All Broadcasters articles – Page 872
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NewsITV1 to air Tour de France climax
Bradley Wiggins’ bid to become the first Brit ever to win the Tour de France will be shown on ITV1.
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NewsSony secures Will & Grace for UK
Sony Entertainment Television has picked up the rights to air all eight seasons of US comedy Will & Grace from distributor MGM.
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NewsFX UK swoops for Da Vinci's Demons
FX has secured the exclusive UK pay TV rights to BBC Worldwide Productions’ historical fantasy series Da Vinci’s Demons.
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NewsEmmys: how the Brits fared
ITV1 drama Downton Abbey led the British charge in the Emmy Award nominations, picking up 16 different nods.
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NewsITV1 to pilot Catch Phrase
ITV1’s bid to revive Catch Phrase has taken a step forward after the broadcaster ordered a pilot of the classic gameshow hosted by Stephen Mulhern.
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NewsSky targets pay-TV refuseniks
Launch of Now TV designed to address 46% of UK homes who “previously rejected pay TV”.
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NewsSinbad lands on iPhone
Impossible Pictures has launched a freemium iPhone game to tie in with the broadcast of its Sky 1 drama Sinbad.
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NewsSky bolsters comedy with four new faces
Sky has beefed up its comedy commissioning team with four appointments, including former head of BBC Comedy North Jon Mountague, and the creation of a new head of development role.
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NewsEx-ITVS comedy boss joins BBC in-house team
Former ITV Studios creative director of comedy Saurabh Kakkar has moved to the BBC’s in-house comedy division as an executive producer.
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NewsBBC Vision restructure set for September
BBC Vision Production’s factual restructure around genres rather than regional hubs has moved a step closer, with a view to launching in September.
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NewsPatten: BBC in-house commissioning guarantee will stay
Lord Patten has made clear that the BBC has no plans to reduce its in-house commissioning guarantee, despite indies winning a record share of the Window of Creative Competition (WoCC) last year.
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NewsUnreported World appoints editor to replace Waldrum
Channel 4 international current affairs strand Unreported World has appointed Monica Garnsey as series editor as it moves into its 24th series.
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NewsAgents defend BBC tax arrangements
TV agents including Jonathan Shalit have leaped to the defence of the BBC, amid mounting pressure over the broadcaster’s practice of paying talent and freelancers through limited companies.
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NewsC5 picks up American Civil War ratings winner
Kevin Costner’s American Civil War drama Hatfields & McCoys, which drew a record 14 million viewers in the US, has been picked up for exclusive UK broadcast by Channel 5.
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NewsEthics panel forces C4 to record drugs trial
Channel 4’s ambition to have people take ecstasy live on air as part of a scientific study failed to meet the approval of an ethics committee and the Home Office.
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NewsC4 creative diversity enlists 48 partners
Channel 4’s creative diversity department commissioned 48 new and emerging companies in the first quarter of 2012, and is preparing to launch a short-form strand for new directors.
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Behind The ScenesWorld’s Maddest Job Interview, C4
Finding someone who could hold their own on Countdown was a big challenge - but we’re proud of what we have achieved, says Camilla Lewis.
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News24 Hours In A&E producer offers apprenticeships
The producer of 24 Hours In A&E is offering six editors the opportunity to learn their craft on the flagship Channel 4 series.
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NewsBBC2 eyes more Shakespeare in the wake of The Hollow Crown
BBC2 is in talks with producer Neal Street Productions to extend its The Hollow Crown series of Shakespeare adaptations to new plays.
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NewsBBC1 and ITV1 close in on drama adaptations
BBC1 and ITV1 are lining up adaptations of Daphne du Maurier classic Jamaica Inn and Dorothy Koomson’s Ice Cream Girls respectively.