All Broadcasters articles – Page 985
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NewsFox promotes Thorp to European role
Jason Thorp, UK managing director of Fox International Channels, has been promoted to executive vice president of content for Europe and Africa following a restructure.
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NewsFX to keep Walking Dead window closed
The return of zombie drama The Walking Dead will air in the UK less than a week after its premiere in the US in a bid to tackle piracy.
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NewsYesterday swings into Sixties season
History channel Yesterday has acquired a raft of acquisitions covering Bobby Moore, Carnaby Street and The Beatles to form a season dedicated to the 1960s.
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NewsITV to report stable start to year
ITV is set to report steady trading for the first half of the year and will be handed an advertising boost by Red or Black? in the autumn.
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NewsITV1 crime dramas to return
ITV has ordered second series of Scott & Bailey and Monroe as part of a slew of drama recommissions.
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NewsC4 to air Amy Winehouse tributes
Channel 4 will this week pay tribute to troubled singer Amy Winehouse who died on Saturday.
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NewsBBC: full service cuts unlikely
The BBC believes it can make its 20% cuts for Delivery Quality First without closing full services, and has ruled out cutting local radio or merging it with Radio 5 Live.
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NewsDiscovery to revisit Oslo tragedy
The massacre in Oslo in which at least 93 people were killed will be the subject of a fast turnaround documentary for Discovery.
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NewsNUJ urges review of "dodgy" licence fee deal
Reports that the Conservatives changed its licence fee policy after a request from James Murdoch have prompted the NUJ to demand last year’s settlement be scrapped.
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NewsBBC1 conjures up new Merlin
Merlin, BBC1’s Saturday night fantasy drama, has been commissioned for a fifth series – before the fourth has even aired.
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NewsChoccywoccydoodah to return
Cake shop series Choccywoccydoodah has been recommissioned for a second and third run by UKTV channel Good Food.
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NewsBBC3 calls time on Two Pints
Long-running sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps has been cancelled by BBC3 controller Zai Bennett.
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NewsSky reveals fresh comedies
A playground comedy, a talent show-cum-gameshow and a hidden camera series from Ant & Dec’s Gallowgate Productions are among Sky 1’s line up for autumn.
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NewsBBC boss defends investigative journalism
Mark Thompson has defended certain practices used by investigative journalists, and warned any conclusions from the Leveson inquiry should not make their ability to uncover stories “blunted or unnecessarily constrained”.
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NewsC4 to pilot Come Date With Me
Channel 4 will pilot a Come Dine With Me spin-off with the contestants competing to win the culinary competition and find love.
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NewsMiliband: changes to media plurality rules should exclude BBC
The BBC should not be affected by any changes to media plurality laws, Labour leader Ed Miliband has said.
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NewsBrian Dowling to host C5’s Big Brother
Big Brother winner Brian Dowling is returning to host the show when it is revived by Channel 5 next month.
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NewsClegg calls on Ofcom to scrutinise News Corp
Nick Clegg had called on regulator Ofcom to “very seriously” consider if News Corp remains a “fit and proper” shareholder in Sky, according to reports.
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NewsSTV to air Downton Abbey
STV is to broadcast the first and second series of Downton Abbey this autumn after opting out of the drama when it aired on ITV1 last year.