All Broadcasters articles – Page 918
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NewsUTV appoints news chief
UTV has appointed Darwin Templeton, editor of the unionist-leaning Belfast paper the News Letter, as its executive editor of news.
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NewsSky profits top £600m
Sky has reported operating profit of £601m for the six months to the 31 December - with more than 4m subscribers now signed up to HD TV.
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NewsMisfits tops 4oD for second month
E4 superhero drama Misfits topped the 4oD chart for the second consecutive month.
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NewsSky to launch Netflix rival
Sky has unveiled plans for a new IPTV service featuring access to Sky Sports, movies and its entertainment channels in a bid to acquire new subscribers.
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NewsC4 hires Panorama exec for Dispatches role
Panorama deputy editor Daniel Pearl has been appointed as Channel 4 Dispatches commissioning editor.
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NewsBBC iPlayer and ITV Player to launch on Sky
Sky has signed major deals with the BBC and ITV to bring the two terrestrial broadcasters’ video on demand services to its platform.
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NewsITV and MTV circle Cowell's DJ talent show
ITV and MTV are understood to be eyeing Simon Cowell’s live DJ talent show.
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NewsCurrent sells EPG slot
Current UK has hired Canis Media to handle the sale of its Sky entertainment EPG slot.
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NewsITV1 orders more of The Cube
Two more series of The Cube have been ordered for ITV1 and will include three celebrity specials.
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NewsC4 in life-changing pilot
Former Confused.com boss Carlton Hood will front a Channel 4 pilot offering families the opportunity to change their lives.
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NewsDec: NTA could have gone to anyone on list
ITV golden boys Ant & Dec made National TV Award history last night by collecting their 11th presenting award - but still expressed their surprise at winning.
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NewsX Factor beats Strictly to NTA
The X Factor outmanoeuvred Strictly Come Dancing to be crowned best entertainment show at the National Television Awards.
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NewsRihanna to hunt fashion talent for Sky Living
What’s My Name? singer Rihanna is to turn her talents to exec producing with a new Sky Living series in which she will hunt for the next wave of British fashion designers.
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NewsNBCU to close DivaTV
NBC Universal is to close DivaTV, the UK home of The Oprah Winfrey Show and Queer Eye For A Straight Guy, as it shifts its focus onto The Style Network.
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NewsPBS UK secures Clinton premiere
PBS UK has secured the world premiere of a new doc series about former US president Bill Clinton.
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NewsBBC's Storyville benefits from DQF initiative
The BBC’s Delivering Quality First cost-cutting initiative has “smiled on” international film strand Storyville, opening up a regular late-night slot on BBC2.
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NewsITV moves back micropayment launch date
ITV’s much-anticipated micropayments system now looks set to launch as late as this summer.
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NewsNighty Night’s Davis to pen Sky Atlantic comedy
Nighty Night creator Julia Davis is to write and star alongside a cast of crones and hunchbacks in a gothic black comedy set in the 1800s for Sky Atlantic.
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NewsWalking Dead app in watermarking first
FX UK is launching the first consumer-facing app to make use of audio watermarking to promote the forthcoming series of The Walking Dead.