All Broadcasters articles – Page 999
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NewsITV and C4 join BBC’s emissions campaign
ITV and Channel 4 have signed up to use the BBC’s carbon calculator in a bid to help drive down emissions across the industry.
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NewsCome Dine With Me exec joins C4 daytime team
Channel 4 has poached long-serving Come Dine With Me executive producer David Sayer from ITV Studios, as the broadcaster looks to bolster its daytime team.
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NewsC4 shines light on key workers with Blast! Nurses doc
Channel 4 is continuing its focus on public-sector workers with the commission of Nurses, a five-part documentary by Blast! Films.
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NewsC4 losing lead on diversity
Cracks in Channel 4’s approach to diversity have emerged in the broadcaster’s annual report, which showed its lead on competitors is “narrowing” for key criteria in its remit.
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NewsMosley invades own privacy for C4 First Cut doc
Privacy campaigner Max Mosley has agreed to be profiled for a 30-minute documentary for Channel 4 in its recurring new talent strand First Cut.
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NewsAntiques Road Trip moves to peak with added celebs
A celebrity version of BBC2’s daytime hit Antiques Road Trip is to be pushed into primetime for a special series later this year.
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NewsBattle begins for US hits
Competition will be fierce at this year’s LA Screenings as broadcasters battle to acquire the best from a bumper crop of new US comedy and drama.
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NewsITV returns to scene of crime drama trio
ITV1 crime dramas The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher, Case Sensitive and Vera are all being lined up for a second outing, Broadcast understands.
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NewsITV lines up new Poirot
Rumours of the death of Poirot, ITV’s long-running adaptation of the Agatha Christie detective, have been greatly exaggerated: ITV is actively developing a new film starring David Suchet as the moustachioed Belgian detective.
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The Broadcast InterviewRob Woodward, STV
STV’s chief executive opens up to Jake Kanter about Taggart, local TV, diversification, cracking the US - and that legal battle.
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NewsBBC eyes The Voice for Saturday night
BBC1 is considering new singing format The Voice for a prime Saturday night slot following its success in the US.
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NewsAttenborough criticises top BBC salaries
TV science doyens Sir David Attenborough and Professor Brian Cox have made their debut together - in front of the Lords communications select committee.
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NewsLord Patten to reveal BBC vision
New BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten has been selected to deliver the RTS Fleming Memorial Lecture, his first public speech in the role.
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NewsLord Puttnam to address Children's Media Conference
Lord Puttnam will deliver the keynote speech at this year’s Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield.
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NewsAlan Carr gets C4 Friday night slot
Alan Carr: Chatty Man will return to Channel 4 for a sixth series in a new Friday night slot.
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NewsHunt: BBC not always right
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the BBC does not always get it right on issues of political impartiality - before saying the corporation would be a “deity” if they achieved it on every occasion.
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NewsBBC1 bets on Kay Mellor lottery winners drama
Kay Mellor, the writer behind Band of Gold and Fat Friends, has penned a new drama series for BBC1 about a group of supermarket workers who win the lottery.
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NewsSky and Discovery launch digital product placement
Sky and Discovery have both signed product placement deals that will see brands Pedigree and Karcher digitally inserted into shows during the post-production process.
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NewsSky poised to acquire Glee
Sky is set to snatch the rights to US high school musical Glee from Channel 4.
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NewsGovernment calls for opinions in Comms law review
The government is calling on broadcasters and producers to demonstrate how to future proof the industry, as it opens the first stage of consultation for the new Communications Bill.