All Broadcasters articles – Page 878
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NewsBBC takes gold as Games beats rivals
The London 2012 Olympics has helped the BBC to some of the biggest audiences in its history and badly dented the performance of its fiercest rivals.
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NewsGroupM to fund first drama commission
GroupM Entertainment is to invest in its first drama commission, The Poison Tree, after ITV ordered the two-parter from STV Productions.
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NewsMartin to take dessert road trip for Good Food
UKTV’s cooking channel Good Food has commissioned its ninth series fronted by celebrity chef James Martin, who will travel the US exploring desserts.
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NewsMaverick tests superhumans for Discovery series
Maverick Television is to test humans with extraordinary abilities as part of a series for Discovery Networks International (DNI).
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NewsPrebble heads Trust’s impartiality review
Former ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble is poised to lead a wide-ranging BBC Trust review into the impartiality of the BBC’s news and current affairs output.
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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.