All Broadcasters articles – Page 747
-
NewsC5 Prods tackles The Limbless Mountaineer
Channel 5 has commissioned a feature length documentary following quadruple amputee Jamie Andrew as he attempts to climb the Matterhorn from its in-house production team.
-
NewsBBC to inject arts into mainstream programming
The BBC is poised to inject more arts content into mainstream programming and revive art series Civilisation 45 years after it aired.
-
NewsGovernment to launch licence fee decriminalisation review
The government is poised to launch a year-long consultation on decriminalising licence fee evasion.
-
NewsSky Arts boss James Hunt steps down
Sky Arts director James Hunt is to leave the pay-TV broadcaster after four and a half years.
-
NewsNat Geo buys wildlife docs
National Geographic Channels International has acquired a slew of wildlife documentaries from distributor Earth Touch.
-
NewsArrow Media recycles plane for C4 doc
Kevin McCloud is to challenge three designers to recycle a disused airplane into new products as part of a new Channel 4 doc produced by Arrow Media.
-
NewsNick Clegg voices concerns over licence fee evasion plans
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has indicated that he is listening to BBC concerns over decriminalising licence fee evasion.
-
NewsPeter Moffat closes the case on Silk
Silk creator Peter Moffat has confirmed that BBC1’s courtroom drama will not return for a fourth series.
-
NewsJohn Kaye Cooper to oversee ITV’s Rising Star
ITV has drafted in former entertainment controller John Kaye Cooper as the showrunner on Israeli musical talent show Rising Star.
-
RatingsC5 beats Sky in jet doc battle
It’s interesting to see channels scramble their rapid-reaction resources to keep pace with the emerging mystery of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight.
-
NewsSky wins Sing Date court case
Sky has won its second high court formats battle in 10 days after a high court judge rejected a claim that Princess Productions’ musical dating format Sing Date had been ripped off.
-
NewsITV boss Adam Crozier’s pay rockets to £8.4m
Adam Crozier’s pay packet ballooned 189% to nearly £8.4m last year after the ITV chief executive hit performance targets and the company’s share price grew.
-
.jpg)
NewsDiscovery and Sky in pole-position to buy C5
A joint bid between Discovery Communications and BSkyB is emerging as a front-runner to buy Channel 5.
-
NewsCBeebies’ origination quotas relaxed
Ofcom has approved plans to reduce CBeebies’ origination quotas to bring them into line with CBBC.
-
NewsStrictly wins Craft gong
Strictly Come Dancing will be honoured with the Special Award at the Bafta Craft Awards on 27 April.
-
NewsBBC3 orders sitcoms prior to online move
BBC3 is lining up a sitcom set in a young offenders’ institution and has recommissioned three of its biggest comedies as it begins to increase its online experimentation.
-
NewsIfans to star in S4C adaptation of Under Milk Wood
Welsh broadcaster S4C has commissioned a film version of classic radio drama Under Milk Wood that will star Rhys Ifans.
-
NewsIndies lobby Trust on quotas
The bosses of some of the UK’s biggest indies used a high-level meeting with the BBC Trust to make the case for changing the corporation’s commissioning quotas during charter renewal negotiations next year.
-
NewsUKTV draws up manifesto for indie relations
UKTV is launching a commissioning charter as it seeks to cement its position in the indie community.
-
Behind The ScenesFrisky Business, Lifetime
Mixing down-to-earth employees with a mind-blowing array of sex toys set our pulses racing.