All Broadcasters articles – Page 757
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NewsC5 preps Benefits Street-style series
Channel 5 will continue to tap into the vein of Benefits Street-style programmes with a series which will gather welfare system stories from around the UK.
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NewsC4 to bring back Benefits Street
Channel 4 is to bring back controversial doc Benefits Street for a second series as Love Productions starts to research potential locations.
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NewsBBC to share trainees with indies
The BBC is to make 16 of the trainees and apprentices on its production training schemes available to indies for the first time this year.
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NewsITV and C5 licences renewed until 2024
Ofcom has confirmed that Channel 3 and Channel 5 licences will remain with their current owners for another decade.
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NewsJanice Hadlow set to leave BBC2
Janice Hadlow is to step down as BBC2 controller after more than five years to take on a broader role within the television division, Broadcast can reveal.
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NewsSky drives off with PGA Tour rights
Sky has won the exclusive rights to air live PGA Tour golf for the next seven years, seeing off competition from BT Sport.
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NewsBBC Trust to launch major radio review
The BBC Trust is to launch a health check of the corporation’s entire UK portfolio of music and speech radio stations.
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NewsITV pushes ahead with Lewis
Lewis is to return for an eighth series in spite of previous claims from creator Colin Dexter that the ITV drama had run out of steam.
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NewsJamie Theakston returns to Forbidden History
UKTV is to bring back Jamie Theakston’s Forbidden History for a second series.
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NewsCowell’s Over the Top wins ITV pilot
Simon Cowell’s fledgling indie Over the Top Productions is piloting its first project - a primetime ITV gameshow fronted by Bradley Walsh.
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NewsDiscovery promotes Susanna Dinnage
Discovery has promoted Susanna Dinnage nine months after the launch of female-skewing network TLC.
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NewsElaine Paige takes stage for Sky Arts
Sky Arts has ordered a six-part series about musical star Elaine Paige from Fresh One Productions.
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NewsPSBs plan Freeview VoD push
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are investigating the opportunity to launch industry-standard IPTV technology that would ensure their catch-up services work across all connected TVs.
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NewsBanking more ethnically diverse than media
A study of the top 10,000 executives across British industry reveals a deep “diversity deficit”– and reveals the banking and finance sector is more ethnically diverse than the media.
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NewsThe Voice gets BBC2 spin-off show
The Voice UK is to be handed a Strictly: It Takes Two-style BBC2 spin-off show when the live rounds of the contest get underway.
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NewsCohen confirms end of all-male panel shows
BBC television boss Danny Cohen has reiterated the corporation’s desire to ban all-male comedy panel shows.
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NewsThe Musketeers returns for series two
The Musketeers will continue their adventures on BBC1 after the channel commissioned a second series of the drama.
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NewsSimon Cowell in X Factor return
Simon Cowell is return to The X Factor judging panel for the first time in four years to give the format a shot in the arm.
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NewsRemarkable launches Ejector Seat for ITV
Andi Peters is to front an ITV teatime quiz that ejects contestants from their seats if they get questions incorrectly.
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NewsAbolition of retransmission fees on hold
The legal row between the commercial terrestrial broadcasters and online streaming service TVCatchup has stopped the government from intervening in the retransmission fees row.