All Broadcasters articles – Page 704
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NewsWish-lists: ITV execs reveal priorities
ITV commissioners Richard Klein, Elaine Bedell, Helen Warner, Paul Mortimer and Steve November revealed their wish-lists at ITV’s annual Producers’ Forum earlier this week.
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NewsUnions ready to fight BBC over news redundancies
The BBC may have averted a strike during the opening of the Commonwealth Games this week – but it faces a fresh threat of industrial action over job cuts in its news division.
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NewsBBC to hire champion for disabled talent
The BBC will recruit its first disability champion to its commissioning team as it prepares a two-pronged plan to improve opportunities for disabled talent.
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NewsITV to poll indies over diversity
ITV will survey indies to gain a better understanding of working conditions and diversity in its programming supply chain as it bids to better reflect UK society.
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Behind The ScenesBlinging Up Baby, C5
A killer title landed us the commission, but the hard part was still to come says Ian Lamarra
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NewsBBC First eyes scripted drama
BBC Worldwide chief executive Tim Davie has revealed that global drama channel BBC First will offer UK indies major scripted opportunities after its launch this summer.
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NewsMTV UK trials Tunepics app for Geordie Shore
MTV UK is trialling fledgling mobile social network Tunepics for the current series of Geordie Shore.
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NewsE4 takes Bad Robots to series
E4 has strengthened its comedy slate with a hidden-camera series in which people are pranked by machines such as photo booths and electronic road signs.
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NewsBBC3 vision being finalised
BBC daytime boss Damian Kavanagh to present formal plans to the Trust in a ‘few weeks’
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CommentBright ideas needed for Bloke TV
ITV’s call to action is a chance to revisit a major TV challenge
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NewsITV challenges indies to shoot for football gap
ITV has challenged indies to create up to four major male-skewing brands as it races to replace more than 100 hours of European and domestic football.
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NewsJane Lush returns to TV with Bruce Forsyth
Strictly Come Dancing commissioner and former Splash Media managing director Jane Lush is back in production with a Bruce Forsyth fronted BBC1 variety show.
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NewsLove tackles local Immigration Street concerns
Love Productions will meet with Channel 4 to discuss the future of Immigration Street after some Southampton residents lobbied the indie to stop filming of the series.
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NewsSky Sports News revamps ahead of Premier League season
Sky Sports News is to jump up the EPG following a relaunch in which it will move to an upgraded studio and increase its focus on a revamped suite of apps and its social media.
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NewsConroy joins ITV drama
ITV has appointed Sarah Conroy as commissioning editor for drama to cover the maternity leave of Charlie Hampton.
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NewsBBC develops Sebastian Faulks screenplay
The BBC is developing Sebastian Faulks’ first self-penned screenplay, On Green Dolphin Street, after Eleventh Hour Films picked up the rights to the book.
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NewsBBC Savile costs swell to £7m
The BBC continues to feel the strain of the Jimmy Savile scandal after it revealed that Dame Janet Smith’s inquiry into the disgraced presenter has racked-up another £2m in costs.
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NewsDiane Coyle fails to make Trust shortlist
The acting chair of the BBC Trust, Diane Coyle, has failed to make the shortlist for the full-time position.
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NewsMTV returns to Ex On The Beach
MTV has renewed Whizz Kid’s dating series Ex on The Beach for a second series.
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NewsPlummer-Andrews preps 'smiley' emoticon series
The emoticon is to be transformed into a TV star after former CBBC chief Theresa Plummer-Andrews teamed up with French indie OuiDo Productions.