All Broadcasters articles – Page 697
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NewsLorraine Heggessey urges broadcasters to allow beauty parades
Former BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has urged British broadcasters to support the emergence of US-style beauty parade pitching.
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RatingsEngland victory nets 7.7m
MONDAY: England got their Euro 2016 campaign off to a winning start in front of a 7.7m peak audience on ITV.
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NewsLive blog: Rona Fairhead faces MPs
Click for a look back at incoming BBC Trust chair Rona Fairhead’s session with the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee in which she addressed her £1m payoff from Pearson, the future of the Trust - and revealed her viewing habits.
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NewsOfcom to probe BBC News MH17 footage
BBC News is under investigation by Ofcom for broadcasting the passport picture of an MH17 crash victim.
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NewsRona Fairhead prepares to face MPs
Rona Fairhead, the government’s preferred candidate to lead the BBC Trust, will face MPs today for the final hurdle of her appointment process.
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NewsDecriminalisation of BBC licence fee moves closer
Culture secretary Sajid Javid has signalled the start of a process aimed at decriminalising licence fee evasion.
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NewsCorrie and Emmerdale directors demand better pay
Directors UK has demanded pay rises for 40 freelance directors working on ITV soaps Emmerdale and Coronation Street.
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NewsC4 orders milestone Deal or No Deal series
Remarkable Television is to tweak the format of Deal or No Deal after signing a deal with Channel 4 that will take the gameshow into its 10th year.
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NewsC5 to handle own ad sales
Channel 5 is to continue to oversee its own advertising sales following the sale of the terrestrial broadcaster to Viacom.
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NewsOfcom clears Going To The Dogs
Ofcom has cleared Channel 4’s controversial Penny Woolcock documentary Going To The Dogs despite it being the most complained about show of the year to date.
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RatingsPiers Morgan returns with 2.6m
FRIDAY: Piers Morgan returned to ITV with an interview with Alesha Dixon in front of an audience of 2.6m as BBC1 sitcom Boomers fell to a series low.
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NewsI'm A Celebrity heads to Australia
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! has been filming in Australia for more than ten years - but a local version will now air in the country for the first time with Aussie celebrities travelling to Africa.
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NewsITV demands retransmission fees from Virgin and Sky
ITV has joined Channel 4 in calling for pay-TV operators to pay retransmission fees to public service broadcasters.
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RatingsKevin Bridges Referendum stand-up entertains 2.3m
SATURDAY: Kevin Bridges’ irreverent look at the Scottish referendum entertained over 2m viewers while ITV’s The X Factor lost half a million week-on-week.
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RatingsStrictly Come Dancing brushes off The X Factor in format battle
SUNDAY: BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing returned with one of its highest launches in years to beat ITV’s The X Factor after the two formats went head-to-head.
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NewsCBeebies-branded schools to launch in China
BBC Worldwide has sealed a deal with Singaporean education firm Popular Holdings to launch a chain of CBeebies-branded English-language schools in China.
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NewsUKTV revenues hit £280m
UKTV spent £25m more on original programming than was originally planned last year as investment in commissioning helped it generate record revenues of almost £280m.
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NewsStockton residents launch Benefits Street petition
Stockton-on-Tees residents are to deliver a petition to Channel 4 and Love Productions calling for filming to be halted on the second series of Benefits Street.
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NewsRick Stein heads to the Med for BBC2
BBC2 has ordered a six-part Mediterranean cookery and travel show fronted by Rick Stein from Devon-based indie, Denham Productions.