All Broadcasters articles – Page 723
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NewsPhil Neville’s co-commentary draws complaints
Phil Neville’s co-commentary during England’s opening World Cup match against Italy has received hundreds of complaints.
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NewsVictory wins National Lottery gameshow
Sony Pictures’ Victory Television has scooped a BBC1 National Lottery gameshow that sees contestants choose their own prizes.
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RatingsStand By Your Man pulls 600k
FRIDAY: Channel 5’s new dating show Stand By Your Man located an audience of 600,000 viewers as BBC1’s World Cup coverage of Spain vs Holland dominated.
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NewsMartha Kearney brings bees to BBC2
Journalist Martha Kearney is transporting her love of bees to BBC2 with a documentary produced by Impossible Factual.
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NewsBBC to launch music awards show
BBC1 is planning to launch a music awards show to rival the Brits later this year in collaboration with Radio 1 and Radio 2.
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NewsTLC rapped over Honey Boo Boo profanities
TLC has been rapped by Ofcom after airing an episode of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo before the watershed that included a slew of profanities.
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NewsSky hires banks for Euro mega-merger
Sky’s plans to create a European mega-broadcaster have moved a step closer after the pay-TV operator engaged investment banks Morgan Stanley and Barclays to help with the complex transaction.
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NewsCulture secretary eyes BBC licence fee overhaul
Culture secretary Sajid Javid has hinted that the BBC licence fee will be overhauled during charter renewal negotiations next year to reflect changing viewing habits.
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NewsC4 dog fighting doc draws 2,200 complaints
Penny Woolcock’s Channel 4 documentary about illegal dog fighting has generated more than 2,000 complaints.
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NewsPeter Capaldi wins at first RTS Scotland awards
Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi won a special prize at the inaugural Royal Television Society Scotland Awards in Glasgow this week.
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NewsC4 takes aim at US gun culture
The lives of children who are caught up in America’s gun culture are to be explored in a Minnow Films doc for Channel 4.
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NewsLouise Brown heads NFTS new media course
Channel 4’s former multiplatform boss Louise Brown is to head up an NFTS course which will give graduates skills to help build audiences and drive engagement around online video.
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NewsITV Player crashes during World Cup opener
ITV has apologised after its online coverage of the opening World Cup match between Brazil and Croatia was affected by problems.
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NewsTeletubbies back after a decade
Iconic kids show Teletubbies is to return for the first time in over a decade after CBeebies ordered a new series.
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NewsImagine to uncover hidden WW2 German art
BBC1 is to delve into the mysteries surrounding artworks hidden in Munich throughout the Second World War for an Imagine documentary.
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NewsGold to broadcast Monty Python reunion live
UKTV has scored the television rights to the final performance of the Monty Python Live (Mostly) stage show.
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NewsBectu joins plans for BBC strike vote
Bectu will join the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in balloting for BBC strike action if the corporation does not improve its pay offer.
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NewsViacom boss: C5 can keep ad sales operation
Channel 5 will continue to handle its own advertising sales following its purchase by Viacom, according to the US media giant’s boss Philippe Dauman.
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NewsUKTV restructure leads to job cuts
The UKTV management restructure that handed Dave boss Steve North new powers will also result in the redundancy of junior commissioners.
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NewsBBC1 axes The Crimson Field
BBC1 has axed World War I drama The Crimson Field in an effort to create space for new shows.