All Broadcasters articles – Page 936
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NewsTalksport to prop up UTV revenue
A bumper Christmas for Talksport is set to help UTV offset advertising revenue losses in its TV division.
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NewsBBC FM creates £1m fund for tech innovations
BBC Future Media has established a £1m Innovation Fund to give creative thinking at the broadcaster a shot in the arm.
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NewsGarden doc to follow family mediator team
The Garden is developing a BBC3 documentary series that will follow a team of mediators as they attempt to prevent children from running away from home.
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NewsMacIntyre revisits gangster family for Crime network
Donal MacIntyre is directing a six-part series about the organised crime family the Noonans for the Crime & Investigation Network.
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NewsBBC's Wonderland strand stalls
Commissioning for BBC2 documentary strand Wonderland is being paused to deal with a backlog of films being delivered late.
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NewsCampaign to save BBC Birmingham gathers momentum
The campaign to save BBC Birmingham has gathered pace, with 11 MPs signing up to an early-day motion to try to fend off the cuts.
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NewsRed Bee research reveals discontent among viewers
Three-quarters of the UK audience claim they cannot find anything to watch on live TV on a weekly basis because they are overwhelmed by an excess of content and platforms.
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NewsShooting Stars’ Angelos wins full C4 series
Channel 4 has ordered a sitcom from new talent Terry Mynott and a studio-based comedy from Dan Skinner playing his comic character Angelos Epithemiou.
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NewsBBC4 orders drama about Dispatches kidnap
BBC4 has ordered a single drama telling the story of the Taliban’s kidnap of award-winning journalist Sean Langan while he was making a Channel 4 Dispatches in Pakistan.
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NewsShine TV hires C4 commissioner
Shine Group has made another high-profile appointment, poaching a Channel 4 commissioner to head a new division at Shine TV.
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NewsC4 appoints Jay Hunt strategy advisor
Channel 4 has appointed former Question Time editor Edward Havard to the newly created role of channel executive, to support chief creative officer Jay Hunt.
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NewsC4 gives True Stories original order boost
Channel 4 will commission 10 True Stories documentaries from next year, more than double the number when the international documentary strand aired on More 4.
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NewsLack of knowledge led to breaches, says BBC exec
A senior executive at BBC Global News has admitted “a lack of knowledge, or genuine confusion” over editorial guidelines could have contributed to a series of breaches of code.
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NewsDooley to front CBBC doc
CBBC has commissioned a new doc series in which five children travel the world to find out how everyday items are produced.
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NewsChello reveals 2012 shows
CBS Chello Zone UK Channels has unveiled several new acquisitions that it will air next year.
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NewsBBC orders Stephen Lawrence Panorama
BBC current affairs strand Panorama is to consider the Stephen Lawrence murder case.
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NewsTop Boy to return for second series
Top Boy, Channel 4’s urban drama based on a Hackney estate, has been recommissioned for a second four-part series.
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NewsC4 talent to swap roles for 30th anniversary
Jimmy Carr will host a one-off Countdown special and the cast of Made in Chelsea will appear in Come Dine With Me as part of a ‘mash up’ night on Channel 4 to mark the broadcaster’s 30th anniversary.
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NewsSTV forecasts tough Christmas
STV has followed ITV in forecasting a bleak Christmas for advertising revenues.
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NewsBBC axes Shooting Stars
The BBC has cancelled Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves comedy panel show Shooting Stars.