All Broadcasters articles – Page 997
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News"Second class" travel for BBC boss
A BBC executive whose taxi bills are among the biggest at the corporation has revealed she has been using second class rail travel as she visits staff to discuss efficiencies.
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NewsFX UK snaps up rights to Spielberg’s alien invasion
FX UK is to air Steven Spielberg’s new alien drama Falling Skies three weeks after its US broadcast, after snapping up the UK rights from Turner Broadcasting System International.
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NewsTrue North puts focus on features after UKTV deal
Indie True North is ramping up its features output following its first deal with UKTV home and gardening channel Home.
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NewsFlaws appear in DQF drama plan
The BBC proposal to repeat highend drama in daytime or overnight would barely save any money, Broadcast has discovered.
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NewsITV writes off Carbon and Crackit indie investment
ITV is to close down Carbon Media and write off its stake in Crackit Productions.
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NewsBig Brother returns on C5
Endemol plans to draft in a big-name executive producer from outside the company to lead the resurrection of Big Brother on Channel 5.
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NewsSky to air previously unseen 3D Nazi footage
Sky is to broadcast unaired footage and photographs of Nazi soldiers in 3D following the discovery of World War II recordings.
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The Broadcast InterviewGerhard Zeiler, RTL
The RTL chief executive talks to Andy Fry about his plans to expand the ‘family of channels’, and how the group bounced back from the economic downturn to produce record revenues in 2010.
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NewsITV bets on Cowell gameshow
Simon Cowell and ITV are creating an epic gameshow in which thousands of contestants compete to win a million pounds - on the spin of a roulette wheel.
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NewsSugar confirms new Apprentice series
Lord Sugar has revealed the next series of his hit show The Apprentice will begin next month.
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NewsCast unveiled for Titanic TV series
Linus Roache and Geraldine Somerville are to head the cast of Julian Fellowes’s epic dramatisation of the Titanic story.
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NewsITV royal wedding to be 'ad free'
Ofcom rules will prevent ITV from running commercial breaks during the royal wedding, it has emerged.
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NewsMTV orders prank show
MTV has commissioned a hidden camera prank show from indie Splash Media which will be broadcast across its international regions.
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NewsE4 lines up teen model series
MIPTV: A new series exploring the lives of young models is being made for entertainment channel E4.
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NewsC4 orders 27 Inch Man doc
Channel 4 has commissioned a special for its Bodyshock strand following the journey of a tiny man and his attempt to enter the record books.
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NewsC5 acquires green Olympics doc
MIPTV: Channel 5 has picked up a new doc about the efforts to make the 2012 Olympic Games the greenest to date.
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NewsC4 orders Battlefront 3 after Emmy win
MIPTV: Channel 4 has recommissioned Raw Television’s website and TV project Battlefront for a third series as last year’s project scooped an Emmy award.
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NewsITV cleared over Brazier missing chromosome slur
Dancing On Ice has escaped censure over comments made by judge Jason Gardiner on the show.
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NewsHartswood, Mentorn, True Vision scoop Peabody Awards
UK indies Hartswood, Mentorn and True Vision, and the BBC’s in house team, are among a host of producers to pick up a Peabody Award last week.
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NewsATVOD opens signing / subtitling consultation
Video-on-demand regulator ATVOD has launched a consultation into signing and subtitling online shows as it looks to improve access.