All Broadcasters articles – Page 993
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NewsUKTV to air Really on Freeview
UKTV is replacing its Freeview plus one channel Dave Ja Vu with paid-for lifestyle channel Really.
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NewsPratchett defends assisted suicide film
Sir Terry Pratchett has defended his documentary about assisted suicide, which showed the death of a millionaire hotelier who was suffering from motor neurone disease.
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NewsGavin Henson to be C5's Bachelor
Channel 5 has confirmed it will adapt US reality show The Bachelor, with rugby star Gavin Henson in the title role.
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NewsBarry Manilow to host An Audience With...
Music legend Barry Manilow has been lined up to host An Audience With… for ITV1.
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NewsBBC Sport 'to bear brunt of cuts'
The BBC could axe parts of its sports coverage and a digital channel, it has been reported.
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NewsBBC begins Television Centre sale
The BBC has fired the starting gun on its exit of Television Centre by inviting interested parties to submit proposals by 1 July.
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NewsBBC2 orders Festival of Britain retrospective
The Proudfoot Company has been commissioned to make its first history documentary for the BBC about the Festival of Britain.
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NewsDesmond hails 'remarkable' C5 turnaround
Richard Desmond’s media empire Northern & Shell has hailed the “remarkable turnaround” of Channel 5 as it prepares to report a return to profit for the terrestrial broadcaster.
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NewsSky grabs Glee from E4
Sky has confirmed it has acquired US high school musical show Glee as well as spin-off reality series The Glee Project.
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NewsBBC to launch new venue at Edinburgh Festival
The BBC has revealed its most ambitious plans yet for coverage of the annual Edinburgh Festival – including the launch of a dedicated new stand and a masterclass from Ricky Gervais.
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NewsBBC News outlines DQF cuts
BBC News staff have been told of widespread cuts to correspondent and editor positions, as it seeks to save 20% from its budget while incorporating journalists from the World Service.
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NewsSky Anywhere renamed Sky Go
Sky’s forthcoming Anywhere service, which will give its 10m subscribers free access to Sky Player and Sky Mobile TV, has been renamed Sky Go and will launch next month.
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NewsOur War to air on BBC1
DOC/FEST: BBC1 is to broadcast Our War, the BBC3 doc about young soldiers in Afghanistan, following its critical and ratings success.
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NewsMulhern to front ITV1 quiz pilot
Britain’s Got More Talent host Stephen Mulhern is to front a new ITV1 gameshow pilot made by the team behind The Chase.
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NewsC4 helps hoarders face their addiction
Channel 4 has ordered a factual series from Twenty Twenty that will attempt to help people who cannot help hoarding bric-a-brac.
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NewsLinsey to police standards
The BBC has promoted controller of entertainment commissioning Mark Linsey to the Vision board and charged him with supervising editorial standards across all its channels.
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NewsITV2 links with Cadbury for US gameshow remake
ITV2 is to reversion NBC gameshow Minute To Win It as part of a major new commercial partnership with confectionery company Cadbury.
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NewsBBC3 orders trio of disability docs for Fresh strand
BBC3 controller Zai Bennett and documentaries commissioning editor Charlotte Moore have ordered three 60-minute films for the Fresh strand that have disability as their central theme.
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NewsC4 wins murder trial access
Channel 4 and Windfall Films are planning to create the most ambitious courtroom documentary series on British TV in more than 15 years.
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NewsSnow/Murthy to front C4 docs
Channel 4 News presenters Jon Snow and Krishnan Guru-Murthy are to front Dispatches and Unreported World docs as part of a strategy to boost current affairs output.