All Broadcasters articles – Page 770
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NewsBBC preps five HD channels
The BBC is to launch five HD channels tomorrow, doubling the number of channels it currently airs in the format.
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NewsQuestion Time visits South Africa for Mandela special
BBC1’s Question Time is to be broadcast from South Africa this week to mark the death of Nelson Mandela.
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NewsBBC spends £1.3m on Manchester flights
BBC executives have spent more than £1.3m on flights to Salford over the past two years.
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NewsC4 News pilots online spin-off show
Viewers will be able to submit their own questions to Channel 4 News guests as part of an online spin-off pilot.
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NewsNBC shuts Style Network in UK
NBC Universal is to close The Style Network in the UK following a US channel rebrand.
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NewsCohen rallies against the ‘chorus of BBC bashing’
Danny Cohen has hit back robustly at the “daily chorus of BBC bashing” by the corporation’s own talent, claiming it “drives staff mad”.
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NewsVictoria Wood reworks acclaimed stage musical for BBC2
Victoria Wood is to adapt her stage musical That Day We Sang into a single drama for BBC2.
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NewsITV develops remake of Australian sitcom Laid
ITV is in the early stages of developing a local version of Australian comedy Laid after striking a deal with UK distributor DRG.
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NewsAd firms plan to rival GME
Major advertising agencies including Publicis Omnicom are planning to become rivals to GroupM Entertainment by funding TV content, Broadcast understands.
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NewsC5 turns to love and death for new shows
Channel 5 has unveiled a wideranging raft of commissions including two series about death and a romance strand.
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NewsC4 trims comedy budget and cuts back on pilots
Channel 4 is trimming its comedy budget and shaking up the way it develops series in a bid to order fewer pilots and go straight to series more often.
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NewsC4 orders two more runs of Amazing Spaces
Channel 4 has ordered series three and four of George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces as the hit second series nears its conclusion.
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NewsSnowman game sequel to use freemium model
Channel 4 has introduced a freemium model for a follow-up game to last year’s Broadcast Digital Award-winning The Snowman and The Snowdog.
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NewsAward hits but ratings misses
C4 may have picked up a slew of Broadcast Awards nominations but this hasn’t been matched by a flood of viewers.
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NewsC4 suffers 2013 ratings blues
Channel 4’s all hours share of viewing has tumbled to 5.8% as it endured by far the toughest year in ratings terms of all the UK’s major channels.
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NewsHarding unveils vision for BBC News
BBC News chief James Harding has outlined a series of measures, including the creation of a news editor role and a focus on technology and collaboration designed to address a belief the division fails to “punch our weight” in some areas.
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NewsBBC1 axes Ripper Street
BBC1 has axed Ripper Street before the second series has finished airing.
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NewsBen Frow slams ob-doc trend
Channel 5 director of progammes Ben Frow has hit out at the volume of ob-docs on British TV, comparing the commissioning trend to “going back to the docusoap days”.
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NewsCNN plans to expand commissions
International news broadcaster CNN is to expand the number of series it commissions and is gearing up to work with more producers.