All Broadcasters articles – Page 959
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NewsTalkback to revamp Buzzcocks for new series
Talkback Thames is planning to revamp long-running music quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks ahead of its new series in October.
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NewsScots to query BBC funding
The BBC is facing another attack on its funding, with the Scottish government calling for £75m to be ring-fenced from the licence fee to fund a national PSB.
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NewsCohen sets out the ‘step change’ in BBC content
The BBC’s channel controllers outlined commissions and content wishlists at Edinburgh as they deflected questions about impending Delivering Quality First cuts.
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NewsBattle lines drawn in comedy
Comedy has emerged as a key battleground after this year’s Edinburgh festival, as BBC1 and ITV1 unveiled new initiatives to fend off Sky’s latest offensive in the genre.
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NewsBBC trials first playalong app
The BBC is conducting its first trial of two-screen playalong technology, using audio watermarking around Saturday night gameshow The National Lottery: Secret Fortune.
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NewsAETN UK takes on Roberts to boost programming
AETN UK has hired Stephen Roberts to the newly created role of head of programming scheduling, and promoted a number of its programming team.
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NewsAdastra wins Turner order
Turner Broadcasting’s pre-school brand Cartoonito has ordered its first pan-EMEA show from Grandpa In My Pocket-producer Adastra.
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NewsThe Garden wins C4 love series
Channel 4 is to study the meaning of love in a documentary series from the maker of Seven Dwarves.
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NewsMorgana returns to C4 with impressions show
Comedian Morgana Robinson is to return to Channel 4 with a new sketch show as part of a raft of orders secured by Running Bare Pictures.
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NewsBBC3 and E4 differ over pre-watershed
BBC3 is to all but stop commissioning for pre-watershed slots at precisely the moment E4 puts resource into 8pm for the first time.
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NewsFirecracker lands UKTV party order
Watch has ordered a series from Big Fat Gypsy Weddings producer Firecracker Films that will uncover some of Britain’s most eccentric characters as they organise a range of events.
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NewsMary Portas to return as Queen of Frocks
Mary Portas has allowed the cameras to follow her attempt to design a fashion range for over 40s that will be stocked in House of Fraser, for a Channel 4 series.
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NewsC4 unveils first 4oD figures
Channel 4 has revealed that entertainment was the most watched genre on 4oD during July, registering more than 9 million views across platforms.
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NewsC4 athletics presenter under fire
Ortis Deley, one of the presenters of the Channel 4 World Athletics Championships, will not be the main presenter in the rest of the coverage after facing criticism over his athletics knowledge.
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NewsHughes to trumpet “golden age” of history TV
Academic and presenter Bettany Hughes is to claim that history on television is enjoying a “new golden age” at a lecture next month.
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NewsBig Brother sweat drink sparks 82 complaints
An incident on Celebrity Big Brother in which contestant Bobby Sabel made a fellow housemate drink sweat has sparked complaints over bullying.
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NewsBest of the Fest
With the Edinbugh International Television Festival behind us for another year, Broadcast presents a round-up of stories from the weekend…
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NewsPortas to champion British manufacturing
Mary Portas’ new Channel 4 series will see the retail guru campaigning for more British clothes manufacturing and pushing consumers to buy homemade products.
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NewsBeard back on BBC2 with Ancient Rome series
Lion Television is to follow up its successful Mary Beard series Pompeii with another historical run for BBC2.
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NewsBBC confirms Ab Fab return
BBC comedy Absolutely Fabulous is to celebrate its 20th anniversary with three specials – including a story based around the London 2012 Olympics.