All Broadcasters articles – Page 700
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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.
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VideoVIDEO: Stand Up To Cancer
Channel 4’s creative agency 4Creative has prepared a campaign ahead of its Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) showpiece on 17 October.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC Trust & UKTV upfronts
The latest edition of Talking TV heads to UKTV Live to catch-up with Sir David Attenborough and Dave Gorman, while the new BBC Trust chair is also on the agenda.
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NewsJonathan Boseley exits London Live
London Live commissioning chief Jonathan Boseley is to leave the local TV channel following its proposals to scrap original content outside of news and current affairs.
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RatingsEducating the East End registers 2.2m
THURSDAY: Educating the East End failed to achieve the results of Educating Yorkshire on a busy night for new launches.
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NewsBlueprint wins first TV order with Sadie Jones adaptation
In Bruges producer Blueprint Pictures is to make its debut TV project – an adaptation of Sadie Jones novel The Outcast for BBC1.
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NewsCDN Awards open for business
Nominations for the Creative Diversity Network (CDN) Awards have opened and Broadcast readers will ultimately be able to decide the winner of the Groundbreaking Programme Award.
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NewsBBC removes Doctor Who beheading scene
The BBC has edited this Saturday’s episode of Dr Who to remove a beheading scene following the murder of two American journalists by Islamic militants.