All Broadcasters articles – Page 827

  • Boxing
    News

    Channel 5 in talks with Tyson Fury

    2013-03-19T13:15:00Z

    Channel 5 is in negotiations to show British boxer Tyson Fury’s debut fight in the US, despite reports that the channel is planning to pull the plug on its boxing coverage.

  • Talksport
    News

    UTV performance slips after year of "two halves"

    2013-03-19T09:44:00Z

    Northern Irish broadcaster UTV has reported a slight drop in its overall performance after a year in which the chairman characterised the advertising market as a “game of two halves”.

  • Lonely Planet
    News

    BBCW offloads Lonely Planet for £50m

    2013-03-19T08:15:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has finalised the sale of Lonely Planet to US billionaire Brad Kelley’s NC2 Media for £51m - nearly £80m less than it originally paid for the brand.

  • Rowan Atkinson
    News

    Comic Relief receives almost 3,000 complaints

    2013-03-18T14:34:00Z

    Rowan Atkinson’s Comic Relief skit as the Archbishop of Canterbury drew almost 3,000 complaints as the charity event failed to strike the right tone with some viewers.

  • UKTV
    News

    UKTV to reintroduce corporate brand

    2013-03-18T11:01:00Z

    UKTV is to reintroduce the broadcaster’s corporate brand to viewers for the first time in five years after unveiling its latest rebrand.

  • George Dixon
    News

    C4's George Dixon moves to RTÉ One

    2013-03-18T09:58:00Z

    George Dixon, Channel 4 scheduling boss and chief creative officer Jay Hunt’s right hand man, is moving to Ireland to head up RTÉ One.

  • BT Sport
    News

    BT turns back on Sky to go it alone on Sports sales

    2013-03-15T13:00:00Z

    BT is to take on the task of selling its sports channels direct to Sky customers, rather than asking the established pay TV provider to wholesale them.

  • superscrimpers
    News

    C4 tests more daytime formats

    2013-03-15T11:38:00Z

    Channel 4 is continuing to trial new daytime ideas with a pilot from Wild Rover and a Superscrimpers spin-off series from Remarkable Television.

  • Heather Mills
    News

    ITN Source signs GMTV & Daybreak deal

    2013-03-15T11:25:00Z

    ITN Source has extended its ITV clips deal to include 20 years of archive footage from Daybreak and GMTV including moments such as Heather Mills’ outburst and interviews with several prime ministers.

  • Tony Hall
    News

    Select committee to call new director general in April

    2013-03-15T08:55:00Z

    New BBC director general Tony Hall is being lined up to appear in front of the Commons Media, Culture and Sport Select Committee in April, Broadcast has learned.

  • Robin Pembrooke
    News

    BBC News hires Robin Pembrooke

    2013-03-14T18:25:00Z

    ITV’s former managing director of online and on-demand Robin Pembrooke has been hired by BBC News.

  • rick_edwards
    News

    BBC3 serves up Horsemeat Banquet

    2013-03-14T13:01:00Z

    BBC3 has ordered a fast turnaround special exploring people’s relationship with meat in the wake of the horsemeat scandal.

  • Parades End
    News

    BBC2 wins big at BPG Awards

    2013-03-14T12:13:00Z

    BBC2 was the big winner at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2013 as Parade’s End, Twenty Twelve and The Great British Bake Off all won honours.

  • Frow
    Comment

    DEBATE: Where next for Channel 5?

    2013-03-14T10:59:00Z

    What direction should Channel 5 take following its commissioning team shake-up?

  • Data Baby
    News

    C4 News gives birth to data baby

    2013-03-14T08:05:00Z

    Channel 4 News has launched an experimental online identity designed to explore how businesses exploit consumer data.

  • The Voice
    News

    BBC tells digital agencies to collaborate with indies

    2013-03-14T08:05:00Z

    The BBC has urged digital agencies to partner with traditional indies in order to secure multiplatform commissions.

  • Call The Midwife
    News

    Hearing reignites BBC and Sky fees debate

    2013-03-14T08:04:00Z

    A select committee hearing has reignited the debate over Sky retransmission fees, with BBC strategy director John Tate claiming it is “insulting” to compare content with a commodity.

  • Tragedy In Amish County
    News

    PBS America buys first third-party content

    2013-03-14T08:03:00Z

    UK pay channel PBS America has acquired a raft of programming from international distributor Off The Fence, marking its first move into buying third-party content since its launch 18 months ago.

  • BBC News
    News

    Mosey: ‘Change with times’

    2013-03-14T08:03:00Z

    Acting BBC director of Television Roger Mosey has drawn comparisons between the trend of falling national newspaper circulations and the dangers facing linear TV.

  • The Family
    News

    ITV serves up Happy Families

    2013-03-14T08:03:00Z

    ITV is to tell the stories of four families from across the UK in an ‘epic’ fixed-rig documentary series due to air later this year.