All Broadcasters articles – Page 781
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NewsShine TV brings Bear Grylls back to C4
Bear Grylls is returning to Channel 4 with a series that will see him challenge 12 men to survive on a desert island for four weeks.
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NewsSBTV YouTube channel wins private equity backing
SBTV, the online music and entertainment channel, has secured private equity backing from Miroma Ventures.
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NewsOnly Connect set for BBC2 switch
BBC4 is trialling three new quiz formats following a decision to move cult show Only Connect to BBC2.
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NewsITV's Thorogood and Discovery's Thornton headline RTS event
ITV commissioner Katy Thorogood and Discovery’s Sarah Thornton are among the guests at the RTS Futures latest networking event, which focuses on popular factual and features programming.
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NewsDynamo heads to Asia
Dynamo Magician Impossible is heading to Asia after Passion Distribution sold his UKTV magic series to RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network.
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NewsChannel 5 News editor named
ITV News head of output and assistant editor Cristina Nicolotti Squires has been appointed editor of Channel 5 News.
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NewsMoving On to be first iPlayer drama premiere
Jimmy McGovern’s daytime series Moving On will be BBC1’s first drama to be premiered on iPlayer.
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NewsBBC1’s This Week to be re-tendered
BBC News has gone out to tender with the opportunity to produce satirical weekly politics show This Week.
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NewsBBC: we’ll curb WWI fatigue
The BBC will carefully map out its four years of World War I (WWI) centenary programming across a number of different events to avoid audience fatigue.
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NewsBBC Worldwide eyes global role for BBC Store
The BBC Store could be rolled out around the world via BBC Worldwide, according to president of global markets Paul Dempsey.
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Behind The ScenesShackleton: Death or Glory, Discovery
Recreating the famous rescue mission seemed an impossible task, says Ed Wardle
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NewsBBC agrees new Pact terms
The BBC has struck a “groundbreaking” new terms of trade agreement with Pact to reflect the rapid growth of digital content in the UK.
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NewsCBBC orders first playalong gameshow
CBBC has ordered its first second-screen playalong gameshow – a futuristic spin-off of S4C show Y Lifft (The Lift).
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NewsBBC payoffs cost a third more than C4’s
The BBC spent an average of 37% more on senior management payoffs than Channel 4 over the past five years, according to figures obtained by Broadcast.
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NewsStarz in talks to bring back White Queen for US
US cable network Starz is set to recommission Company Pictures period drama The White Queen despite the BBC’s decision to drop the show.
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NewsThe Wrong Mans to return for BBC
BBC2 is on the brink of renewing James Corden’s comedy thriller The Wrong Mans for a second series.
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NewsBBC to appoint iPlayer controller
BBC director of television Danny Cohen aims to make the iPlayer the corporation’s “fifth channel” by appointing a dedicated controller of the VoD service to sit alongside the heads of its TV channels.
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NewsBBC reveals WWI centenary plans
The BBC has pledged that its World War I centenary plans will represent the “biggest and most ambitious” collaborative season of programming the corporation has undertaken.
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NewsBBC Salford relocation deals branded ‘excessive’
Relocation packages designed to incentivise BBC staff to move to Salford have been branded “excessive” by a group of MPs.
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NewsIn The Night Garden takes root at CBeebies
CBeebies has renewed its deal for one hundred episodes of In The Night Garden from new owner DHX Media, guaranteeing the successful kids series will remain on air until at least 2020.