All Broadcasters articles – Page 911
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NewsNew Girl remains top 4oD performer
Channel 4 acquisition New Girl has topped the 4oD chart for the second month running, despite recently taking a break from TV.
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NewsC5 heads behind bars
Channel 5 has commissioned a new three part series about crimes committed by some of the country’s most notorious serial killers entitled Killers Behind Bars: The Untold Story.
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NewsBBC wipes out Total Wipeout
The BBC is canning teatime hit Total Wipeout at the end of this year.
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NewsCrozier's 2011 pay package worth more than £2m
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier earned almost £2.15m last year after the broadcaster reported progress on its five-year transformation plan.
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NewsNews Corp attacks Panorama as Murdoch takes to Twitter
News Corp has branded the BBC Panorama investigation into NDS a “gross misrepresentation” and Rupert Murdoch has taken to Twitter to talk of “lies and libel” and “preparing to hit back hard”.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsLocal TV bidders write to Ofcom over concerns
A catalogue of concerns have been raised about Jeremy Hunt’s local TV vision by organisations looking to win broadcasting licences under the scheme.
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NewsSky orders karaoke dating from Love Machine indie
Sky Living is to build on the early success of The Love Machine with a second dating show from the same indie, in which singletons are united by their passion for karaoke.
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NewsGold greenlights Yes, Prime Minister revival
Yes, Prime Minister is to return to TV after an absence of 24 years as UKTV’s comedy channel Gold kicks off its original commissioning push.
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NewsGumball producer to lead Turner’s hybrid Team Toon
Turner Broadcasting has commissioned a live-action and animation hybrid series led by the exec producer responsible for Bafta-winning The Amazing World Of Gumball.
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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.