All Broadcasters articles – Page 914
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NewsNine Lives ramping up staff after Dispatches win
Manchester-based indie Nine Lives Media is expanding its headcount and moving into new offices after securing a Dispatches output contract from Channel 4 and a BBC3 film in which Richard Bacon attempts to track down his internet “trolls”.
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NewsSky asks fans on Facebook to Watch.Share.Win
Sky has launched a Facebook app that rewards fans with the chance to win prizes including iMac computers and 3D home entertainment systems if they watch clips of shows and share them with friends.
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NewsBloomberg to launch connected TV service
Bloomberg News is eyeing connected TVs as the next platform for its growth and expects to launch a service by the end of the year.
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NewsC4 orders more obsessive compulsive hoarding
Channel 4 has ordered a second film looking at the life and home of Richard Wallace, one of the UK’s most prolific hoarders.
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NewsTOWIE gets online spin-off
ITV2 reality series The Only Way is Essex is to get an online spin-off that will keep fans up to date with their favourite stars from the show.
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NewsOfcom steps-up BSkyB scrutiny
Ofcom has set up a team - Project Apple - to assess whether BSkyB should still hold its broadcasting licence in light of the phone hacking scandal.
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NewsSoccer Aid to return to ITV1
Soccer Aid returns to ITV1 this summer with three-episode lead up presented by Dermot O’Leary.
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E4 axes Skins after seven series
Channel 4 is to axe Skins next year after a seventh series of the Company Pictures-produced teen drama.
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The Broadcast InterviewEmma Swain, BBC Knowledge
Her team has inspired the public to start baking and buy telescopes - and her budget is one of the BBC’s biggest. Catherine Neilan speaks to the controller of Knowledge commissioning.
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NewsC4 confirms repeats channel
Channel 4 is planning to launch a repeats station that will air programmes from the last seven days, chief executive David Abraham has confirmed.
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NewsPrimeval spin-off heads to Watch
Watch has acquired the North American spin-off to Impossible Pictures’ Primeval.
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NewsKermode’s spring makeover of ITV’s Daybreak faces delays
David Kermode’s full vision for a revitalised Daybreak may not be seen until June after the show’s soft relaunch was delayed.
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NewsComedy indies in talks with Disney
Comedy specialists Rough Cut and Baby Cow are in talks with Disney about producing their first series for children.
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NewsComedy Central seeks global series
Comedy Central is hunting for up to five “channel-defining” series that will air right across its international network of 93 million homes.
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NewsCDN to discuss signing Expert Women pledge
The Creative Diversity Network is set to decide whether to back Broadcast’s Expert Women campaign after BBC head of diversity Amanda Rice suggested a pan-industry approach.
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NewsUS drama leaders join tax break campaign
HBO, Starz, Showtime, ABC/Disney and RHI Entertainment have joined the campaign for tax breaks for British-made high-end drama, uniting with UK producers and associations.
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NewsBBC radio gets boost as Sky slashes retrans fees
BSkyB has slashed its BBC retransmission fees by £4m, offering an unexpected late boost to the corporation’s under-threat local radio services.
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NewsBBC takes knife to in-house factual roles
The BBC is carving up its in-house factual structure to create genre heads around the country.
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NewsOrigin Pictures develops three shows for BBC
Origin Pictures is working on a The Wire-style crime drama set in Manchester and an adaptation of a PD James novel as part of trio of paid developments for the BBC
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NewsScott backs Superhero indie
Superhero Television, a new indie backed by Princess Productions founder Sebastian Scott, has had a Sky 1 show greenlit as its first commission.