All Broadcasters articles – Page 964

  • STV news app
    News

    STV news app extended to Android phones

    2011-08-16T11:13:00Z

    STV has continued the roll out of its news app on to Android-enabled phones.

  • Big Brother
    News

    Ford: luxurious Big Brother can define C5

    2011-08-16T10:55:00Z

    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.

  • The X Factor
    News

    X Factor final heads to Wembley

    2011-08-15T14:20:00Z

    ITV has confirmed that The X Factor final will be held at Wembley Arena for the first time.

  • The Amazing World of Gumbal
    News

    Turner goes HD with Cartoon Network

    2011-08-15T11:08:00Z

    Turner Broadcasting is launching Cartoon Network in HD, its first channel to air in the format.

  • Dynamo
    News

    Scripps buys UKTV stake for £339m

    2011-08-15T08:59:00Z

    Scripps Networks Interactive has acquired Virgin Media’s 50% stake in UKTV in a deal worth £339m.

  • Butlins_redcoat
    News

    ITV to mark Butlin's 75th

    2011-08-12T13:02:00Z

    ITV1 is to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Butlin’s with a special documentary on the holiday resort company.

  • Soho Blues
    News

    C5 gets Soho Blues again

    2011-08-12T12:58:00Z

    Channel 5 has ordered a second series of emergency services series Soho Blues.

  • Most Haunted
    News

    Most Haunted laid to rest

    2011-08-12T12:54:00Z

    Sky Living has confirmed that it will not resurrect supernatural series Most Hanuted - with the rights handed back to indie Antix Productions.

  • James and Rupert Murdoch
    News

    "No impropriety" at Sky News

    2011-08-12T12:41:00Z

    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.

  • Lost Girl
    News

    Syfy finds Lost Girl

    2011-08-12T12:37:00Z

    A new fantasy drama in which the lead feeds on sexual energy has been acquired for broadcast by Syfy.

  • 24 Hours in A&E
    News

    C4 going back to A&E

    2011-08-11T13:22:00Z

    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.

  • Emma Tennant
    News

    Tennant takes reins at UKTV

    2011-08-11T09:30:00Z

    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.

  • Manchester riots
    News

    How TV tackled the riots

    2011-08-11T08:00:00Z

    News teams faced safety issues, lack of resource and competition from Twitter in covering the riots that swept the UK.

  • Luther
    News

    TV fails the minority test

    2011-08-11T08:00:00Z

    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.

  • Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff
    News

    Discovery UK lines up stars for survival series

    2011-08-11T08:00:00Z

    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

  • Prohibition
    News

    PBS sets UK launch date

    2011-08-11T08:00:00Z

    US broadcaster PBS has unveiled its launch date in the UK, with general manager Richard Kingsbury promising “broadsheet TV”.

  • War
    News

    BBC Daytime orders WWII docs

    2011-08-11T08:00:00Z

    BBC Daytime has ordered two factual formats commemorating Britain’s war efforts, for BBC1 and BBC2.

  • May the Best House Win
    News

    Renegade asks ITV house-hunters to Drive To Buy

    2011-08-11T08:00:00Z

    ITV1 is to pit house-hunters against each other on a touring bus as part of a raft of new daytime commissions.

  • Fishwick
    News

    C4 to open Bank Of Dave with Glasgow’s Finestripe

    2011-08-11T08:00:00Z

    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.

  • The Marriage Ref
    News

    ITV1 suffers ratings drought

    2011-08-11T08:00:00Z

    ITV1 is enduring one its worst summers on record after some of its new entertainment formats underperformed.