All Broadcasters articles – Page 855
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NewsBarb reveals ITV1 and C4 ratings errors
Barb has apologised for a number of high-profile gaffes in its ratings reports for ITV1 and Channel 4 late last month.
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NewsTop Gear breaches BBC Trust guidelines
The BBC Trust has upheld a complaint against Top Gear after host Jeremy Clarkson made offensive remarks about people with “growths on their faces.”
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NewsSky Living lands US firefighter series
Sky Living has acquired NBC’s firefighter drama Chicago Fire as the latest addition to its slate of US scripted series.
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NewsTop Gear hosts sign three-year deal
BBC Worldwide has struck new deals with Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond which are likely to secure the future of the show for three years.
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NewsC4 hunts Britain’s brainiest kid
Channel 4 has teamed up with IQ society Mensa to find the UK’s brainiest child in a 9pm competitive format for 2013.
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NewsX Factor secures first ever PP deal
Samsung mobile phones and tablets will appear in the X Factor judges’ homes as part of the show’s first ever product placement deal.
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NewsOlympics smashes iPlayer records
The Olympics ratings halo effect has continued to glow – by helping to smash viewing records on the BBC iPlayer.
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CommentDrugs Live: Twitter reaction
How the TV industry reacted to Channel 4’s ecstasy experiment on Twitter’s hashtag #drugslive
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NewsITV plans regional news job cuts
ITV has confirmed a wave of redundancies affecting staff across its regional news rooms.
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NewsC4 makes progress with indie schemes
Two Channel 4 schemes aimed at stimulating innovation and grassroots development in the indie sector have taken a step forward.
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NewsChannel 5 wrests American Idol rights from ITV2
Channel 5 has swooped to acquire American Idol from Fremantle Media Enterprises, bringing its period on ITV2 to a close.
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NewsC4 pays the price for Paralympics ad axe
Channel 4 may have lost up to £1.5m from deciding to drop ad breaks during the Paralympic opening ceremony after making an editorial decision and factoring in audience reaction on Twitter.
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FeaturesGiving kids the best of both worlds
The mash-up idea behind CBBC’s fantasy/sci-fi hybrid came quickly. Honing it took longer – and the Olympics Opening Ceremony proved particularly inspiring, learns Paul Whitelaw
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NewsC4 News poaches Newsnight deputy editor
Deputy Newsnight editor Shaminder Nahal is moving to Channel 4 News to become new editor Ben de Pear’s first appointment.
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NewsNGC to explore UFOs
National Geographic Channels Europe has ordered a series from Pioneer Productions which will look into the most fascinating UFO encounters.
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NewsC4 secures Sunday Brunch PP deal
Over 20 Kenwood cookery products will feature in Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch in a six month product placement deal.
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NewsBBC apologises to the Queen over Abu Hamza revelations
The BBC has apologised after its security correspondent Frank Gardner revealed the details of a private conversation with the Queen about radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri.
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NewsSlater: BBC should boost news coverage of women’s sport
The BBC’s director of sport Barbara Slater has thrown down the gauntlet to the corporation to report more women’s sport in its news output.
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NewsCountdown gets two-year extension
Channel 4 has renewed its longest running show, daytime competition Countdown, for another two years.
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NewsWhitechapel gets another outing
A fourth series of crime thriller Whitechapel has been ordered by ITV.