All Broadcasters articles – Page 752
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VideoVIDEO: W1A
Click for an interview with Hugh Bonneville, who plays Ian Fletcher in new BBC comedy W1A.
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NewsInfographic: BBC3 budget breakdown
BBC3’s projected 2015/6 budget was £75m – which will now be radically reallocated.
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NewsCohen begins BBC3 briefings
Danny Cohen has begun briefing BBC3’s key suppliers and talent about plans to take the service online, amid fears that the axe is hanging over many of the channel’s big brands.
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CommentSavage BBC3 cuts are hard to swallow
The channel’s move online decimates its original content budget, writes Chris Curtis
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RatingsFamily Guy on top for BBC3
Family Guy was the only show to top 500,000 viewers for BBC3 on Wednesday as Festivals, Sex and Suspicious Parents and Ja’mie Private School Girl were below slot average.
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CommentThis is a retreat, not a bold vision
The BBC has missed the chance to innovate, argues former iPlayer boss Anthony Rose
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CommentBranding is key to BBC3's future
The shop window is shutting, but BBC3’s strong brand will help it survive, says Thinkbox chair Tess Alps
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NewsCohen: BBC3 strategy is a risk
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has admitted that moving BBC3 online is a major risk and that cost savings have forced the corporation to make the move ahead of schedule.
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CommentBBC3: a catalyst for change?
This could be the moment when delivery of TV shows changes forever, says comedy writer Dave Cohen
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CommentThe BBC's online gamble
BBC3 might now be able to take more risks - and BBC4 has dodged a bullet, writes Pat Younge
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NewsTony Hall: email to staff
Click to read the director general’s email to staff about BBC3’s online move.
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NewsBBC3 budget cut in half by move online
BBC3’s programme budget will be cut in half, and £30m of it will be redirected into BBC1 drama, when the youth channel moves online in autumn 2015.
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NewsSTV pre-tax profits rise 16%
STV’s adjusted pre-tax profits have risen 16% to £15.2m on the back of strong ad sales and continued production and digital growth.
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NewsBBC2 goes back to school for student vet series
BBC2 has ordered a Vet School-style series following a group of students in their final year at the Royal Veterinary College.
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NewsBBC gets tough on diversity
The BBC is to ramp up the social profiling of its workforce and could introduce the ‘Rooney Rule’ into its recruitment processes under plans to radically boost diversity.
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NewsE4 heads to New York for next Made In Chelsea
E4 is looking to build on the success of Made In Chelsea with a scripted reality series based in New York City.
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NewsRalph Lee named C4 number two
Ralph Lee has been made Jay Hunt’s number two at Channel 4, adding the role of deputy chief creative officer to his head of factual brief.
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NewsMoore eyes real-life stories for ‘provocative’ drama
BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore wants to tap into her factual roots to adapt real-life stories into “provocative” new dramas for the channel.
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CommentThe revolution will not be televised
BBC3’s imminent move reveals DG is not afraid to make tough calls
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NewsNat Geo: UK shows key to edging rivals
US broadcaster Nat Geo believes a strong pipeline of UK shows can help it distinguish itself from its cable rivals.