All News articles – Page 1599
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NewsBBC Sport app gets personal
BBC Sport will allow fans to follow the progress of their favourite teams more closely as part of personalised functionality being introduced to its app.
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NewsITV ordered to pay millions for cancelled Peter Andre reality show
ITV has been ordered to pay multi-million pound damages to a production company after pulling out of reality series it had commissioned starring Peter Andre and Kerry Katona.
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NewsPublic back BBC’s universal funding model
Nearly 60% of the UK support the BBC’s universal funding model, with more than a third of this group being in favour of a household levy, according to findings from the BBC Trust.
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NewsSteve Regan set for C5 secondment
MTV commissioner Steve Regan is to move to Channel 5 for a six-month secondment to boost the free-to-air broadcaster’s move into entertainment.
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NewsITV acquires UTV Television for £100m
ITV has snapped up the television division of Northern Irish broadcaster UTV Media for £100m.
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NewsStuart Murphy: my future lies outside TV
Stuart Murphy is hunting a role outside of the TV industry when he leaves Sky and has ruled out replacing Danny Cohen at the BBC.
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NewsDoctor Foster becomes highest-rated new drama of 2015
Drama Republic’s Doctor Foster has become the highest-rated new drama of 2015 after its final episode consolidated to over 10m viewers.
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NewsBBC unveils major factual slate
BBC1 has ordered a medical experiment challenging the nation’s dependency on prescription drugs as part of a broad slate of factual programmes from Alison Kirkham’s team.
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NewsIn brief: Creative Skillset; Aurora
ITV Studios has partnered with Directors UK and Creative Skillset to launch a training scheme for drama directors and Aurora has signed a cycling deal with Eurosport.
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NewsThe Finish Line to open post offshoots in US and Australia
Post facility The Finish Line is to open satellite offices in Australia and the US next year.
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NewsITVS looks north east for talent
ITV is to expand the volume of partnerships it forges with regional indies – with a focus on those based in the north east.
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NewsApril Cheng on breaking into the Philippines
As a UKTI-led delegation, including BT, Argosy and international co-production initiative The Bridge, visits the Philippines, trade & investment manager April Cheng reveals the opportunities available for British producers.
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NewsStuart Murphy to leave Sky
Sky director of entertainment channels Stuart Murphy is to stand down after six years, and the broadcaster’s commissioning structure will be rejigged so he will not be replaced.
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NewsBedell, Tyler, Watsham and Taylor on hunt for Next Big Thing
Elaine Bedell, Alan Tyler, Richard Watsham and Celia Taylor will debate the Next Big Thing in Entertainment in a key session of Broadcast’s Commissioning Forum next month.
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NewsITV Studios America options Bull Mountain
ITV Studios America is developing a drama about a small-town sheriff after optioning novel Bull Mountain.
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NewsJon Thoday & Jimmy Mulville ready to fund #£3tosaveBBC3 campaign
Jon Thoday and Jimmy Mulville will team up with members of the public to launch a judicial review, should the BBC Trust sign off plans to take BBC3 online.
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NewsHat Trick lands killer dentist drama from ITV
James Nesbitt will play a real-life dentist-turned-killer in ITV’s latest drama produced by Hat Trick Productions.
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NewsIn brief: David Walliams; Murder in Succesville; RTÉjr; Ofcom
David Walliams has secured a King Bert commission for Channel 4 while BBC3’s Murder In Successville is to return for a second run on BBC3.
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NewsCecilia Beacon to leave Fox UK
Cecilia Beacon, director of broadcasting and marketing at Fox UK, is leaving the pay-TV broadcaster after 12 years.
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NewsBBC factual commissioning team: family tree
Click to view the BBC’s new-look factual commissioning team structure.