All Broadcasters articles – Page 922
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NewsC5 places double order and eyes wider genres
Channel 5 has ordered a personal history World War II series and an in-house-produced Jedward show for 5*, as it gears up to move beyond its popular factual and fact ent core.
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NewsCRR set to stay for Comms Act
ITV is unlikely to be handed relief from its advertising trading restrictions, the Contract Rights Renewal scheme (CRR), in the government’s new Communications Act.
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NewsEmbarrassing apps push self-diagnosis
The second series of Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic will be supported by a set of groundbreaking mobile apps that draw on audio watermarking.
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NewsBBC warns over spikes in Olympic web use
The BBC has provided ISPs and mobile operators with a “heat map”, which will alert them to an anticipated huge spike in traffic around “four or five” London 2012 Olympics events.
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NewsSky Living looks to give concerned celebs a platform
Sky Living is considering a strand called Cause Celeb in which celebrities explore a different cause or issue that is important to them personally.
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NewsUKTV seeks fresh comedy Gold
UKTV’s Gold is to inject millions into original content for the first time as it adds a raft of commissions to its “crown jewels” archive schedule.
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NewsDiscovery orders history triple
Chinook helicopters, World War II artefacts and the Titanic are to be investigated by Discovery in three historical orders for the channel.
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NewsGood Food to follow hunt for Roux scholar
Good Food is to revisit the Roux family for a one-off doc tracking its hunt for a new culinary scholar.
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NewsHellish high school show heads to Syfy
A supernatural comedy about a teen who unleashes hell in his high school has been acquired by Syfy.
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The Broadcast InterviewJeff Ford, Channel 5
Since Richard Desmond took over, Channel 5 has been the butt of snobbish jokes. But there’s nothing wrong with fun and positivity, its controller tells Chris Curtis – the viewers love it.
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The Broadcast InterviewGeoff Hill, 5 News
As ITN gears up to take over 5 News next week, its editor-in-waiting tells Jake Kanter about the ‘white-knuckle ride’ he’s been on since it picked up the contract from rival Sky News.
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CommentA timely pot of Gold for comedy
UKTV has followed Sky 1 in investing in mainstream comedy - now it’s time for the terrestrials to follow suit.
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NewsDarlow to make Concordia film
Darlow Smithson Productions is producing a new documentary about the Costa Concordia disaster for Discovery Networks International.
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NewsBBC confirms 3D Olympics broadcast
The BBC is to broadcast three key events from the London Olympic Games in 3D.
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NewsLuton extremists to feature in C4 doc
English Defence League co-founder Tommy Robinson and Sayful Islam, who has disrupted the homecoming parade of British troops, are to feature in a new Channel 4 documentary.
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NewsBBC excludes former staff from World Service party
Former BBC World Service staff have complained about being “contemptuously” excluded from an 80th anniversary party.
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NewsBarrowman fronts ITV1 comedy pilot
John Barrowman has fronted an ITV1 comedy panel show pilot that put his life under the spotlight.
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NewsITV1 eyes Jonathan Ross panel show
Jonathan Ross is gearing up to pilot an ITV1 comedy panel show inspired by Twitter.
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NewsBBC staff plan second Birmingham strike
BBC Birmingham staff are to hold a second strike over plans to relocate all factual production to Bristol and Salford.
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NewsSteps returning to Sky Living
Reformed pop group Steps are to feature in a second series for Sky Living, tracking their 22-date comeback tour around the UK.