All Broadcasters articles – Page 963
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NewsSorrell: TV industry as “vulnerable” as newspapers
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The business model for free to air TV is as precarious as that of newspapers, Sir Martin Sorrell has claimed.
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NewsNAO wins full access to BBC accounts
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.
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NewsViewers concerns over data a “major challenge”
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.
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NewsPatten: BBC entertainment will suffer cuts
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.
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NewsC4 unveils autumn line-up
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.
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NewsC4 reveals VoD ad formats
Channel 4 is to start offering VoD advertising campaigns based on demographic and genre - launching four new online ad formats.
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NewsDiscovery chief urges light touch regulation
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.
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NewsSky 1's Trollied to return
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.
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NewsITV1 and C5 cut regional spend
ITV1 and Channel 5’s out-of-London spend and production hours declined last year, with ITV1’s dropping for the second year in a row.
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NewsBBC2 flies in Pan Am doc to partner US drama
BBC2 has ordered a one-off documentary charting the history of US airline Pan Am to coincide with the channel’s acquisition of the ABC drama bearing its name.
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NewsBBC3 kicks off bid to create buzz about The Fades
BBC3 is distributing a range of additional online content around new drama The Fades to attract young horror fans and kickstart a viral buzz about the series.
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NewsC4 re-enacts ‘Great Escape’
A group of serving RAF officers will replicate the legendary World War II ‘Great Escape’, immortalised in the 1963 Steve McQueen film, for Channel 4.
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NewsE4 to offer Made In Chelsea fans 'rewards'
Structured reality series Made In Chelsea will be the next E4 programme to offer viewers exclusive stickers and rewards if they ‘check in’ using US social network GetGlue.
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NewsTragedy of Turing to be made into C4 drama doc
Alan Turing, the British mathematician who broke the Enigma code in World War II, will be the subject of a Channel 4 drama documentary.
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NewsC4 recommissions Four Rooms
Channel 4 has ordered a second series of dealmaking show Four Rooms.
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NewsGutteridge close to UK two-screen app deal
TV executive Tom Gutteridge is on the brink of signing a deal with a UK broadcaster for a new two-screen technology called Screach.
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NewsUKTV launches first app
UKTV is launching its first paid-for mobile app, for DIY channel Home, to boost its profile across new platforms and generate extra revenues.
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NewsYesterday expands commissioning strategy
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.
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NewsFast Show pair to tour UK
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.
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NewsWipeout gets winter makeover
Endemol’s Total Wipeout is getting a winter makeover for BBC1, with the introduction of seasonal challenges and wintry obstacles.