Latest Channel 5 News – Page 61
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NewsPSB programme spend falls to 13-year low
BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5’s total spend on content in 2011 contracted at its fastest rate and to its lowest point in 13 years, according to Ofcom figures.
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NewsDarlow lands Ice Airport for C5
Channel 5 has ordered a doc series from Darlow Smithson Productions that will focus on a remote airport near the North Pole.
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NewsBig Brother sparks nearly 1,000 complaints over bullying
Big Brother has drawn nearly 1,000 complaints over an episode that saw one of the contestants swearing and abusing a female housemate.
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NewsC5 signs Truckers for life
Channel 5 and A+E Networks have acquired the ongoing rights to adventure doc Ice Road Truckers and its Deadliest Roads spin-off.
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NewsUK's Ugliest Dog takes on world in C5 doc
Britain’s Ugliest Dog is the focus of a Channel 5 doc that follows the canine champion to an international competition in the US.
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NewsMedieval machine gun to be rebuilt for C5 series
A new Channel 5 series will see engineers attempt to rebuild historical inventions including a medieval machine gun and a gothic megacrane.
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NewsC5 tests truth of disaster films
Channel 5 has ordered a series that will test if disaster movies are realistic, and another that will again reunite Big Brother contestants Paddy Doherty and Sally Bercow.
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NewsC5 acquires Zodiak’s Tickety Toc
Channel 5 has picked up the rights to a new CGI pre-school series from Zodiak Kids.
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NewsC5's Big Brother secures product placements
Channel 5 has secured a brace of product placement deals for reality show Big Brother including an agreement with supermarket Morrisons.
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NewsBroadcasters draw up social media guidelines
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have agreed a set of best-practice guidelines to help build confidence among audiences using social media to interact with TV shows.
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NewsC5 orders Raw Cut police chase doc
Channel 5 has ordered a two-part blue light special from Raw Cut featuring footage of high-speed police chases.
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NewsBig Brother helps C5 into profit
Northern & Shell has announced its first full-year accounts since taking control of Channel 5, reporting an increase in group revenues of almost 40%.
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NewsMade In Chelsea's Spencer to front C5's The Bachelor
Channel 5 has recommissoned reality dating show The Bachelor, which will see Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews pick a girlfriend from a line-up of 24 single ladies.
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NewsC5 drops The Restaurant Inspector until June
Channel 5 has pulled The Restaurant Inspector from its Thursday night home and will not reschedule the factual series until the middle of next month.
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NewsCrimewatch’s Wilding to front C5’s Police Enforcers
Channel 5 has ordered a blue light documentary series from ITV Studios, which will be fronted by former police detective and BBC Crimewatch presenter Rav Wilding.
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NewsOfcom: auctioning ITV and C5 licences should be considered
Auctioning off the ITV and Channel 5’s public service broadcasting licences could offer “benefits to UK consumers”, according to an Ofcom report.
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NewsC5 acquires JJ Abrams thriller Person of Interest
Channel 5 has secured the exclusive UK rights to JJ Abrams crime thriller Person of Interest.
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NewsRDF wins raft of orders led by Peter Andre for ITV2
RDF Television has signed up Peter Andre to front a formatted ITV2 show and its Bristol arm has won 130 hours of business, including a 10 x 60-minute series for Dave.
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World’s Scariest returning to C5
Channel 5 has commissioned a second series of the World’s Scariest strand from Mentorn Media.
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NewsC5's Extraordinary People to profile 90% burns victim
Channel 5’s Extraordinary People is to mark its tenth anniversary with a hat trick of new films.