All Broadcasters articles – Page 951
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NewsEU blocks pubs showing "decoded" Premier League games
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the FA Premier League cannot prevent the sale of foreign decoder cards for domestic use but broadcasting matches publicly is an offence.
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NewsHorror Channel schedules "banned" season
Chello Zone’s Horror Channel has acquired eight of the “most controversial films made in the history of horror” for a new season of content dubbed Season of the Banned.
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NewsBarb planning ratings update
Barb plans to launch a cross industry forum that will aim to establish a more coherent way of measuring total TV consumption.
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NewsBBC ties with Ridley Scott on crowdsourced doc
The BBC is working with director Ridley Scott to capture a snapshot of a day in Britain using footage submitted by people from across the country.
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NewsHorse & Country TV forms Euro network
Horse & Country TV has joined forces with two European equestrian broadcasters to form a specialist network with a combined potential reach of 35 million homes.
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NewsBBC staff encouraged to contact DG over cuts
Mark Thompson has told staff they can email him “any time” following tomorrow’s Delivering Quality First announcements, which will see budget cuts of around 20% totalling £1.3bn.
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NewsBBC1 acquires Usain Bolt doc
MIPCOM: BBC1 has secured a new two-part documentary about Olympic and 100m record holder Usain Bolt.
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NewsDMAX orders Jodie Marsh bodybuilding doc
Glamour model Jodie Marsh is to compete in a bodybuilding competition for a new documentary for Discovery’s youth-skewing channel DMAX UK.
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NewsBBC4 buys two Scandi dramas
MIPCOM: BBC4 hopes to pick up on the success of The Killing with another Scandinavian crime drama centred on the discovery of a dead woman’s abandoned body.
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NewsTurner dips into micro-payments with Adult Swim
Turner Broadcasting is to start renting shows from comedy channel Adult Swim via Facebook as the broadcaster adopts a micro-payments model.
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NewsTOWIE's Amy Childs lands C5 series
The Only Way Is Essex star Amy Childs is to front an eight part series for Channel 5 further to her appearance on Celebrity Big Brother.
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NewsDiscovery signs up mafia Wags
MIPCOM: Discovery Networks has acquired reality series Mob Wives which it will air across Europe on its lifestyle channels.
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NewsWhitney heads to Comedy Central
MIPCOM: Comedy Central has acquired NBC Universal comedy Whitney which features LA-based comedian, actor and writer Whitney Cummings portraying a fictionalised version of herself.
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NewsFME sells two scripted series into UK
MIPCOM: FremantleMedia Enterprises has sold Australian high school reunion drama Winners and Losers to ITV2 and blokes-in-a-band US drama The Wedding Band to 5* in the UK.
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NewsC5's Extraordinary People returns
Channel 5’s Extraordinary People strand returns with three new docs as the broadcaster signs NBC Universal’s sci-fi drama Alphas.
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NewsMade In Chelsea gets live online spin-off
E4 has ordered a live Made In Chelsea spin-off that will air online immediately after the weekly broadcast.
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NewsITV escapes legal challenge over IRA slip
The maker of the video game that mistakenly featured in ITV1’s Exposure documentary will not take legal action against the broadcaster.
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News4oD tops 30m in August
Channel 4’s VoD service recorded more than 30 million views throughout August with comedy topping the chart.
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NewsGood Food makes Perfect reorder
UKTV cooking channel Good Food has recommissioned Perfect… for a second run.
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NewsBBC launches Salford apprenticeship scheme
The BBC plans to recruit 100 apprentices from disadvantaged backgrounds to work at MediaCityUK over the next three years.