All Broadcasters articles – Page 839
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NewsTessa Ross to be honoured at Baftas
Channel 4’s film and drama controller Tessa Ross will receive the Bafta award for Outstanding British Contribution to cinema.
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NewsITV picks up The Americans
Spy drama The Americans is to become the first US acquisition to play on ITV’s flagship channel since Pushing Daisies, after the broadcaster bought the spy drama from Twentieth Century Fox Television.
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News19 Entertainment owner hires Simon Shaps to set up UK indie
Simon Shaps has landed his biggest role since leaving ITV - establishing a UK indie for Core Media Group, the owner of American Idol-producer 19 Entertainment.
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NewsDiscovery orders global Body Bizarre series
Discovery Networks International has ordered a series from Zig Zag and Barcroft Productions that will seek out the world’s most extraordinary medical anomalies.
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NewsCanis Media wins local TV multiplex licence
Canis Media’s Comux UK has fought off the BBC to win the local TV multiplex licence.
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NewsBT Sport hires Red Bee to brand channels
BT has appointed Red Bee Media to produce the branding for its forthcoming BT Sport channels.
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NewsITV snaps up London HQ
ITV has acquired the freehold to its headquarters on the South Bank of the Thames for £56m.
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NewsC4 plans ginger hair doc
BBC3 courted controversy in 2007 with its attention grabbing documentary F**k Off, I’m Ginger and now Channel 4 is planning its own film on men with red hair.
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NewsBBC employee dies in car crash
Tim Davie has paid tribute to the BBC’s David Cox, who was killed in a road accident in Buxton.
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NewsTony Hall start date agreed
Tony Hall is poised to start work as the director general of the BBC on 2 April.
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NewsBBC Cardiff staff prepared to strike
As many as 350 staff at the BBC’s base in Cardiff could go on strike in a show of solidarity with a finance executive facing compulsory redundancy.
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NewsInterviews underway for BBC sexual harassment inquiry
Dame Janet Smith has begun interviewing witnesses for her inquiry into the BBC’s culture and practices on sexual harassment in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
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NewsOlympics ceremonies help iPlayer to record year
The Olympic Opening and Closing ceremonies helped drive a record breaking year for iPlayer which saw over 2.3bn TV and radio requests in 2012.
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NewsRoller Girls in line for Extreme Sports debut
The London Rollergirls will feature in a series for Extreme Sports Channel which will explore their lives and showcase the sport.
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NewsSuper slow-mo gameshow wins BBC1 series
BBC1 has given the greenlight to Reflex, a gameshow which will test the reactions of contestants as they take part in challenges which include diving headfirst through glass panels.
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NewsMiss Fisher heads to France
French broadcaster France 3 has made a rare international acquisition, buying Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries from All3Media International.
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NewsBBC rules out recouping George Entwistle's payout
The BBC Trust has ruled out recouping any of George Entwistle’s £450,000 payout after the Pollard Review exonerated him of wrongdoing.
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NewsUKTV speeds up US strategy
UKTV has picked up the US remake of supernatural series Being Human from Zodiak Rights as it accelerates its US acquisitions strategy.
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NewsSky Living kicks off revamp
Sky Living has ordered a raft of scripted commissions including new comedies from Emily Mortimer and The Thick Of It co-creator Simon Blackwell.
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NewsSky in PSB carriage fees stand-off
BSkyB is refusing to give up the battle over retransmission fees despite culture minister Ed Vaizey stating this week that the pay-TV giant must drop them for public service broadcasters.