All Broadcasters articles – Page 747
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NewsJacques Peretti to look at spending for BBC2
Jacques Peretti is expanding his The Men Who Made Us… franchise with a documentary series about consumer culture.
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NewsBBC3 to review its genre mix
The BBC3 genre mix is up for grabs as Danny Cohen and Zai Bennett set to work preparing the youth channel for its move online next year.
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NewsBBC3 in fight for Family Guy
BBC3 is battling with Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox Television to bring prized US acquisition Family Guy to its new online home and is preparing to change the role acquisitions will play on the channel.
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NewsBBC2 orders M6 doc series and more James May
BBC2 is looking to drive more success with a pair of motoring commissions.
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NewsC5 explores fight against crime
Channel 5 is to explore modern crime in the UK as part of a raft of documentaries from recently installed factual commissioner Guy Davies.
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The Broadcast InterviewCassian Harrison, BBC4
Channel editor Cassian Harrison wants to celebrate the joy of facts
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NewsJimmy McGovern's Banished debut BBC First order
Banished, Jimmy McGovern’s RSJ Films drama about the 18th century colonisation of Australia has emerged as the debut commission from BBC Worldwide channel BBC First.
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NewsBig Star’s Little Star to return
ITV has ordered an extended second series of Stephen Mulhern-fronted entertainment show Big Star’s Little Star.
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NewsBBC2 to Meet the Puppies
BBC2 is to follow the development of six puppies in their first year of life in an RDF Television series.
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CommentThe branding of BBC2
Ahead of BBC2’s 50th birthday, Lisa Hill reflects on its evolving on-screen identity
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NewsBBC battles to get Family Guy on iPlayer
The BBC is to redouble its efforts to resolve a long-running dispute with Hollywood studio Twentieth Century Fox Television to feature Family Guy on iPlayer following the decision to shift BBC3 online.
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NewsWEtv opens Sex Box in US
Channel 4’s controversial show Sex Box is to be re-made in the US after cable network WEtv ordered a pilot.
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NewsPurnell warns against licence fee evasion plans
James Purnell has argued that decriminalising licence fee evasion would present a “huge risk” to the future of certain BBC services.
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NewsBBC1 lines up third David Walliams adaptation
BBC1 is to adapt David Walliams’ children’s book The Boy in the Dress for its third Christmas collaboration with the Little Britain Star.
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NewsSky wins Must Be The Music court case
Sky has won a High Court case after it was accused of format infringement over talent format Must Be The Music.
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NewsMPs bid to reverse BBC3 decision
Labour MP John McDonnell has tabled an Early Day Motion in parliament calling on the BBC to reverse its decision to close BBC3 as a television channel.
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NewsOfcom renews C4 licence
Ofcom has extended Channel 4’s licence for a further 10 years with the broadcaster’s out of England spend set to triple.
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NewsC5 counts down with Objective
Channel 5 has commissioned seven entertainment-based countdown shows including The Ultimate Action Movies hosted by Vinne Jones.
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NewsDiscovery visits wolves in Siberia
Discovery Networks International is heading to Siberia to follow a group of wolves after acquiring 90-minute documentary Wolves Unleashed from UK distributor Scorpion TV.
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NewsFormer GMTV boss to oversee Loose Women
Former GMTV showrunner Martin Frizell is to become the editor of Loose Women.