All Broadcasters articles – Page 847
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NewsBBC to clamp down on freelancer status
Thousands of BBC freelancers including on-screen talent could be forced to take staff contracts after the corporation launched an ‘employment test’ as part of its campaign to tighten up its tax arrangements.
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NewsBrown quits BBC drama to plot Neal Street expansion
Nicolas Brown, the BBC’s director of UK drama production, is following John Yorke into the indie sector and will join Sam Mendes’ indie Neal Street Productions next year.
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NewsC4 to offer parents help at bedtime with new live series
Channel 4 is close to commissioning a major factual series examining the problems parents in the UK face in getting their children to sleep.
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NewsOxford and Birmingham local TV licences awarded
Ofcom has rubber-stamped the local TV licences for Oxford and Birmingham, bringing the total number of awards to eleven.
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NewsC4 News' Carl Dinnen joins ITV News
Channel 4 News reporter Carl Dinnen is joining ITV News as political correspondent later this year.
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NewsMentorn to reveal Sandy mobile footage for BBC3
BBC3 has commissioned a fast-turnaround documentary from Mentorn Media about how mobile phones and personal cameras captured unforgettable images of Superstorm Sandy.
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NewsWarner Bros buys sound post specialist De Lane Lea
UK post-production house De Lane Lea has been bought by Warner Bros Studios Leavesden (WBSL).
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RatingsHeston beats Dara but falls short of slot average
The launch of Heston Blumenthal’s Channel 4 series fell more than half a million below slot average on Tuesday, but beat Dara O’Briain’s new BBC2 science show.
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NewsBBC freelancers and stars face 'employment test'
Thousands of BBC freelancers and stars face an “employment test” as part of a campaign by the broadcaster to tighten up its tax arrangements.
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NewsDesmond lieutenant handed control of C5
Northern & Shell has handed operational control of Channel 5 to Paul Dunthorne, an executive who has worked with Richard Desmond for 18 years including a long spell running adult broadcaster Portland TV.
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NewsC4 orders Leveson doc - and riles MP
A Conservative MP has questioned Channel 4’s impartiality after the broadcaster ordered a Films of Record doc about the Leveson inquiry, presented by Hugh Grant.
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NewsLocal TV hits funding snag
The government’s local TV vision has hit a snag after the European Commission (EC) delayed sanctioning £25m of capital funding for the project.
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NewsCrufts final moved to C4 for first time
The final of pedigree dog show Crufts will be shown on Channel 4 rather than More 4 for the first time in 2013.
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NewsOfcom investigating live Emmerdale episode
Ofcom is investigating whether a violent scene in the live episode of Emmerdale to commemorate the soap’s 40th anniversary breached its rules.
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NewsSky seals NBCU movies and carriage deal
Sky has struck a wide-ranging deal with NBC Universal giving it exclusive TV access to all the US giant’s movies and extending carriage of its UK channels on the pay platform.
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NewsSky wins trademark dispute
BSkyB has won a high court trade dispute over the branding of its new IPTV service.
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NewsE4 extends Body Shockers brand
E4 is to build on its Body Shockers factual entertainment brand with a new series fronted by Real Hustle star Jessica-Jane Clement.
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PBS to keep Sky channel slot - for now
PBS America has mothballed plans to move from Sky’s Entertainment section of the EPG to its Documentary section.
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NewsDarlow Smithson lands Discovery superstorm doc
Darlow Smithson Productions is making a Superstorm Sandy fast turnaround doc that will air on Discovery Channel US and then around the world.
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NewsMiller: BBC may face public inquiry over Savile
Culture secretary Maria Miller has warned the BBC it could face a public inquiry over the Jimmy Savile scandal if its own reviews fail to get to the bottom of the affair.