All Broadcasters articles – Page 765
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NewsFord and Frow strike Tallafornia deal
Channel 5 has acquired Irish reality series Tallafornia, Ireland’s answer to Geordie Shore, after striking a deal with TV3.
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NewsITV slams BBC shows and strategy
ITV has launched a stinging attack on the BBC, criticising the distinctiveness of the corporation’s programming output, its “aggressive” pursuit of ratings and its plans to launch a BBC1+1 service.
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NewsC4 buys Norwegian foreign language thriller
Channel 4 has acquired edgy Norwegian thriller Mammon, a noir All The President’s Men-style drama.
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NewsC4 rejects Benefits Street's ‘poverty porn’ tag
Channel 4 head of factual Ralph Lee has hit back strongly at claims that Benefits Street is “poverty porn” amid increasing criticism of the show.
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NewsMPs oppose commercialisation of BBC World Service
A group of MPs have opposed BBC plans to further commercialise the World Service, believing it could jeopardise the independence of the unit’s output.
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NewsC4 to split third series of Black Mirror
Channel 4’s darkly comic series Black Mirror is returning for a third outing - but the dramas will be split rather than run consecutively creator Charlie Brooker has revealed.
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NewsArrow Media to broadcast live from space for C4
Arrow Media is producing a two-hour special for Channel 4 in the UK and Nat Geo around the world that will include live footage from the International Space Station as it completes an orbit of the earth.
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RatingsSherlock rockets to nearly 13m
The New Year’s Day instalment of Sherlock tracked down a final rating of nearly 13m after it was watched by the UK’s biggest ever catch-up audience.
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NewsBBC preps Winter Olympics coverage
The BBC is preparing its most comprehensive digital coverage of the Winter Olympics to date, as it gears up to offer 650 hours of content online.
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NewsITV scraps Exposure block in favour of single films
ITV plans to schedule investigative journalism strand Exposure throughout the year instead of in a single block of episodes – sparking fears the brand may be scaled back.
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NewsPact: BBC quotas will change
Pact believes a shake-up of BBC commissioning quotas is now inevitable as the corporation reshapes itself for charter renewal.
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News‘No change’ to 3D commitment as Sky’s Cassy exits
Sky 3D channel director John Cassy is leaving the broadcaster after 10 years to launch his own media venture.
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NewsBBC hires development head
The BBC is to draft in Twenty Twenty director of development Ana De Moraes to lead the inhouse central development unit created by Danny Cohen.
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NewsSky strikes deal with US indie
Sky has invested in US indie startup Ugly Brother Studios through a development deal that will beef up its production and distribution business, and improve its ability to make US co-productions.
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NewsBBC to adapt US comedy pilot rejected by CBS
The BBC is developing The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud, a Jon Plowman-produced comedy that was originally piloted by US network CBS.
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NewsStoryville to examine nuclear close shaves
BBC4 plans to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb with a “visceral” study of the history of nuclear near-misses.
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NewsFilm 4’s Butler joins Raw TV to build ‘bold slate’
Raw TV, the indie behind feature doc The Imposter, has hired Film 4 deputy head of film Katherine Butler.
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NewsC4 resists calls to drop Benefits Street
Channel 4 intends to push ahead with controversial documentary series Benefits Street despite thousands of people petitioning the broadcaster to drop the remaining four episodes.
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NewsMore4 serves up Cooks' Question Time
The Great British Bake Off host Sue Perkins is to front a Question Time-style culinary series for More4.
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NewsBBC bolsters entertainment commissioning team
Former ITV Studios entertainment executive Rachel Ashdown has been appointed as a commissioning editor by the BBC.