All Broadcasters articles – Page 725
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NewsFox UK to air M. Night Shyamalan drama
Fox UK will broadcast Matt Dillon-fronted thriller Wayward Pines after its parent company acquired all international rights to the series.
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NewsITV hires entertainment commissioner
Amanda Stavri, the executive producer of Peter Andre series My Life, is to join ITV’s entertainment commissioning team.
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NewsBBC News on brink of religious affairs appointment
BBC News is close to moving defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt to cover the religious affairs brief.
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NewsBT hits 1m TV customers
BT has played down reports that it is targeting the majority share of Premier League football rights when they come up for auction as its TV service hits 1m subscribers.
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NewsBonus metrics to change at C4
Channel 4 is to change the metrics it uses to calculate bonuses for its executive team.
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NewsC4 annual results: digested
Click for Broadcast’s coverage of Channel 4’s financial report of 2013.
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NewsC4 blames BBC daytime strategy for share decline
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt has blamed the “seismic” impact of BBC’s shift in daytime strategy for contributing to loss of share on its main channel.
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NewsDiscovery & Liberty buy All3Media
A round-up of Broadcast’s coverage of Discovery and Liberty Global’s £550m acquisition of All3Media.
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NewsC4 commissioning priorities revealed
Channel 4’s annual report provided a breakdown of its commissioning priorities for 2014 and beyond. Broadcast takes you through the genres to cast light on its strategy.
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NewsDiscovery eyes All3Media pipeline
Discovery’s ground-breaking deal to buy All3Media will give it a massive pipeline of content to exploit via second runs on its channels around the world.
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NewsTV failing women directors
Directors UK (DUK) is challenging broadcasters and producers to ensure that 30% of all shows are directed by women by 2017, after a major study found significant inequality in key genres, from crime drama to panel shows.
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NewsDiscovery & Liberty Global agree deal to buy All3Media
Discovery and Liberty Global have agreed a £550m-plus deal to acquire super-indie All3Media.
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NewsC4 marries strangers in new format
Channel 4 has commissioned Married at First Sight, a controversial Danish format that sees strangers get married after meeting for the first time.
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NewsC4 finances stable as share suffers
Channel 4 made a loss of £15m in 2013 - a year in which it missed key audience share targets, but made more than half its programmes outside of London for the first time.
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NewsRed Bull to launch TV channel on Sky
Red Bull is to launch a linear TV channel in the UK after securing carriage with BSkyB.
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NewsC5 deal opens door for Pact
Viacom’s acquisition of Channel 5 represents an opportunity for new terms of trade to be struck between Pact and the UK broadcaster.
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NewsViacom’s vision for Channel 5
Viacom is keen to bolster links between its US and UK assets once it completes its £450m acquisition of Channel 5, ramping up coproduction opportunities between the British broadcaster and the likes of MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.
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NewsC5 orders OAP doc and series on Roman Empire
Gavin & Stacey star Larry Lamb is to front a Channel 5 series charting the history of the Roman Empire.
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