All Broadcasters articles – Page 913
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NewsCowell locks horns with BBC1 boss
Britain’s Got Talent v The Voice has been billed as one of the biggest TV entertainment battles in years - and Simon Cowell and Danny Cohen have landed their final verbal blows as they brace for launch.
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NewsScripps acquires Travel Channel Intl for £65m
Scripps Networks Interactive, the company that jointly owns UKTV, is to pay £65m to buy London-based Travel Channel International Limited (TCI).
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NewsMr and Mrs returning to ITV1
All Star Mr and Mrs is to return to ITV1 in 2012 after a two-year hiatus.
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NewsTOWIE's Mark Wright heads to US for ITV2
ITV2 is poised to hand former The Only Way Is Essex star Mark Wright his own series, charting his bid to crack America.
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NewsMcDonald to host 3D monarchy series for History
Sir Trevor McDonald is to front a 3D series for History that will explore the tradition of the monarchy, using rare stereoscopic footage from 1953.
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NewsE4 seeks new content after axings
Channel 4 is dropping a raft of E4 originations broadcast over the past year as the youth-skewed channel takes shape under new head of formats Dominic Bird.
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NewsC4 hunts younger racing audience
Channel 4 has pledged to attract a younger audience to the ‘crown jewels’ of horseracing by offering tie-in programming and a refresh of the coverage.
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NewsC4 offers £500k for games
Games developers will be handed budgets of up to £500,000 to create cutting-edge games for Channel 4, Colin Macdonald revealed in his first briefing.
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NewsDiscovery goes for adventure
Discovery has ordered a trio of adventure series including Freddie Flintoff’s first solo project and a survival/automotive mash-up that will air internationally.
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NewsBBC execs look to future as Thompson departs
When Mark Thompson gathered the BBC’s most senior execs on Monday to confirm his autumn departure he received a standing ovation – but reaction within the corporation has been more mixed.
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NewsMentorn follows youngsters’ ‘big day’ for MTV
MTV International has ordered an ob doc series from Mentorn Media focusing on teens and twentysomethings on the eve of their weddings.
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NewsUKTV to stream channels through BT Vision
UKTV has struck a two-pronged deal with BT Vision, becoming the first broadcaster to stream its linear channels via the IPTV service, alongside a raft of video on demand content.
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NewsITV hires Moore for comedy charge
Former Little Britain producer Myfanwy Moore is to become ITV’s first dedicated comedy commissioner in more than 18 months.
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NewsDarroch defends pulling Sky News F1 story
Sky chief executive office Jeremy Darroch has revealed that a Formula 1 story was temporarily pulled from the Sky News website because the broadcaster’s commercial sports team had not been briefed.
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NewsVictory for drama and animation tax break campaigns
George Osborne has confirmed that the government plans to introduce tax breaks for the TV, animation and gaming industries.
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NewsHorse & Country eyes intl expansion
Horse & Country TV has made two new appointments designed to accelerate the channel’s roll out into international markets.
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Al Jazeera debuts mobile app
Al Jazeera English viewers can now instantaneously submit and share content as well as live stream 24-hour news broadcasts using its first iPhone app.
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NewsT4 gets extra slots in E4 move
Youth programming slot T4 will include additional entertainment slots and programmes as a result of moving on to E4 on Sunday mornings.
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NewsPremier League eyes TV rights shake-up
The Premier League is considering a major shake-up of the way it sells television rights to mitigate the potentially financially damaging consequences of a European Court of Justice ruling last year.
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NewsC4 dominates RTS Awards; Vertue calls for risk taking
Channel 4 landed 10 of 23 categories at the RTS Programme Awards as Lifetime Award winner Beryl Vertue called on the TV industry to keep taking risks.