All Broadcasters articles – Page 867
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NewsS4C: "no guarantees" over £7m govt funding
S4C chief executive officer Ian Jones has highlighted concerns there is “no guarantee” that the government will continue to provide its £7m annual funding from March 2015.
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NewsCycling boost prompts ITV to air Spanish road race
The increased interest in cycling triggered by Bradley Wiggins’ success in the Tour De France has resulted in ITV4 committing to a daily highlights show of Spanish road cycling race, Vuelta a Espana.
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NewsWorld’s Strongest Man back on C5
Channel 5 is to broadcast coverage of the World’s Strongest Man competition for the second year in a row.
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NewsBBC targets Games legacy
BBC Sport is hoping to convert the record-breaking volume of traffic the London 2012 Olympics has generated for its multiplatform services into regular visitors.
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NewsBSkyB wins appeal over price of Sky Sports
The long-running dispute over competition in the TV sports market took another turn last night as the Competition Appeal Tribunal rejected Ofcom’s ruling that BSkyB must cut the wholesale cost of its sports channels.
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FeaturesTV illusionists: the magic ingredient
Watch star Dynamo has achieved the impossible by making street magic hip again, but it takes more than a few impressive tricks to win over a sceptical audience.
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NewsLiving gets under surgeon’s skin
Controversial cosmetic surgeon to the stars Aamer Khan is to be featured in a major Sky Living documentary about his multimillion-pound clinic.
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NewsBBC insiders in line for Vision job
BBC London 2012 director Roger Mosey and BBC North director Peter Salmon have emerged as top-level candidates to become the corporation’s next permanent director of Vision.
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NewsJenkins exits as BBC pares back film acquisitions
BBC head of film acquisitions Steve Jenkins is to leave the broadcaster this month after more than 15 years.
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NewsC4 to hold first ever live charity telethon
Channel 4 is to launch its first ever live telethon, to raise money for Cancer Research.
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NewsMark Gatiss to pen Doctor Who biopic for BBC2
Mark Gatiss is preparing to write a major BBC2 biopic about the genesis of Doctor Who to celebrate the drama’s 50th anniversary next year.
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NewsThe Garden behind BBC2 Claridges doc
The Garden Productions is behind the Claridge’s documentary series revealed by Broadcast last week.
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NewsBBC1 to adapt Jason Byrne's Radio 2 sitcom
Stand-up comedian Jason Byrne’s critically acclaimed BBC Radio 2 sitcom Father Figure is to be piloted for BBC1.
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NewsOSF wins stunt-filled science order for BBC1
Oxford Scientific Films is to produce a high-end, primetime science series for BBC1, fronted by Richard Hammond.
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NewsITV1 orders Marchlands follow-up
ITV1 is to revisit the success of supernatural thriller Marchlands with a follow-up drama that will again play out over three separate decades.
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NewsBig Brother "bully" sparks complaints
Big Brother has sparked a barrage of complaints from viewers after contestant Conor McIntyre, who has been accused of bullying, walked out of the house with £50,000.
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NewsBBC hotel bill more than doubles to £2m
The BBC’s total hotel bill more than doubled to £2m as relocation costs took their toll.
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NewsBBC Scotland orders landmark Hebrides doc
BBC Scotland has ordered a landmark wildlife documentary series about Scottish islands the Hebrides.
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NewsPBS UK secures C4 docs
PBS has picked up three Channel 4 Dispatches and Unreported World docs about Haiti, Syria and US killers as its first UK acquisitions.
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NewsUKTV acquires Seahorse special
UKTV has picked up a one-off documentary about the imminent threat to the world’s seahorses.