All Broadcasters articles – Page 944
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NewsOfcom clears Sri Lanka's Killing Fields doc
C4 head of news and current affairs Dorothy Byrne has hailed ITN Production’s journalism and the broadcaster’s “meticulous legal and compliance scrutiny” after Ofcom rejected almost 120 complaints about Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields.
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NewsFX acquires Leverage
Leverage, the US con artist drama that previously aired on Bravo and Channel One, has been picked up by FX.
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NewsBBC receives 42 kids Bafta nods
The BBC has scored 42 nominations for this year’s Bafta Children’s Awards - but faces stiff competition from multichannel and other terrestrials.
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NewsSyfy identifies Persons Unknown
Syfy has acquired the exclusive UK TV rights to Persons Unknown, a mystery miniseries from the writer of The Usual Suspects.
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NewsC4 opens online swap shop
Channel 4 Education is launching a fashion community website and mobile application aimed at encouraging sustainable and ethical fashion.
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NewsNetflix to hit UK in early 2012
Subscription video-on-demand service Netflix, which has 25 million members across the US, Canada and Latin America, will launch in the UK and Ireland early next year.
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NewsWhittingdale uses Knox trial to justify cameras in court
The televising of the Amanda Knox trial helped John Whittingdale understand the case and sympathise with her, he revealed at a debate about allowing cameras into the court room.
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NewsLinehan turns off The IT Crowd
Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd will not be returning for a fifth series but will wrap up with an extended special, creator Graham Linehan has confirmed.
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NewsITV1 secures Westlife's final TV appearance
ITV1 is to capture Westlife’s final TV appearance together in a special celebration of the band’s career.
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NewsSky 1 mixes cooking and business for pilot
Sky 1 has ordered an hour-long cookery pilot from Splash Media which will give amateur cooks the chance to turn their homemade products into business opportunities.
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NewsC4 serves up live daytime cookery show
Channel 4 is lining up its first live daytime cookery show since Mel and Sue’s Light Lunch in 1997.
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NewsSky names Hurford-Jones ent commissioner
Sky has appointed Antonia Hurford-Jones as commissioning editor for entertainment to oversee shows such as A League Of Their Own and order fresh content.
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NewsBBC1 orders Citizen Khan sitcom
Comic performer and broadcaster Adil Ray is to take his Down the Line character Mr Khan to BBC1 for a studio sitcom.
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NewsBBC2 goes underground
The BBC is getting unique access to the London Underground for a new documentary series.
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NewsC4 to live stream hippo being eaten
Channel 4 is to reveal the food chain in action by live broadcasting the consumption of a dead hippo in the wild over five days.
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NewsDoc planned on 100-year-old marathon runner
A British centenarian who recently became the oldest man to run a marathon is to be the subject of a new documentary.
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NewsCurrent TV orders films from Salford youth
Four local youth groups in Salford have been selected to make eight films to be shown on Current TV as part of a new apprenticeship scheme.
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NewsBaby Jake grows for Darrall Macqueen
Kids indie Darrall Macqueen is to produce a second series of Baby Jake for CBeebies.
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NewsDQF axe falls on BBC comms team
The BBC has informed 16 members of its communications team that they are to be made redundant - one of the first waves of compulsory cuts as part of Delivering Quality First.
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NewsC4 drops Vacation, Vacation, Vacation
Kirsty Allsopp and Phil Spencer’s holiday show Vacation, Vacation, Vacation, will not be returning to Channel 4 for another series.