All Broadcasters articles – Page 799
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NewsNutopia behind C4 & PBS Algerian terrorist doc
Nutopia and the Bafta-winning director behind Our War are making a doc about the terrorist attack on Algeria’s In Amenas gas facility for Channel 4 and PBS in the US.
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NewsDCMS to abolish retransmission fees
The government plans to abolish retransmission fees and has set out plans to preserve the prominence of PSB broadcasters in a wide-ranging policy paper.
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NewsTreadwell-Collins returns as EastEnders boss
Dominic Treadwell-Collins is to return as executive producer of EastEnders after a three-year absence.
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NewsITVS revenues hit £395m to offset ad decline
ITV’s production arm grew by over 10% in the first half of the year to head off a fall in advertising revenue and help the company’s pre-tax profits leap to £270m.
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NewsBT Sport set to strike Virgin Media carriage deal
Virgin Media is poised to close a deal to carry BT Sport’s three sports channels on its cable TV platform, making them available to a further 4m potential customers.
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NewsDCMS aims to protect PSB content on digital platforms
The DCMS will set out measures to protect the prominence of PSBs on new content platforms in the long-awaited Communications Act strategy paper this week.
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NewsC4 commits to Kavos after casting controversy
Channel 4’s teen Brits abroad doc What Happens In Kavos is to return for a second series despite producers Dragonfly being reprimanded over “deeply inappropriate” casting references.
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NewsBig dog Tim Westwood bows out of Radio 1
Hip hop DJ Tim Westwood is leaving Radio 1 after 20 years as part of a schedule shake-up.
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NewsOfcom clears Utopia in child violence investigation
Utopia, the controversial Channel 4 drama that featured a shooting in a school, has been cleared by an Ofcom investigation.
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NewsHall and unions set for August showdown over pay
The BBC unions are set for showdown talks with director general Tony Hall next month as both parties seek to resolve the ongoing pay dispute.
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NewsSweet TV lands Scripps orders
Scripps channels Food Network and the Travel Channel have commissioned three series from Sweet TV.
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NewsSky profits bolstered by Now TV
Sky has reported operating profits of £1.3bn for the last 12 months, helped by 50,000 day-pass sales of its fledgling IPTV service Now TV.
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NewsITV buys Big Talk for £12.5m
ITV has acquired Rev and Friday Night Dinner indie Big Talk Productions outright for an initial cash payment of up to £12.5m.
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NewsHall demands answers over Fincham’s BBC payoff
BBC director general Tony Hall has asked for a detailed account of the circumstances surrounding a reported £500,000 payoff to former BBC1 boss Peter Fincham.
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VideoVIDEO: Return of the Superhumans, C4
Click to view Channel 4’s Return of the Superhumans trailer ahead of the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games taking place at the Olympic Stadium this weekend.
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NewsiPlayer buffers with summer slump
BBC iPlayer requests fell to their lowest level since the start of the year in June, as the VoD service generated record traffic from mobile and tablet devices.
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NewsOfcom mulls increasing C4 nations quota
Ofcom is considering whether to increase Channel 4’s nations production quota from 3% to 9% by 2020.
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NewsBT adds 23k TV subs
The number of new subscribers to BT’s TV services grew by just 23,000 in the last three months, although the company revealed over 500,000 homes have signed up to its forthcoming BT Sport channels.
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Behind The ScenesThe Burrowers, BBC2
Trying to ‘cut a British hillside in half ’ was the maddest thing I’ve ever done says Fiona Pitcher
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The Broadcast InterviewJulian Bellamy, DNI
From Latin America to Asia Pacific, via the UK, Julian Bellamy’s global content push is gathering pace.