All Broadcasters articles – Page 809
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NewsSky to merge fact and fact ent teams
Sky is to combine its factual and factual entertainment commissioning teams as part of a restructure that will see Michele Kurland leave her role.
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NewsFormer S4C boss warns of "grave danger" over funding
Former S4C chief executive Arwel Ellis Owen has claimed that the government may cut all of its £6.7m funding for the Welsh language broadcaster.
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NewsBlighty closes as Drama opens for UKTV
UKTV is to close its British-themed pay-TV channel Blighty after four years, ahead of the launch of its forthcoming scripted channel Drama.
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NewsPulp doc & Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell secure Screen Yorkshire funds
Screen Yorkshire is to invest in four local productions, including BBC1 drama Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and a feature-length doc on Pulp.
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NewsITV pilots Just 1 Thing gameshow
ITV Studios is piloting a Saturday night entertainment show for ITV that will challenge members of the public to perform a newly acquired skill under testing circumstances.
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NewsBBC: still no satisfaction on the Rolling Stones
The BBC’s talks with the Rolling Stones over the band’s refusal to allow its Glastonbury performance to be broadcast in full remain unresolved, despite Michael Eavis’ claim that the two parties have reached an agreement.
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NewsOfcom backs Sky Sports BT ads ban
Ofcom has ruled that Sky broke no regulations in refusing to carry adverts for BT Sport on its Sky Sports channels.
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NewsDynamo makes digital debut
UKTV is to air the first episode of the new series of Dynamo: Magician Impossible online ahead of its TV debut.
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NewsC5 hunts fact ent commissioner
Channel 5 has kicked off its hunt for a new factual entertainment commissioner following the departure of Ian Dunkley.
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NewsSky Atlantic to air Sopranos tribute
Sky Atlantic is pulling its planned schedule tomorrow night to air four episodes of The Sopranos, following the death of star James Gandolfini.
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NewsC4 panel show to feature Twitter playalong game
Channel 4 is hoping that the playalong game for forthcoming panel show Was It Something I Said? (WISIS?) will have as big an impact in the space as The Million Pound Drop Live.
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NewsAl Jazeera plans UK doc push
Al Jazeera English is planning a major drive on UK commissioning and is understood to want to air two original 60-minute docs every week.
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NewsITV checks in for B&B sitcom
Sherlock producer Hartswood Films is to make an ITV comedy drama about a 1980s-inspired bed and breakfast in Margate.
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NewsBBC tackles ‘climate of fear’
Human rights barrister Dinah Rose has admitted that she was surprised by the climate of fear at the BBC, in her first public comments on the BBC Respect at Work Review, which was published in May.
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NewsComedy Central eyes UK hits
Comedy Central is set to spend millions on UK multi-camera comedies as it eyes the production of four to five new series each year.
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NewsITV tests paid mobile content
ITV has begun testing viewers’ appetite to pay for ad-free content on mobile as the final pillar in part one of its digital transformation.
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NewsHall offers reassurance over undercover trips
The BBC has reassured education groups that it does not use academic trips as a cloak for undercover journalism following the controversy over the Panorama North Korea documentary.
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Behind The ScenesKung Foolery, Sky 1
In true B-movie style, we delivered a tongue-in-cheek travelogue and recreated a treasured martial arts fight scene, says Neil Edwards
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NewsMTG eyes UK after buying DRG
International broadcaster Modern Times Group is looking to invest in the UK following its acquisition of distributor DRG, with plans to both fund programming and potentially take stakes in producers.
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NewsC5 to revamp evening news bulletin
Channel 5 is to reformat its weekday 6.30pm news bulletin, transforming it into a forum for discussion about the biggest stories of the day.