All Broadcasters articles – Page 784
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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.
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NewsNow That's What I Call Music channel queued up
A Now That’s What I Call Music-branded TV channel will launch later this month as a joint venture between two major labels and All Around The World TV.
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NewsBBC to create CBeebies Land at Alton Towers
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal to create a CBeebies-themed area at theme park Alton Towers.
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NewsBBC1 poaches Great British Bake Off
BBC1 will become the home of The Great British Bake Off from next year following its continued success on BBC2.
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NewsRupert Dilnott-Cooper memorial service announced
A celebration of the life of former Carlton boss Rupert Dilnott-Cooper is to take place in November.
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NewsBBC re-hires nine payoff beneficiaries
The BBC has given freelance or contractor work to 10% of the top earners that have left the corporation with a payoff in over the past three years.