All Broadcasters articles – Page 937
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NewsBBC draws fire over Sherlock nudity
The BBC has received nearly 60 complaints about pre-watershed nudity in its opening episode of Sherlock on New Year’s Day.
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NewsCowell returns to revamped Britain’s Got Talent
Simon Cowell is to return to the Britain’s Got Talent judging panel and plough his own money into the cash prize as part of the show’s revamp.
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NewsChannel 5 acquires Body of Proof
Channel 5 has secured the free-to-air rights to US crime drama Body of Proof.
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NewsNUJ: BBC cuts to cost UK £1.7bn
The NUJ has warned that the proposed cuts to the BBC are “wrong-headed” and will lead to a reduction in the UK’s economic output of up to £1.7bn.
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NewsC4's Bank Job passes 2m plays
Channel 4’s online game supporting forthcoming show The Bank Job has been played more than 2 million times since it launched earlier this month.
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NewsC4 lines-up two Alternative Christmas Messages
Channel 4 is to broadcast two alternatives to the Queen’s Christmas Day speech for the first time.
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NewsC4's Lord Burns takes second term as chairman
Lord Burns has accepted a second term as chairman of Channel 4 and former BBC news chief Tony Hall has been named his deputy.
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NewsBBC Learning graduates to L8R Youngers 2
BBC Learning has ordered a follow-up to online drama series L8R Youngers that follows the progression of the East London kids into secondary school.
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NewsRicky Gervais working on C4 pilot
Ricky Gervais is working on his first sitcom pilot for Channel 4 in which he plays a “confused” worker at a retirement home.
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NewsBedlam returning to Sky Living
Sky Living is returning to the lunatic asylum for a second series of its original drama Bedlam, with an EastEnders actress replacing Will Young in the lead role.
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NewsC4 unveils online news quiz
Channel 4 is to launch an online current affairs quiz to accompany a round-up of the year with Jon Snow.
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NewsSky hires Apprentice exec Kurland
Sky has snapped up Michele Kurland, executive producer on The Apprentice and head of fact ent at Talkback Thames, to replace Mark Sammon.
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NewsVirgin Media EPG c*ck up
Virgin Media has apologised to customers following an EPG glitch over the weekend which saw programme titles incorrectly edited for profane language.
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C4's Home for The Holidays gets online series
Channel 4’s live stripped entertainment programme, Home For The Holidays, is the latest programme to get a live online spin-off series.
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NewsBrown Bag wins Disney order
Disney Junior has ordered a new pre-school series about a family of monsters from Octonauts producer Brown Bag Films, that will see the Dubline-based indie take on more than 40 additional staff.
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NewsSky Arts to air Israeli In Treatment
Sky Arts is to strip the original Hebrew-language version of In Treatment following its screening of the HBO adaptation.
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NewsSmart TV growth still slow
Ownership of internet connected TVs is set for continued slow growth unless content producers continue to develop services according to a YouGov study.
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News'Offensive' Torchwood repeats pulled from Watch
UKTV has pulled repeats of Torchwood from the Watch schedule after it was rapped for broadcasting episodes with violence and offensive language in a pre-watershed slot.
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NewsC5 rapped over Big Brother swearing
Channel 5 reality show Big Brother broke Ofcom guidelines by broadcasting strong swearwords just seconds after the watershed.
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NewsC4 orders more Deal or No Deal
Channel 4 daytime gameshow Deal or No Deal will return for an eighth series in 2012.