More News – Page 1308
-
NewsC4 orders Japan quake docs
Channel 4 has ordered a number of “quick turnaround” programmes following the devastation that hit Japan last week.
-
NewsLocal TV bidder promises 2,000 jobs
Local TV network Channel 6 has claimed it will create 2,000 jobs if it wins its bid to deliver the planned local opt-out TV station.
-
NewsCrufts coverage questioned again
TV’s coverage of Crufts has come under scrutiny again after the RSPCA wrote a critical letter to the Kennel Club that is also understood to have been sent to Channel 4.
-
NewsBBC staff slam local radio proposals
BBC staff have peppered the Ariel letters page with criticism of proposals to cut BBC local radio output, describing them as “a travesty” and stressing the service’s “incalculable value”.
-
NewsITV asks celebrities to Sing if You Can
Celebrities will battle it out by singing in an extreme circumstances for a new ITV1 entertainment show.
-
NewsBBC 'paying out unearned allowances'
The BBC is wasting millions of pounds a year paying allowances to staff who do not qualify for them, it has been reported.
-
NewsWorld Service journalist blames bosses for cuts
The BBC has come under fire for its lack of dedication to public service, with a senior journalist claiming this hampered the corporation when negotiating its new licence fee settlement.
-
NewsSky to launch VoD Champions League service
Sky is launching a dedicated VoD website ahead of the quarterfinal stages of the Champions League that allows visitors to pause and replay the action in slow-motion.
-
NewsOfcom to review TV ad deals
Ofcom is to launch review of how TV advertising deals are agreed – a move that could change the way the UK’s commercial broadcasters make money.
-
NewsLittleford to leave UKTV
UKTV channel controller Matthew Littleford is leaving the broadcaster after four years.
-
NewsC4 leaps to defence of Ten O’Clock Live as ratings plummet
Ten O’Clock Live commissioner Darren Smith has defended the Channel 4 show’s live ratings and hailed its young-skewing audience.
-
NewsBBC eyes redundancy savings
The BBC’s “gold-plated” redundancy package could be scrapped as part of plans being put forward to meet its £1.3bn funding cut.
-
NewsBBC1 ring-fenced as cost-saving themes emerge
Pat Younge has revealed that BBC1 could well be ring-fenced as he outlined the main themes to have emerged from talks over how the corporation can save £1.3bn over four years from 2013.
-
NewsLords committee seeks views on BBC compliance
Programme-makers are to be called to give evidence about the BBC’s compliance culture to a House of Lords select committee, as part of a wide-ranging review of the BBC Trust.
-
NewsDiscovery on hunt for head of format factory
Discovery Networks International is understood to be recruiting for a heavyweight exec to head up a London-based initiative to come up with international formats.
-
NewsTurner sticks neck out with Gumball re-order
Turner Broadcasting has ordered a second series of live-action animation hybrid The Amazing World Of Gumball before the first series has aired.
-
NewsRevolution develops Peace’s GB84 for C4
Channel 4 is planning to follow its adaptation of David Peace’s Red Riding with a new series based on GB84, the novelist’s fictional take on the miners’ strike of the 1980s.
-
NewsBetty to hijack holiday makers for Channel 4
Betty is to send groups of people who are expecting a free luxury holiday on an authentic working experience instead, in a series for Channel 4.
-
NewsYesterday orders two more docs for 1940s strand
Yesterday has ordered two 60-minute documentaries about World War II as it extends its Spirit of the 1940s strand.
-
NewsTV freelancers: last chance to have your say
LAST CHANCE: Broadcast is calling on all freelancers to help shape the future of training in the TV industry.