All Broadcasters articles – Page 886
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NewsUniversal Channel to air US Prime Suspect remake
Universal Channel has acquired exclusive rights to the US remake of police drama Prime Suspect.
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NewsPact and PSBs agree personal data guidelines
Cross-industry guidelines have been agreed for the first time between Pact and the four PSBs over how producers and crews should handle sensitive data obtained from their work.
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NewsQVC plans HD and extra channels after studio move
Shopping channel QVC has moved into a new £35m studio as it prepares to broadcast in HD and launch two new 24-hour channels later this year.
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NewsContent providers add services to YouView trial
Multichannel broadcasters and app developers will shortly be invited to enter a formal process to launch services on YouView, following the start of its alpha trial this week.
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NewsDuck lays $9m golden egg for Zodiak with Nick Jr deal
Zodiak Kids has secured a global pre-sale to Nickelodeon, for a series whose budget is thought to be in the region of $9m (£5.7m).
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NewsC4 orders additional Paralympics content
Channel 4 looks set to increase its coverage of the Paralympics to between 180 and 200 hours, and has commissioned Twofour to make a further six docs for a strand featuring some of Britain’s up-and-coming Paralympians.
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NewsC4 mixes old and new as campaigns return
Cooking, fishing and property are among the themes on Channel 4’s features slate as the broadcaster unveils new commissions and returns to its high-profile campaigning series.
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NewsC5 orders Raw Cut police chase doc
Channel 5 has ordered a two-part blue light special from Raw Cut featuring footage of high-speed police chases.
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NewsDirk Gently falls victim to DQF
The holistic detective Dirk Gently has become the latest victim of the BBC’s cost-cutting initiative DQF.
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NewsDe Mol plans global brainstorm to re-tune The Voice
John de Mol is to lead a brainstorming session with The Voice creatives from around the world in a bid to improve the singing format’s live shows.
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NewsFacejacker movie in the works
Facejacker star Kayvan Novak has revealed that he is working on plans to turn his Channel 4 prank show into a film.
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NewsBafta TV Awards 2012: winners
The winners and nominees of the Arqiva British Academy Television Awards 2012.
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NewsLegal wrangle over BBC4's Room At the Top resolved
A BBC4 adaptation of classic 1950s novel Room At The Top will finally make it to air after being dropped last year because of a legal wrangle over the rights to the story.
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NewsAdam Smith: getting News Corp bid through was not Hunt's ulitmate aim
The special advisor to Jeremy Hunt, who resigned over his relationship with News Corporation, has denied feeding the company an inside line on government thinking.
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NewsBBC strikes three-year Premier League highlights deal
Match of the Day will be made available on iPlayer for the first time after the BBC struck a £180m deal to hold on to Premier League highlights for another three years.
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NewsMulville: Sky 'shaking up' TV like C4 in 1980s
BSkyB’s content push is “shaking up” the TV industry in the same way Channel 4 did when it launched in the 1980s, comedy producer Jimmy Mulville has claimed.
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NewsC5 drops The Restaurant Inspector until June
Channel 5 has pulled The Restaurant Inspector from its Thursday night home and will not reschedule the factual series until the middle of next month.
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NewsMcCartney to jam with Ronnie Wood for Sky Arts special
Sir Paul McCartney is to appear on Sky Arts’ The Ronnie Wood Show in a 60-minute special.
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NewsWestwood leaves 1Xtra drivetime in schedule shakeup
Digital radio station BBC 1Xtra will replace Tim Westwood as host of its drivetime show with up-and-coming talent Charlie Sloth as part of a schedule shake-up.