All Broadcasters articles – Page 879
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NewsDownton indie to produce Dracula drama for Sky and NBC
Downton Abbey indie Carnival Films is to produce a new version of classic vampire story Dracula for Sky Living and US network NBC.
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NewsCharity criticises C4's Beauty and the Beast
A facial disfigurement charity has called on Channel 4 to stop ordering programmes with ‘sensational titles which justify their existence by pretending to explore a social theme’, following the second series of Beauty and the Beast.
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NewsBBC slams 'misleading' tax reports
The BBC has slammed “inaccurate” newspaper reports that it is railroading presenters and freelancers into being paid through limited companies.
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NewsVirgin Media hits 1m Tivo subs
Virgin Media has reached a million subscribers to its connected-TV Tivo service after adding a further 260,000 users in the last three months.
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NewsBGT striptease cleared by Ofcom
ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent has been cleared by Ofcom on several fronts including the failure of its voting app and the performance of a burlesque dancer.
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NewsMalone to front The Choir US
Choirmaster Gareth Malone is heading to the US for a remake of Twenty Twenty’s BBC2 series The Choir.
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NewsC4's Underwood to step into Whitehead's shoes
Channel 4 director of audience technologies and insight Gill Whitehead will have her maternity leave covered by director of strategy Keith Underwood.
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NewsJane Johnson departs Sky Living after 18 months
Sky Living director Jane Johnson is leaving the broadcaster after 18 months to be replaced by commissioning editor Antonia Hurford-Jones.
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NewsTributes flood in for ITN's Burnet
Alastair Burnet, most famous for fronting ITN’s News at Ten and the nightly ITN bulletin, passed away following a series of strokes at a London nursing home last night.
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NewsBBC2 riot docs cleared for TX
BBC2 will finally air innovative drama-doc The Riots: In Their Own Words next month after a controversial injunction was lifted.
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NewsBig Brother in fresh racism row
Big Brother has become the subject of a fresh round of racism-related complaints after last night’s episode saw one housemate taunt another about her eating habits.
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NewsMiranda Hart pilots BBC panel show
Miranda Hart is to front a new BBC panel show pilot that will ask questions about groups of people connected by nothing more than their names.
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NewsDick and Dom to celebrate inventors for CBBC
Kids presenters Dick and Dom are to celebrate important inventors as part of a trio of new CBBC commissions.
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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.