All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 107
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RatingsSplash! finale soars
Splash! bowed out with its second biggest audience of the series - helping it become ITV’s best entertainment series launch since 2008.
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NewsESPN in talks to sell UK sports rights
ESPN is in talks to sell off its sports rights as part of a deal that could see the US broadcaster exit the UK.
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NewsBBC2 lines up David Starkey series
Historian David Starkey is to present a major BBC2 series on the monarchy and music – his first for the corporation since his controversial race remarks on Newsnight in 2011.
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NewsBBC plans Olympics-style Glastonbury streams
The BBC plans to give Glastonbury the Olympics treatment after signing a new four-year deal to cover the music festival.
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NewsSky's Now TV to offer sports on pay-as-you go basis
BSkyB has unveiled plans to offer pay-as-you go access to its sports channels for the first time.
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NewsCanis builds foundations for local TV to air in 2013
Local television services are likely to be on air before the end of the year after Ofcom put in place the biggest piece of the jigsaw of former culture secretary Jeremy Hunt’s broadcasting vision.
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NewsBig Talk faces big decisions
Rev producer weighing up options for next stage of growth as rumours of a sale intensify
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NewsBBC inks kids' tie-up with FME
The BBC has signed a five-year deal with Fremantle Media Enterprises (FME) to co-develop and produce children’s programming.
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NewsNick Grimshaw makes steady start as Radio 1 Breakfast host
Rajar: Nick Grimshaw’s came through his first test in the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast hot seat relatively unscathed - managing to keep hold of the majority of Chris Moyles’ 6.7m listeners.
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NewsBBC Scotland action potentially 'catastrophic'
Industrial action by journalists at BBC Scotland could have a “catastrophic” impact on the broadcaster’s output, according to the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).
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NewsAdrian Van Klaveren confirmed as BBC's WW1 boss
Adrian Van Klaveren, the former Radio 5 Live controller who lost his job in the wake of Jimmy Savile scandal, has been confirmed as the boss of the BBC’s World War I centenary coverage.
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NewsGreenbird takes stake in Crackit Productions
Jamie Munro and Stuart Mullin’s production network Greenbird has taken a minority stake in You Deserve This House indie Crackit Productions.
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NewsS4C's future safe until 2017 after BBC deal
The independence of Welsh language broadcaster S4C has been safeguarded under a new agreement with the BBC.
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NewsBBC1 faces two-year wait for Mrs Brown’s Boys series
Mrs Brown’s Boys is unlikely to return to BBC1 for a full series until late 2014 as star Brendan O’Carroll juggles his bulging list of commitments.
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RatingsMove to BBC1 doubles Miranda audience
Miranda bowed out with 7m viewers - helping the BBC1 comedy topple ITV’s detective series Lewis for the fourth consecutive week.
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News19 Entertainment owner hires Simon Shaps to set up UK indie
Simon Shaps has landed his biggest role since leaving ITV - establishing a UK indie for Core Media Group, the owner of American Idol-producer 19 Entertainment.
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NewsCanis Media wins local TV multiplex licence
Canis Media’s Comux UK has fought off the BBC to win the local TV multiplex licence.
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RatingsTop Gear returns to form
Top Gear returned with its best series launch audience in two years - as Andy Murray’s Australian Open final defeat peaked with 5.32m.
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RatingsSplash! dips as BBC1 suffers again
The penultimate instalment of ITV’s celebrity diving show Splash! dipped again - as BBC1’s woeful Saturday night performance continued.
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NewsC4 plans ginger hair doc
BBC3 courted controversy in 2007 with its attention grabbing documentary F**k Off, I’m Ginger and now Channel 4 is planning its own film on men with red hair.