All Broadcasters articles – Page 950
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NewsDQF: winners and losers
With the BBC outlining where it will find 20% savings, where will the cuts bite deepest? And which areas have escaped relatively unscathed?
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NewsBBC to simplify broadcast operations
The BBC has pledged to make £53m of technology-related savings by the end of 2017 as part of the wider cost-cutting measures announced today.
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NewsBBC Radio cuts content spend, slashes Asian Network spend 34%
The BBC is to cut significant costs across its entire radio output by dropping the level of commissioned hours, removing management layers, encouraging closer cross-station collaboration and reducing the Asian Network’s £12m budget by 34%.
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NewsBBC3 braced for Salford move and drama cuts
BBC3 will be moved to Salford by 2016 and around a third of the station’s drama budget will be transferred to BBC1.
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NewsThompson warns government: "We can't do this again"
Mark Thompson has fired a warning shot across the bow to prevent the government from imposing future cuts on the BBC.
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Behind The ScenesDriving Wars, Dave
Alex Farber takes on the ‘Bear Pit’ challenge from Dave’s new driving gameshow and finds that navigating an obstacle course in a full-size remote-controlled car is tougher than it sounds.
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NewsBBC2 orders Wartime Farm series from Lion TV
BBC2 has commissioned a third version of Lion TV’s successful …Farm format, this time looking at rural life during World War II.
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NewsCurrent TV to expose booze and sex danger
Current TV has ordered three docs and its first series recommission as part of a season planned for the run-up to Christmas that tackles the dangers posed by unlicensed alcohol and unprotected sex.
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NewsTalkback wins CBBC order for science sitcom
Talkback Thames is moving into the children’s space with a CBBC commission for a science-based kids’ sitcom.
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NewsC4 exec joins Ukrainian broadcaster
A Channel 4 factual entertainment executive producer has left to join a prominent Ukrainian broadcaster.
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NewsC4 rekindles 2005 ‘gay or straight’ dating format
Dating reality format Playing It Straight is being remade for Channel 4 following its first outing in 2005.
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Cwmni Da revives doc on history of toilet
BBC4 and Welsh broadcaster S4C have revived plans to produce a history of the toilet.
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NewsSnowball wins first commission at Lion TV’s Glasgow arm
Lion TV’s Glasgow division has received its first original order since Andrew Snowball was appointed this summer to oversee operations.
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NewsE4 recruiting 100 viewers to push shows online
E4 has launched a marketing initiative under which 100 viewers will be given access to its shows ahead of broadcast in exchange for promoting them online.
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NewsBBC signs last-minute pledge on DQF job cuts
The BBC has signed an eleventh-hour deal with Bectu over how it will carry out redundancies in the run-up to its Delivering Quality First announcement this week.
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NewsComedy Central drops Dirty Sexy Funny to focus on scripted
Comedy Central has scrapped hidden-camera show Dirty Sexy Funny: Olivia Lee and put the brakes on its topical news show development to focus on scripted content.
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NewsStandard to enter race for London TV licence
The London Evening Standard will officially enter the race to run a local television station in the capital, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsITV1 has another crack at Lemon primetime show
Keith Lemon has been lined up to host a second ITV1 pilot as the channel steps up efforts to establish him as a primetime star.
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NewsITV1 cancels Paul O’Grady chat show
ITV1 has called time on Paul O’Grady’s primetime chat show – ending the host’s second spell with the commercial broadcaster.
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NewsChannel 4 flips supply model in ‘radical’ twist
Channel 4 is flipping the traditional commissioning model by inviting digital specialists to come up with “format-breaking” multiplatform ideas to be produced ahead of collaboration with indies.