All Broadcasters articles – Page 964
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NewsSTV news app extended to Android phones
STV has continued the roll out of its news app on to Android-enabled phones.
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NewsFord: luxurious Big Brother can define C5
Channel 5 is planning to use the most luxurious Big Brother yet to underline its core entertainment values and grow audience recognition of the channel.
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NewsX Factor final heads to Wembley
ITV has confirmed that The X Factor final will be held at Wembley Arena for the first time.
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NewsTurner goes HD with Cartoon Network
Turner Broadcasting is launching Cartoon Network in HD, its first channel to air in the format.
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NewsScripps buys UKTV stake for £339m
Scripps Networks Interactive has acquired Virgin Media’s 50% stake in UKTV in a deal worth £339m.
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NewsITV to mark Butlin's 75th
ITV1 is to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Butlin’s with a special documentary on the holiday resort company.
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NewsC5 gets Soho Blues again
Channel 5 has ordered a second series of emergency services series Soho Blues.
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NewsMost Haunted laid to rest
Sky Living has confirmed that it will not resurrect supernatural series Most Hanuted - with the rights handed back to indie Antix Productions.
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News"No impropriety" at Sky News
Sky News has been given a clean bill of health following an investigation in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal which engulfed News International.
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NewsSyfy finds Lost Girl
A new fantasy drama in which the lead feeds on sexual energy has been acquired for broadcast by Syfy.
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NewsC4 going back to A&E
Channel 4 fixed-rig documentary series 24 Hours in A&E and One Born Every Minute will return in 2012, marking the broadcaster’s commitment to fixed-rig documentaries.
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NewsTennant takes reins at UKTV
UKTV has signed ITV controller of digital channels Emma Tennant as its new controller and beefed up the powers of its five channel heads in a top-level restructure.
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NewsHow TV tackled the riots
News teams faced safety issues, lack of resource and competition from Twitter in covering the riots that swept the UK.
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NewsTV fails the minority test
UK broadcasting has failed to make progress at better representing black and ethnic minorities in its workforce over the past five years, the final report from the Broadcast, Equality & Training Regulator (BETR) has concluded.
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NewsDiscovery UK lines up stars for survival series
Discovery UK has secured its biggest ever talent line-up for a series that will challenge the likes of Freddie Flintoff, Joe Pasquale and SAS soldier- turned-author Chris Ryan to survive alone in locations including Belize, Botswana and Guyana
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NewsPBS sets UK launch date
US broadcaster PBS has unveiled its launch date in the UK, with general manager Richard Kingsbury promising “broadsheet TV”.
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NewsBBC Daytime orders WWII docs
BBC Daytime has ordered two factual formats commemorating Britain’s war efforts, for BBC1 and BBC2.
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NewsRenegade asks ITV house-hunters to Drive To Buy
ITV1 is to pit house-hunters against each other on a touring bus as part of a raft of new daytime commissions.
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NewsC4 to open Bank Of Dave with Glasgow’s Finestripe
Self-made millionaire David Fishwick will attempt to set up a bank and prove he can do a better job than the established high-street names in a 3 x 60-minute series for Channel 4.
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NewsITV1 suffers ratings drought
ITV1 is enduring one its worst summers on record after some of its new entertainment formats underperformed.