All News articles – Page 1755
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NewsLove develops projects for new stakeholder Sky
Love Productions is understood to have up to two major projects in development with Sky after the pay-TV broadcaster acquired a 70% stake in The Great British Bake Off indie this week.
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NewsE4 takes Bad Robots to series
E4 has strengthened its comedy slate with a hidden-camera series in which people are pranked by machines such as photo booths and electronic road signs.
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NewsBBC3 vision being finalised
BBC daytime boss Damian Kavanagh to present formal plans to the Trust in a ‘few weeks’
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NewsITV challenges indies to shoot for football gap
ITV has challenged indies to create up to four major male-skewing brands as it races to replace more than 100 hours of European and domestic football.
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NewsJane Lush returns to TV with Bruce Forsyth
Strictly Come Dancing commissioner and former Splash Media managing director Jane Lush is back in production with a Bruce Forsyth fronted BBC1 variety show.
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NewsLove tackles local Immigration Street concerns
Love Productions will meet with Channel 4 to discuss the future of Immigration Street after some Southampton residents lobbied the indie to stop filming of the series.
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NewsSky Sports News revamps ahead of Premier League season
Sky Sports News is to jump up the EPG following a relaunch in which it will move to an upgraded studio and increase its focus on a revamped suite of apps and its social media.
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NewsRondo wins S4C sports magazine
Welsh indie Rondo Media is to produce a Grandstand-style Sunday sports magazine show for S4C.
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NewsConroy joins ITV drama
ITV has appointed Sarah Conroy as commissioning editor for drama to cover the maternity leave of Charlie Hampton.
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NewsThe X Factor UK heads to Asia
The UK version of The X Factor is to air overseas for the first time after RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network struck a deal with sister firm Fremantle Media.
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NewsBBC develops Sebastian Faulks screenplay
The BBC is developing Sebastian Faulks’ first self-penned screenplay, On Green Dolphin Street, after Eleventh Hour Films picked up the rights to the book.
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NewsCurtis Brown agent strikes Endemol indie deal
Former Curtis Brown agent Tally Garner has set up an indie and struck a distribution partnership with Endemol.
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NewsBBC Savile costs swell to £7m
The BBC continues to feel the strain of the Jimmy Savile scandal after it revealed that Dame Janet Smith’s inquiry into the disgraced presenter has racked-up another £2m in costs.
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NewsDiane Coyle fails to make Trust shortlist
The acting chair of the BBC Trust, Diane Coyle, has failed to make the shortlist for the full-time position.
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NewsMTV returns to Ex On The Beach
MTV has renewed Whizz Kid’s dating series Ex on The Beach for a second series.
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NewsPlummer-Andrews preps 'smiley' emoticon series
The emoticon is to be transformed into a TV star after former CBBC chief Theresa Plummer-Andrews teamed up with French indie OuiDo Productions.
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NewsWatch summons Objective magician
Psychological illusionist Katherine Mills is to perform mentalism and magic on Watch after the channel ordered an Objective Productions format.
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NewsITVBe launch date revealed
ITV’s female-skewing, free-to-air channel ITVBe is to launch on 8 October.
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NewsCelia Taylor lands Sky promotion
Sky head of factual Celia Taylor has had her role expanded to include responsibility for entertainment commissioning at the broadcaster.
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NewsBectu to meet Danny Cohen over BBC Prods proposal
Bectu is to meet with BBC boss Danny Cohen next week following the broadcaster’s decision to scrap in-house programming quotas.
