All Broadcasters articles – Page 978
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NewsITV to cut drama repeats to test in-house formats
ITV is weighing up cutting drama repeats from ITV1’s daytime schedule to clear space for experimenting with in-house formats.
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NewsBBC to reveal value of WoCC
The BBC is to publish the “size of the prize” and AI figures for the first time as it shakes up its Window of Creative Competition (WoCC) following the release of this year’s data - which saw indies edge further ahead of in-house compared with last year to win the ...
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NewsAussie chef Bill goes back home with UKTV show
A UKTV food series fronted by Australian chef Bill Granger is to be served up down under in the first deals for the show.
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NewsSo TV to make Armstrong’s Big Ask for Dave
Dave has ordered a full series of comedy panel show Alexander Armstrong’s Big Ask from So Television following a successful TX pilot.
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NewsC4 follow-up gives Brit teens taste of Amish life
The Amish community of Ohio will take in British teenagers for a Channel 4 follow-up to last year’s Amish: World’s Squarest Teenagers.
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NewsHistory of musicals takes centre stage for BBC4
BBC4 has commissioned Twofour to make a 3 x 60-minute series on the history of the musical in London’s West End.
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NewsSex advisers take Channel 4 to task over teen show
A group of sexual health advisers and experts will meet with the Channel 4 fact ent commissioning team next week to discuss criticisms of the broadcaster’s sex education programming.
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NewsC4 delays decision on Comedy Blaps shorts
Channel 4 online comedy talent initiative Comedy Blaps has been delayed after being inundated with ideas.
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NewsCentury to make undercover police doc for C4
The undercover policeman who spent seven years posing as an environmental activist is to be the subject of a Channel 4 Cutting Edge film.
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News360 to commemorate Titanic sinking for BBC1
360 Productions has won a BBC1 commission marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, as parent company Impossible Pictures opens a Republic of Ireland office.
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FeaturesGet ready for wrangling and regulation
As the deadline for initial submissions to inform the next Communications Act passed this week, Broadcast takes a look at who wants what from Jeremy Hunt.
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NewsBarb to measure online viewing
Barb’s long-awaited meter of online viewing will be rolled out to just 100 homes initially, the ratings agency has confirmed.
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NewsS4C loses nearly £7m
Welsh broadcaster S4C recorded a loss of nearly £7m in 2010, according to its annual report and accounts published today.
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NewsOfcom investigates C5's Candy Bar Girls
Ofcom has launched an investigation into the appropriateness of trailers for Channel 5’s forthcoming lesbian reality show Candy Bar Girls.
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NewsChannel 4 cans Campus
Channel 4 comedy series Campus will not return for a second series after the first failed to attract viewers.
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NewsC4's Sri Lanka doc sparks 118 complaints
Ofcom is investigating Channel 4 documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields following more than 100 complaints that it was misrepresentative and misleading.
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NewsC4 News recruits North of England correspondent
Radio 4 and ITV Tonight reporter Morland Sanders is joining Channel 4 News as North of England correspondent, as the programme continues to refresh the on-screen team.
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NewsByford 'received £950,000 BBC payoff'
Mark Byford, the BBC’s former deputy director-general, received a redundancy payment of almost £950,000, it has emerged.
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NewsBBC breached guidelines with pedigree dog claims
The BBC breached its own guidelines on accuracy after it re-edited a controversial programme that had already been criticised by watchdog Ofcom.
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NewsBBC complaints too complicated - Lords
The system for complaining about BBC programmes is “convoluted and overly complicated”, a committee of peers said today.