All Broadcasters articles – Page 722
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NewsBBC on hunt for riskier docs
Emma Willis is on the hunt for an innovative format on the scale of Stephen Lambert’s controversial 2007 series The Verdict as she looks to boost risky and provocative documentaries across her BBC channels.
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NewsBBC Worldwide rejigs senior content team
BBC Worldwide has completed the restructure of its senior content team – filling its vacant commissioning roles with the promotion of two senior executives.
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NewsKids’ classics set for TV return
A nostalgic commissioning boom and a rush to wring value out of rights is behind a glut of revivals of iconic British children’s TV shows, according to industry experts.
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NewsSky aims to 'demystify' PMQs
Sky News executive editor John McAndrew is masterminding a plan to help “demystify” Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) for viewers.
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NewsForces TV’s Nick Pollard invites indie pitches
Forces TV, the newly launched armed forces channel run by former Sky News executive Nick Pollard, has thrown open its doors to indie pitches.
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NewsWoolcock defends Dogs doc
Penny Woolcock has shrugged off personal abuse and criticism over her Channel 4 illegal dog-fighting film – claiming she is “unrepentant” about tackling the subject.
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NewsC5 management team to move over to Viacom
Viacom is firming up plans to bring over Channel 5’s existing management team, including key Richard Desmond lieutenant Paul Dunthorne, ahead of finalising its £450m acquisition of the broadcaster.
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NewsRTÉ: Format Farm is secure
Irish broadcaster RTÉ has pledged its commitment to its international formats initiative Format Farm following the departure of Tonyia Dowling.
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Behind The ScenesOAPs Behaving Badly, C5
Filming OAPs in Tenerife sounded fun, but keeping up with the hard-partying Brits wasn’t easy.
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NewsC4 defends BBC Productions
BBC Productions has found an unlikely ally in Channel 4 after the corporation faced further calls to scrap its in-house programme making division.
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NewsBodyshockers gets second run
Channel 4 will revisit the debate about body modification after commissioning another series of Bodyshockers.
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NewsBBC2 boards Windfall train doc
BBC2 is taking a look behind-the-scenes at London’s new £15billion railway Crossrail.
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NewsBBC1 orders CPL daytime quiz
BBC1 has beefed up its daytime slate with a CPL Productions gameshow, hosted by Shane Richie.
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NewsPact: make the BBC a publisher broadcaster
Pact chief executive John McVay has argued that the BBC should drop all of its in-house guarantees and become a “publisher broadcaster”.
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NewsSky1 orders first fixed rig series
Sky 1 has ordered its first fixed-rig ob-doc series as part of drive to shake up its weekday 8pm slot.
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NewsUtopia writer hints at third series
Utopia writer Dennis Kelly has hinted at a third run for the cult show after claiming it was “always intended” to be a returning series.
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NewsBBC2 tracks down Animal Movers
BBC2 will take a walk on the wild side in a 2 x 60-minute series exploring the transportation of rare and dangerous animals around the world.
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RatingsC5 dole doc beats ITV, BBC2, C4
MONDAY: Channel 5 outperformed ITV, BBC2 and Channel 4 at 9pm, losing out only to the World Cup.
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NewsBBC testing facial coding technology on TV viewers
BBC Worldwide has begun testing facial coding technology that can measure how viewers are responding to television programmes.
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News24 Hours in A&E moves hospital
Channel 4 has bulk ordered another 30 episodes of 24 Hours in A&E and will move the show out of King’s College Hospital and into a new emergency care unit.