All PSBs articles – Page 62
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NewsBBC Store gets greenlight from Trust
The BBC’s plans to launch a download-to-own portal for archive programming have taken a step forward after being approved by the BBC Trust.
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NewsOfcom set for third major PSB review
Ofcom is to undertake a new PSB review, a significant study that will help define the future of public service broadcasting in the UK.
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CommentExpansion is a gamble for ITV
New channels will have to find their feet quickly, says Stephen Arnell
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NewsBBC policy chief John Tate departs
John Tate, the BBC’s former director of policy and strategy, has left the corporation for a job in the United Arab Emirates.
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NewsAbolition of retransmission fees on hold
The legal row between the commercial terrestrial broadcasters and online streaming service TVCatchup has stopped the government from intervening in the retransmission fees row.
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FeaturesLisa Campbell: 10 Years in TV
As she hands over the editorship of Broadcast, Lisa Campbell looks back at a decade in TV
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NewsC4 signs up 10m registered users
Channel 4 has signed up 10m people to its online viewer database, including half of the UK’s 16-24 year olds, as it prepares to use the data to inform its commissioning process.
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RatingsDramatic improvement at ITV
The success of Broadchurch and the continuing appeal of Coronation Street, Downton Abbey and I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! helped ITV become the only terrestrial network to grow share across its schedule in 2013.
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NewsC4 unveils £20m indie fund
Channel 4 will give the UK production sector a £20m “adrenaline shot” by investing in a raft of indies over the next three years.
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CommentTraditional TV proves its worth
Success of sitcom revivals shows it’s still all about tent-pole shows, says Lisa Campbell
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RatingsLiverpool victory nets 1.5m
Liverpool’s defeat of Tottenham delivered 1.5 million to Sky Sports 1 on Sunday.
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NewsTVCatchUp ordered to remove PSB digital channels
The High Court has ordered TVCatchUp to remove ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5’s digital channels from its online streaming service and pay £200,000 towards legal costs.
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NewsSky's Murphy slams BBC arts show as ‘derivative’
Sky’s director of entertainment channels Stuart Murphy has slammed a key plank of Tony Hall’s vision to reinvigorate arts on the BBC as “derivative”.
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CommentWho wants to be cool anyway?
Now that TV is no longer hip, my weekends won’t be the same, says Steven D Wright
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NewsPact: GroupM Entertainment threatens PSB system
Pact chief executive John McVay has warned that the growing control of GroupM Entertainment over programming could threaten the ability of broadcasters to meet their PSB obligations.
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RatingsBBC4 living la dolce vita
BBC4’s championing of the subtitled drama has been famously led by the dourly compelling ‘Scandi Noir’.
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NewsLessons from Cambridge
Content creators were at the heart of the RTS Cambridge Convention, and despite all the talk of the power of the platforms, producers and talent must have left feeling reassured.
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NewsDesmond calls for ‘level playing field’ with digital platforms
Channel 5 owner Richard Desmond has weighed into the retransmission fees debate and called on the government to ensure public sector broadcasters are protected from pressure from UK platforms such as Sky and US giants such as Amazon.
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RatingsYou’ll never watch alone
The phrase ‘curate’s egg’ barely describes the cornucopia of this week’s review.