All Broadcasters articles – Page 795
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NewsThe Wright Way axed in BBC comedy shakeup
BBC sitcoms The Wright Way, Heading Out and Getting On have been axed as comedy boss Shane Allen shakes up the corporation’s comedy slate.
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NewsCommissioning boom helps indie sector grow to £2.8bn
A UK commissioning boom helped the indie sector grow 14% to be worth £2.8billion last year, according to Pact’s latest figures.
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NewsAndy Murray’s Wimbledon win breaks BBC online record
The BBC Sport website generated a record level of traffic from mobile devices on Sunday as people sought updates on Andy Murray’s Wimbledon final performance.
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NewsSky confirms 3D commitment
BSkyB has reaffirmed its commitment to 3D programming, with a focus on big events, despite broadcasters such as the BBC turning their back on the technology.
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NewsITV eyes takeover of Scandi super-indie
ITV is reportedly weighing up a £90m takeover of a Scandinavian super-indie Nice Entertainment Group.
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NewsGrayson Perry to give BBC Reith Lectures
Artist Grayson Perry is to deliver the BBC Reith Lectures on Radio 4.
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NewsNUJ: BBC's treatment of journalist was ‘significant factor’ in his death
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has claimed that the BBC’s treatment of journalist Russell Joslin was a “significant factor in his death” following an inquest today.
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NewsCBBC hunts for ideas for extended My Life strand
CBBC is inviting indies to pitch for an extended run of documentary strand My Life next year.
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NewsBoomerang wants reinvented Flintstones and Hong Kong Phooey
Turner Broadcasting is urging producers to help reinvent classic cartoon characters to join the likes of Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes on its Boomerang channel.
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NewsHorrible Histories to live on with one-off specials
Horrible Histories is set to live on in themed specials after the fifth and final series finishes this summer.
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NewsBBC turns its back on 3D
The BBC is to turn its back on 3D content after revealing it believes there is not sufficient viewer demand for the technology.
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NewsBBC1 acquires Aussie daytime drama
BBC1 has acquired Australian crime drama The Doctor Blake Mysteries for its daytime schedule.
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NewsCITV wishlist revealed
Live-action comedy and factual entertainment are top of CITV’s wishlist.
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NewsOlympic opening ceremony scribe slams reality TV
Olympics opening ceremony writer Frank Cottrell Boyce has delivered a broadside against reality TV as part of an impassioned speech celebrating the power of storytelling.
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NewsA League of Their Own sprints to Australia
CPL Productions is set to consult on an Australian version of its hit Sky 1 format A League of Their Own.
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NewsITV threatens to sue C4 over Dispatches sting
ITV has threatened Channel 4 with legal action if it broadcasts a Dispatches documentary purporting to feature Coronation Street stars accepting and promoting bogus products.
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Murphy seeks Sky’s Miranda
Sky is searching for celeb-driven sitcoms and reality entertainment formats as it enters the second phase of its original commissioning push.The pay-TV broadcaster has also reshaped how its commissioning process works, giving more control to individual commissioners, with channel bosses focusing more on overall strategy.Speaking at Broadcast’s Commissioning & Funding ...
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NewsLifetime reveals UK launch
Female-skewing US channel Lifetime is to launch in the UK this autumn and has ordered its first origination: a factual entertainment format called The Proposers.
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NewsFrow: ‘no formats, no twists, no nonsense’
Director of programmes Ben Frow is to radically overhaul the Channel 5 schedule, shifting acquisitions to 10pm and playing new kinds of original commissions at 8pm and 9pm.
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Fincham: ITV wants more evergreen formats
ITV would consider resurrecting more evergreen formats following the successful return of Saturday Night Takeaway and Catch Phrase.