foyle’s War struggled in a strong 8pm slot, as ITV’s latest entertainment format Get Your Act Together launched with fewer than 3m viewers.
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RatingsKatie Price boosts Celebrity Big Brother
FRIDAY: The arrival of Katie Price on Celebrity Big Brother boosted the Channel 5 show’s ratings by more than half a million viewers.
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NewsSky Arts delivers Stephen Mangan pregnancy drama
Stephen Mangan is to star as a heavily pregnant man in a new one-off drama for Sky Arts.
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RatingsThe Voice rises 500,000
SATURDAY: The Voice UK gained half a million viewers, thrashing a poor second outing for Stars In Their Eyes.
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NewsBBC R&D tests virtual reality with BBC Philharmonic
BBC R&D has produced a virtual reality pilot of a BBC Philharmonic performance as part of ongoing tests into the format.
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NewsCavanagh handed interim BBC channel exec role
Pointless commissioner Pam Cavanagh has been promoted to acting channel executive for BBC1 and BBC3 on a temporary basis.
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NewsAndy Wilman: 2014 was Top Gear’s ‘annus horribilis’
In an interview with Broadcast’s Talking TV podcast from January, the Top Gear executive producer claimed that the BBC did not fully support the show.
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PodcastTalking TV: Top Gear & diversity
Talking TV returns for its first episode of the year and hears from Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman on the show’s “annus horribilis”.
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NewsDarroch to reveal Sky Europe plans at Mip TV
Sky chief executive Jeremy Darroch is to lift the lid on the company’s plans to create a European “powerhouse” in a keynote address at Mip TV.
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NewsC4 to arm indies with diversity databases
Channel 4 is to compile databases of diverse actors, crews, writers and directors to help indies meet the ambitious targets it has set.
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RatingsCyberbully hacks into 1.4m
THURSDAY: Docu-drama Cyberbully gripped an audience in line with Channel 4’s slot average while ITV’s Bring Back Borstal slipped below 2m.
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NewsIn brief: Fresh Meat & Wizards vs Aliens
The future of Channel 4’s Fresh Meat and CBBC’s Wizards vs Aliens is revealed in today’s round-up.
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NewsLords: level of women in news 'simply not good enough'
The number of women in news and current affairs broadcasting is “simply not good enough” and “urgent” improvements in monitoring are needed to address the gender gap, according to an influential committee of peers.
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NewsBBC’s commitment to Birmingham questioned
The BBC’s commitment to Birmingham has been questioned amid plans to move an Asian Network show away from the city and the departure of a key Mailbox executive.
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NewsRussell T Davies prepares 1980s AIDS drama for C4
Russell T Davies is developing a drama about British gay men facing the impact of AIDS in the 1980s as the follow-up to his forthcoming Channel 4 series Cucumber.