All Broadcasters articles – Page 664
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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%.
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NewsC4 ordered to disclose documentation to Ryanair
Channel 4 and Blakeway have been ordered to disclose documents used in a 2013 Dispatches film criticising Ryanair’s fuel policy.
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NewsITV News hit by technical problems
ITV News staff have been working “around the clock” to resolve a number of technical problems which have resulted in the loss of entire news reports.
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NewsScripps hires new UK boss
Scripps Networks has appointed Discovery veteran Phillip Luff as managing director of UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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RatingsThe Missing climaxes with series high
TUESDAY: BBC1 drama The Missing concluded with its biggest audience of the series - as Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror failed to sparkle for Channel 4.
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NewsDrama hit hardest by PSB spending cuts
Drama, nations and regions and the arts were the areas of programming hit hardest by the UK public service broadcasters cutting their content spend by £500m over the past five years.