All Broadcasters articles – Page 774
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NewsAcquisitions boost ITVS revenue to £555m
ITV’s indie acquisitions spree has helped boost revenues at its production arm by 11% in the first nine months of 2013.
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NewsITV wins back James Bond
James Bond will return to free-to-air television this year after ITV snatched the rights to the Ian Fleming franchise back from Sky.
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NewsBBC Arabic loses employment tribunal
The BBC blocked a broadcast journalist from securing a promotion because of his involvement with the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), a court has ruled.
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NewsC4 hires Education editor
Former The Apprentice series producer Bec Milligan has been hired as Channel 4 Education editor.
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NewsRadio 4 plans Twitter comedy push
Radio 4 has kicked off a social media campaign which taps into Twitter to try to expand its audience.
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NewsWhitechapel gets the chop from ITV
ITV has axed gothic crime drama Whitechapel after four series.
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NewsBBC religion staff ‘positive’ about colleagues
The BBC’s religion and ethics staff are “particularly positive” about their colleagues - despite Bectu launching a survey on working conditions in the department last week.
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NewsSky to invest £5m in Silicon Valley start-ups
Sky is hunting for Silicon Valley start-ups to buy into as part of an $8m (£5m) investment with US venture capital fund Luminari Capital.
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NewsReally boosts paranormal activity
UKTV channel Really has picked up ghost format Haunting: Australia to boost the channel’s range of paranormal activity.
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NewsBettany Hughes calls for 'radical revolution'
Historian Dr Bettany Hughes battled “extraordinary prejudice” when she first tried to enter the TV industry and believes there has to be “radical revolution” for women to achieve equality.
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NewsC5 to explore stories of West and Shipman
Channel 5 is exploring the lives of murderers Fred and Rose West and Harold Shipman with two factual commissions.
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NewsITV renews X Factor and BGT for three more years
ITV has confirmed that it has commissioned another three series of Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor in a deal thought to be worth £150m.
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NewsTalkSport World Cup deal helps shake off revenue drop
TalkSport has lessened the blow of a 15% fall in revenues this year by signing a deal to broadcast the 2014 World Cup.
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NewsDiversify: gallery
All the pictures from yesterday’s event, organised by Broadcast and Screen International
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NewsDiversify: practical steps forward
Speakers at the Diversify forum have outlined a number of practical measures and action points designed to help the industry improve its level of diversity.
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NewsLenny Henry calls for racial quotas
Television and film stars including Lenny Henry and Kwame Kwei-Armah have called for broadcasters to implement quotas to increase racial diversity on UK screens.
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NewsPatten hits back at Grant Shapps
BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten has branded Tory MP Grant Shapps’ attack on the corporation last month as “exceptionally ill-judged”.
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NewsJackson exits C4 for Sundance
Channel 4 arts commissioner Tabitha Jackson is to leave the broadcaster to head up Sundance’s documentary programme in the US.
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NewsBroadcasters told: ‘Be braver on green issues’
UK broadcasters must be “braver” in tackling climate change issues and communicating commissioning opportunities for environmental programming more clearly, according to a report.