All Broadcasters articles – Page 919
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NewsITV extends Corrie product placement deal
ITV has extended its product placement deal with Nationwide Building Society to keep a branded cash machine in Coronation Street.
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NewsProspect Cymru explores rise in metal theft for BBC1
BBC1 is to explore the surge in metal theft around the UK in a 10.35pm doc made by DCD-owned Prospect Cymru.
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NewsSky app offers F1 fans split-screen viewing options
Sky is planning to offer F1 fans the ability to watch races in a multi split-screen mode via its iPad app and website.
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NewsBeeny helps homeowners on C4
Sarah Beeny will use her renovation skills convince people that they don’t need to move house to find their dream home, in a Red House TV series for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 debuts Facejacker audio trigger app
Channel 4 is to launch its first mobile app that reacts to hidden audio triggers, for prank show Facejacker.
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NewsTurner across Ballooniverse
Turner Broadcasting has ordered a live-action pre-school series featuring a balloon artist and a magician from 2 Sides TV for Cartoonito.
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NewsSky Arts in star-led Playhouse push
Sky Arts is beefing up its Playhouse comedy and drama strand with 12 plays, including Sir Tom Jones in his first acting role and Emma Thompson playing the Queen.
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NewsUTV ousts chairman
UTV has ousted its chairman John B McGuckian because of his “close association” with one of the Northern Irish broadcaster’s biggest shareholders.
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NewsFoyle’s War to return to ITV1
ITV1 is to revisit Foyle’s War after the rights to detective series were rescued from defunct indie Greenlit.
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NewsSTV profits fall 88%
Scottish broadcaster STV saw its profits plummet to £600,000 as the cost of settling its legal dispute with ITV hit home.
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News‘Tax breaks can earn the UK £1bn’
Tax breaks for British-made high-end drama would “transform” the industry and could yield a net return of £1bn annually to the UK economy, a report submitted to the government has claimed.
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NewsITV1 plans push on weekend mornings
ITV1 is targeting a major push on original content for weekend mornings and is lining up a rival to BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen plus a fresh stab at Let’s Do Lunch With Gino & Mel.
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NewsSky 1 picks up C4 pilot Chickens
Sky 1 has plucked Simon Bird, Jonny Sweet and Joe Thomas’ comedy Chickens from Channel 4 in a deal that will see Big Talk Productions produce its first show for the channel.
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NewsBBC2 buys rights to Ad Hoc’s QPR story
The tempestuous boardroom activities at Queens Park Rangers Football Club are the focus of a documentary acquired by BBC2.
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NewsBBC3 rejigs QT spin-off
BBC3 series Young Voters’ Question Time is being overhauled, rebranded and expanded into a regular monthly format, with Formula One presenter Jake Humphrey taking on hosting duties.
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NewsEducating Essex shifts location for return to C4
Fixed-rig documentary series Educating Essex is set to be recommissioned by Channel 4 – but with the cameras moving to a new school in a different part of the country.
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NewsStephenson examines effects of fame for More 4
Psychologist Pamela Stephenson will ask Oscar winner Tatum O’Neal, former Spice Girl Mel C and actor John Hurt about the psychological impact of being famous, in a 60-minute documentary for More 4.
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NewsC4 orders Springer’s Baggage pilot in deal with Chocolate
Channel 4 is gearing up to pilot a UK version of Game Show Network’s Jerry Springer-fronted dating show Baggage.
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NewsC5 takes global road trip for Gadget Show revamp
Channel 5’s The Gadget Show is set for its biggest shake-up after 16 series, swapping its studio for an international road trip format and dropping three presenters.
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NewsC5 goes Inside the Titanic with Dangerous Films
Channel 5 has picked up the UK rights to Inside the Titanic, a big-budget factual drama from producer Dangerous Films.