All Broadcasters articles – Page 957

  • Planet Dinosaur
    News

    James Cameron to work on BBC 3D dinosaurs

    2011-09-09T11:59:00Z

    James Cameron, the pioneeing film director behind CGI blockbuster Avatar, will introduce 3D to the BBC’s big screen version of Walking with Dinosaurs.

  • Joanna Shields
    News

    Facebook's Shields says new media is no parasite

    2011-09-09T11:39:00Z

    Facebook exec Joanna Shields has said the social network is playing a key role in growing TV audiences and engagement - and new media giants are not the “parasite” that some critics have claimed.

  • Dara O Briain
    News

    O Briain to host maths show

    2011-09-09T11:10:00Z

    Comedian Dara O Briain is to host a light-hearted maths show based on a Japanese format for UKTV channel Dave.

  • Nightmare High
    News

    C4 to help school starters

    2011-09-09T09:52:00Z

    Somethin’ Else is producing an immersive online game for Channel 4 Education to help children starting secondary school.

  • Grand Prix: The Killer Years
    News

    BBC4 gears up for motoring doc

    2011-09-09T09:48:00Z

    Manchester indie Bigger Picture is producing a documentary about motorsports in the mid-1980s, when a relaxation of rules led to exciting and dangerous consequences.

  • David Kermode
    News

    Peers give thumbs up to Kermode’s ITV move

    2011-09-08T08:00:00Z

    News and daytime experts believe 5 News editor David Kermode is an astute choice to become the new editor of Daybreak and predict he will conduct a root and branch review of the ailing breakfast show.

  • Harry's Law
    News

    Universal ties up exclusives on US crime dramas

    2011-09-08T08:00:00Z

    Universal Channel has secured two new US crime dramas as part of an ongoing strategy to acquire exclusive shows.

  • Sports Tonight
    News

    Reach TV seeks content partners

    2011-09-08T08:00:00Z

    IPTV provider Reach TV has acquired three Freeview HD slots and is seeking lifestyle and foreign-language channel partners to distribute via the internet-connected set top boxes.

  • Fat Surgeons
    News

    UKTV hikes content spend

    2011-09-08T08:00:00Z

    UKTV will boost its spending by 20% in 2012, pushing its content budget to £75m and potentially ahead of BBC3.

  • Court
    News

    Factual execs keen on cameras in court

    2011-09-08T08:00:00Z

    The “long overdue” move to allow cameras into courtrooms in England and Wales has been welcomed by the factual TV community as well as news executives.

  • Roath Lock Studios
    News

    BBC kicks off Roath Lock era

    2011-09-08T08:00:00Z

    The BBC’s Roath Lock Studios drama hub has opened in Cardiff and will be home to 175,000 sq ft of HD-ready studios, filming areas, post production facilities and the largest green screen in Europe.

  • Sherlock Holmes
    News

    BBC orders Ripper-era drama from Tiger

    2011-09-08T08:00:00Z

    BBC1 has commissioned an 8 x 60-minute detective drama from Tiger Aspect set in Jack the Ripper-era London.

  • Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
    News

    Travellers bar Firecracker in BFGW row

    2011-09-08T08:00:00Z

    Big Fat Gypsy Weddings producer Firecracker Films is being denied access to Dale Farm, the biggest travellers’ site in Europe, for the follow-up series.

  • Future talent:
    News

    BBC awards pilot deal to Future Formats trainee

    2011-09-08T08:00:00Z

    A six-figure BBC initiative to recruit and train bright sparks from outside the TV industry has led to its first order - a non-TX entertainment pilot for BBC1.

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    News

    CTVC wins orders for My Life and Arena strands

    2011-09-08T08:00:00Z

    CTVC has won its first children’s commission, making a CBBC film about a group of boys who grow vegetables in a skip in Kings Cross, London.

  • The Brigade
    News

    C5 orders second Uppercut military series

    2011-09-08T08:00:00Z

    Channel 5 has returned to Uppercut Films in a bid to repeat the popularity of the indie’s recent Royal Navy series with an ob doc focused on the Royal Marines in Afghanistan.

  • Location, Location, Location
    News

    Spencer property show to lead C4 daytime push

    2011-09-08T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 will kickstart its increased investment in daytime by drafting in primetime talent Phil Spencer for a series about helping homeowners who are struggling to sell their property.

  • Gruern Transfer
    News

    Australian indie warns C4 over potential IP infringement

    2011-09-08T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 and Objective Productions have been sent a “legal warning shot” by Australian indie Zapruder that claims The Mad Bad Ad Show pilot could infringe the intellectual property around its existin

  • Athletics presenters
    News

    C4: Ortis Deley will work with us again

    2011-09-08T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 remains committed to using new talent and shaking up sports coverage despite facing intense criticism about the presenters and advertising during its coverage of the IAAF World Athletics Championships (WAC).

  • Glee
    News

    Glee to air on Sky two days after US

    2011-09-07T14:42:00Z

    Sky has revealed it will launch US high school musical show Glee two days after its US broadcast.