All Broadcasters articles – Page 955

  • Royal Wedding
    News

    Approval ratings record for BBC1

    2011-09-19T12:00:00Z

    Audience approval for BBC1 has hit an all time high but BBC4 has dropped across both internal metrics produced by the corporation.

  • Liam Dutton
    News

    C4 News appoints first weather presenter

    2011-09-16T16:47:00Z

    BBC weather presenter Liam Dutton is set to become Channel 4 News’ first ever weather presenter.

  • Red or Black
    News

    ITV may gamble on more Red or Black?

    2011-09-16T14:04:00Z

    RTS CAMBRIDGE: Simon Cowell’s big money game show Red or Black? may return to ITV1, with the broadcaster’s chief executive noting there would be changes made to the format.

  • Trollied
    News

    Sky Go hits million mark

    2011-09-16T12:45:00Z

    The Sky Go mobile video app has been downloaded more than a million times since its launch in July with sport proving the key driver and over 40 million pieces of content viewed last month.

  • Steve Morrison
    News

    All3 boss: reduce BBC in-house production

    2011-09-16T12:38:00Z

    RTS CAMBRIDGE: The Communications Act should not tamper with nations and regions quotas – but the BBC should reduce its commitment to in house production, Steve Morrison has said.

  • Sir Martin Sorrell
    News

    Sorrell: TV industry as “vulnerable” as newspapers

    2011-09-16T12:32:00Z

    RTS CAMBRIDGE: The business model for free to air TV is as precarious as that of newspapers, Sir Martin Sorrell has claimed.

  • BBC White City
    News

    NAO wins full access to BBC accounts

    2011-09-15T19:23:00Z

    The National Audit Office is to have access to any part of the BBC’s books it chooses, under new arrangements laid out by the government.

  • Google montage
    News

    Viewers concerns over data a “major challenge”

    2011-09-15T19:13:00Z

    RTS CAMBRIDGE: Consumer fears about how companies use data present “a major challenge” for broadcasters and platforms, according to senior figures from Google and Channel 4.

  • Lord Patten
    News

    Patten: BBC entertainment will suffer cuts

    2011-09-15T18:46:00Z

    RTS CAMBRIDGE: BBC’s entertainment output will be hit harder than other genres by the corporation’s budget cuts, Trust chairman Chris Patten has confirmed.

  • Girls Will Be Boys and Boys Will Be Girls (working title)
    News

    C4 unveils autumn line-up

    2011-09-15T17:43:00Z

    Channel 4 has revealed the new programmes that will populate its autumn schedules including a series about gender reassignment, a new live game show and a Big Fat Gypsy Wedding spin-off.

  • 4od
    News

    C4 reveals VoD ad formats

    2011-09-15T17:09:00Z

    Channel 4 is to start offering VoD advertising campaigns based on demographic and genre -  launching four new online ad formats.

  • Shark Week
    News

    Discovery chief urges light touch regulation

    2011-09-15T12:44:00Z

    RTS CAMBRIDGE: The boss of global broadcaster Discovery has urged Jeremy Hunt to retain the “level playing field” for rights regulation within the new Communications Act.

  • Trollied
    News

    Sky 1's Trollied to return

    2011-09-15T10:59:00Z

    Sky 1 has ordered two more series of supermarket comedy Trollied as part of its commitment to boost original content spend by 50% over the next three years.

  • McCarthy in Beirut
    News

    Warning over World Service

    2011-09-15T08:30:00Z

    The integration of the World Service into the BBC could take up to five years, senior figures have warned, with cultural and budgetary tensions threatening to “drown out” the service’s international voice.

  • Jeremy Hunt
    News

    Hunt sets out vision for media

    2011-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Relaxed PSB obligations, cross-platform regulation and the curtailing of the BBC’s news market share are among the key areas Jeremy Hunt is considering as part of a new Communications Act.

  • Winter Wipeout
    News

    Wipeout gets winter makeover

    2011-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Endemol’s Total Wipeout is getting a winter makeover for BBC1, with the introduction of seasonal challenges and wintry obstacles.

  • Simon Day
    News

    Fast Show pair to tour UK

    2011-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Fast Show stars Simon Day and John Thomson are fronting a travelogue about the differences between the UK’s counties for AETN’s History channel.

  • Wags Of ’66
    News

    Yesterday expands commissioning strategy

    2011-09-15T08:30:00Z

    UKTV factual channel Yesterday is moving beyond its traditional heartland of 1940s-themed programming to the end of the 1970s as the channel ramps up its investment in UK content.

  • Tom Gutteridge
    News

    Gutteridge close to UK two-screen app deal

    2011-09-15T08:30:00Z

    TV executive Tom Gutteridge is on the brink of signing a deal with a UK broadcaster for a new two-screen technology called Screach.

  • Seize the DIY
    News

    UKTV launches first app

    2011-09-15T08:30:00Z

    UKTV is launching its first paid-for mobile app, for DIY channel Home, to boost its profile across new platforms and generate extra revenues.