All PSBs articles – Page 44
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CommentPSBs must open up their platforms
If TV is to thrive in the digital era, broadcasters need to take bold steps, says Nick Walters
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FeaturesRedefining children’s TV
Do the likes of Child Genius, Gogglesprogs and the Educating… strand fulfil C4’s PSB remit or do they represent a ‘get out of jail free’ card for the broadcaster?
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NewsCITV shake-up in spotlight
The loss of a dedicated children’s commissioner in last year’s restructure is a concern for producers in the genre, but ITV insists it’s business as usual.
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FeaturesBoost for kids’ production
A government plan to give children’s programming a share of a contestable funding pot has met with cautious optimism, but questions remain over how it will work.
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The Broadcast InterviewSarah Muller, C5
Channel 5’s new head of children’s Sarah Muller speaks to Ann-Marie Corvin about improving its digital offering, working with Viacom - and finding the next Peppa Pig
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The Broadcast Interview25 years of Later… With Jools Holland
The team reflect on its inauspicious start and the reasons for its longevity
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NewsPositive return for Salvage Hunters
There must be quite a lot of salvage still around as Quest’s Salvage Hunters returned on Wednesday with pleasing results. Elsewhere, Gold’s comedians-watching-comedy show – a sort of Gigglebox – failed to strike a resounding chord.
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RatingsDelicious delights Sky 1
This week, Sky 1 sent its resident ex-cricketer off to fricassee some Australian meats, but this wasn’t the most delicious fare on the channel’s menu.
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RatingsSky 1 drama tastes success
The second episode of Sky 1’s drama series Delicious achieved 562,000/3%, fractionally ahead of episode one on 30 December (552,000/3%) after 29 December’s sneak 3am preview (150,000/12%).
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RatingsLegends of Tomorrow rescues Sky
With hands on hips, cloaked, lycra-swathed and leather-clad superheroes got together this week to save the ratings of tomorrow’s legends on Thursday and it worked.
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RatingsLast-ditch win seals it for Sky
Football produced some of the best drama as Bournemouth fans knocked over their cocoa, leaping out of their bathchairs at an unlikely win.
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NewsOfcom sets out BBC regulatory position
Ofcom has warned the BBC not to expect “special treatment” when it takes over regulation of the broadcaster in April 2017.
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NewsAnimation industry lobbies Downing St
UK Animation chief Oli Hyatt has made an impassioned plea for the government to step up its support of the sector at 10 Downing Street.
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NewsDamazer: BBC chair must not interfere with editorial
BBC Trustee Mark Damazer has warned the government not to appoint a chair of the BBC’s new unitary board who may be ‘tempted’ to intervene in editorial decisions.
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RatingsSky's robots outgun pope
It can’t be long before some writer coming down with a fever in their freezing garret dreams up the idea of having Lenny The Pope wander into the artificial Wild West. After a few weeks on Sky Atlantic, it’s clear who’d win that particular gunfight at the corral.
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NewsBBC looks to license technology behind myBBC
The BBC is looking to recover some of the £75m it has spent developing its personalisation platform myBBC, by selling it to other broadcasters.
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NewsKids' indies respond to ITV move
The British children’s television sector suffered another blow this week after ITV retreated further away from original kids’ commissioning.
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NewsBBC3 capacity up for grabs
The BBC could be in for a multi-million pound windfall after putting the spectrum capacity previously used to broadcast BBC3 up for sale.
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RatingsWestworld loses to Gold Rush
This week, Sky Atlantic’s more theatrical version of the Wild West wrestled the ‘real men’ of the gold rush to a standstill before the sheriff in the white hat (also known as the PVR) rode into town to restore order.