All Broadcasters articles – Page 952
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NewsComedy boosts 4oD growth
Channel 4 saw 4oD views increase by 300,000 on its website in September with comedy being the most popular genre.
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NewsChiles' Sunday Night Show returning to ITV1
Adrian Chiles’ late evening ITV1 vehicle That Sunday Night Show is being primed for an extended third series, despite underperforming in the ratings.
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RTS invites Programme Awards entries
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has opened entry to its annual Programme Awards.
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NewsBBC: no need for licence fee reform
The BBC is unlikely to call for a change to the scope of its licence fee remit until the next Charter renewal in 2016/17, Broadcast understands.
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NewsITV agrees Corrie product placement deal
ITV has struck a watershed product placement deal with Nationwide building society that will feature a branded cash machine in Coronation Street.
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NewsITV snatches French Open tennis rights from BBC
ITV has secured the free-to-air rights to broadcast the French Open tennis tournament - previously held by the BBC for more than 20 years.
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NewsSky Go passes 100m views
Sky Go has served more than 100 million content views since it launched in July, with the average number per month approaching that achieved by Channel 4’s 4oD.
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NewsITV looking to sell products on-demand
ITV looks set to integrate a retail proposition with its video-on-demand service as it hunts for an e-commerce manager with FMCG experience.
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NewsSky's Darroch paid £2.7m as profits hit £1bn
Sky’s chief executive officer Jeremy Darroch is on track to take home a basic salary of £935,000 next year, having earned £2.7m including bonuses this year.
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NewsHigh Court judge strikes out Top Gear suit
A High Court judge has struck out a law suit against BBC2 programme Top Gear, which had been brought against it by electric car manufacturer Tesla.
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NewsC4’s Allan re-jigs sales team
Channel 4’s new sales director Jonathan Allan has restructured his team to create six new teams scrapping the previous structure.
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NewsBacon admits self-censorship due to BBC concerns
Broadcaster Richard Bacon has said he often self-censors as a result of nervousness around causing offence at the BBC.
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NewsC5 lines up "surprise wedding" show
The makers of BBC3’s Don’t Tell the Bride are developing a new “surprise wedding” format for Channel 5.
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NewsE4 to reveal Body Shockers
Comedian Tom Allen will front a clip show about the World’s Greatest Body Shockers for E4.
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NewsCiTV acquires teen music shows
CITV has acquired the first two series of Nickelodeon live-action kids’ shows Big Time Rush and Victorious.
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NewsLeopard lines up Matthew Bourne and da Vinci specials
Leopard Films is producing a Channel 4 doc about choreographer / director Matthew Bourne and has been drafted in to co-produce a Sky Arts live special on artist Leonardo da Vinci.
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NewsC4 orders Steve Jobs doc
Channel 4 has commissioned a fast-turnaround film on the life of Steve Jobs, the co-founder of technology company Apple.
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NewsITV to relaunch news website
ITV is set to relaunch its news, sport and weather website as early as March 2012.
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NewsCoach Trip gears up for Christmas special
12 Yard Productions is to produce a special Christmas series of Channel 4’s Coach Trip and has hired a new boss for its Scottish division.
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NewsVirgin Media: Tivo attracts 75,000 new subs
Virgin Media has netted 222,000 subscribers to its connected TV service Tivo - with a third of them new to the cable TV operator.