All Broadcasters articles – Page 877
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NewsRicochet and C4 to help women win dating game
Channel 4 has ordered a dating and makeover series from Ricochet that will help women who are struggling to find love.
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NewsClaridges opens doors to BBC for 200th anniversary
Luxury London hotel Claridges is opening its doors to doc-makers for the first time in its 200-year history.
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NewsBBC2 to go backstage at Westminster Abbey
BBC2 is to spend a year behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey and take on Channel 4 with a Grand Designs-style show in a brace of factual commissions.
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NewsBBC1 primetime move for Sheriffs
BBC1 daytime show The Sheriffs Are Coming has been recommissioned and will also be reworked as a primetime series.
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NewsChellomedia acquires MGM Networks
Chellomedia has sealed a deal for MGM Networks’ channels in Spain, Turkey, Israel, Benelux and Poland.
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NewsRev returning for third series
BBC2 has ordered a third series of Big Talk Productions’ clergy-based, Bafta award-winning comedy Rev.
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NewsBjork and Attenborough to explore music for C4
Icelandic musician Bjork and natural history broadcaster David Attenborough will appear together in a film looking at music and the natural world for Channel 4 - one of four major new arts commissions for the broadcaster.
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NewsC4 News deputy editor Fewell departs
Channel 4 News’ deputy editor Martin Fewell is leaving the programme after 14 years - just weeks after the departure of editor Jim Gray.
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NewsSky signs five-year SPL deal
Sky Sports has signed a five year deal with the Scottish Premier League which will include five Rangers games from the Football League.
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NewsDispatches pushed into 4Seven schedule
A Channel 4 Dispatches film, Britain on the Sick, will be the first programme to break in to the schedule of repeats channel 4Seven based on its ratings and the level of discussion it created.
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NewsTwofour conducting Secret Interview for Channel 5
Channel 5 has revealed details of a new show in which candidates will unwittingly interview for the job of a lifetime – watched by a “giant of their industry”.
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NewsOlympics helps BBC Sport and iPlayer smash records
The triumphant opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games has broken viewing records on the BBC iPlayer while the BBC Sport website has recorded its busiest ever day with 8.3m global unique users.
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NewsOliver and Doherty pair up for C4 Food Fight
Channel 4 chef Jamie Oliver and farmer Jimmy Doherty will appear together for the first time on C4 in a series based around culinary challenges.
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NewsFreeview adds local TV and HD slots
Freeview platform manager DMOL has finalised plans for an EPG reorganisation which will see a dedicated slot at channel 8 for local TV services and 20 HD spaces opened up.
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NewsBake Off to be remade in Australia and Poland
Australia’s Nine Network and TLC in Poland are set to cook up domestic versions of hit BBC2 show The Great British Bake Off.
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NewsEx-Chrysalis boss named UTV chairman
Talksport owner UTV has appointed Richard Huntingford chairman of the board.
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VideoVIDEO: BBC1 uses Olympics to tease new dramas
BBC1 is preparing to hijack the popularity of its Olympics coverage to build anticipation for a clutch of new dramas.
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NewsBBC loses exclusive FA Cup radio rights
The BBC has lost exclusive radio rights to the FA Cup to TalkSport for the first time as the commercial station continues to bolster its live sporting output.
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NewsSky acquires Parthenon Media
Sky has acquired Parthenon Media Group to distribute the international rights to its original commissions.