All Broadcasters articles – Page 901
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NewsIndie bosses quiz BBC on pay-to-download plans
Mark Thompson and senior BBC executives have held face-to-face talks with the bosses of some of Britain’s biggest indies about how to make its proposed pay-to-download service commercially feasible.
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NewsSky Atlantic signs comedy duo
Sky Atlantic has commissioned a Mrs Merton-style comedy chat show hosted by two American Jewish mothers.
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DNI sets out ambitious plans
Discovery Networks International has ordered 20 hours of content from indie Maverick Television, as Julian Bellamy outlined the broadcaster’s “step change in ambitions” at the Broadcast Business Breakfast.
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NewsBBC agrees Directors UK deal
The BBC and Directors UK have signed a landmark agreement aimed at putting directors back at the centre of programme-making.
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NewsS4C strives to make a Welsh killing
S4C is hoping to turn Wales into the next Denmark by creating programming to be sold worldwide.
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NewsC4 goes on Fox Watch for spring
Channel 4 is lining up an ambitious natural history event looking at the lives of urban foxes for this spring
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NewsC4 in talks with Pact over template for sharing viewer data
Channel 4 is looking to establish a contractual template for sharing the viewer data that indies generate through their multiplatform properties.
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NewsTouchpaper returns to supernatural for ITV2
The indie behind Being Human is to create a supernatural drama for ITV2 about contemporary witches living in London.
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NewsKindle updates Dickens for BBC1
Bafta-winning kids’ indie Kindle Entertainment is reimagining Charles Dickens’ The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby in a 21st century setting for BBC1 Daytime.
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NewsWendy Darke to lead BBC NHU
The BBC has appointed Wendy Darke as the new head of the Natural History Unit.
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NewsC4 News reporter joins Dispatches
Channel 4 News reporter Morland Sanders is set to move to current affairs strand Dispatches.
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NewsBBC3 to air US Don’t Tell the Bride
The US version of wedding format Don’t Tell the Bride is to air on BBC3.
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NewsC4's Food Hospital to return
A second shorter run of The Food Hospital, which looks at using food rather than medicine to treat illnesses, has been ordered from Betty for Channel 4.
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NewsITV1 orders 'landmark' history series
ITV1 has teamed up with the British Museum to create a “landmark” series about historical artefacts uncovered by the public.
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NewsCameras in courts edges closer
The campaign to lift the ban on cameras in courts is one step closer to success after indications it will be included in the Queen’s Speech.
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NewsDQF job cuts hit BBC News
BBC News staff have today been told the details of how Delivering Quality First will affect them, including major redundancies and a scaling down of some services.
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NewsReality star begins legal action over TOWIE
Brian Belo, Sassy Films and Massive TV have filed a claim against ITV and Lime Pictures alleging reality show The Only Way is Essex infringes their copyright.
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NewsDiscovery hires ex-NHU boss Andrew Jackson
The former head of the BBC’s Natural History Unit has joined Discovery Channel to lead a push on landmark series and specials.
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NewsNews Corp firm accused of sabotaging pay-TV rival
A company part-owned by News Corporation used computer hacking to undermine BSkyB’s main digital television rival in the UK, BBC1’s Panorama has alleged.
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NewsC4 poaches Comedy Central's Stallwood
Comedy Central has lost director of programming Karolina Stallwood to Channel 4, where she has been appointed channel manager of E4 and More 4.