All PSBs articles – Page 46
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NewsC4 chairman calls for more ambition
Channel 4 chairman Charles Gurassa has called on the broadcaster’s executive team to shrug off uncertainty surrounding potential privatisation and come up with a strategy that can help it move on creatively and commercially.
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NewsFears Whittingdale has ignored support for BBC
Peter Kosminsky’s defence of the BBC may have had the Bafta Television Awards audience on its feet, but there are concerns that culture secretary John Whittingdale has not listened to industry support for the corporation in drawing up plans for its future.
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NewsC5 owner opposes C4 privatisation
Channel 5 owner Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has opposed plans to privatise Channel 4 – the first time that the company has made its position public.
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 25 Apr - 1 May 2016
Simulcasting with the US, Sky Atlantic’s Game Of Thrones returned for a sixth season with 61,000 watching it live and another 1.4 million watching it at some point during the day.
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 18 - 24 Apr 2016
Gold’s Victoria Wood weekend peaked at 7.40pm on Saturday with Victoria Wood’s Mid-Life Christmas
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 11 - 17 Apr 2016
At 10pm, Sky Atlantic launched Camping with 71,000/0.4%
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 4 - 10 Apr 2016
The sixth series finale of Fox’s The Walking Dead was again the biggest show of the week
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FeaturesDigital Video: adjusting to a digital future
As video-on-demand and catch-up become destinations in their own right, five leading digital experts debate how this development will affect broadcasters. Ann-Marie Corvin reports
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 28 Mar - 3 Apr 2016
The sixth episode of Sky Atlantic’s Vinyl mustered 14,000/0.06%, its lowest yet, on Monday at 9pm
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CommentIndies need to talk Whittingdale's language in C4 debate
Whittingdale is interested in hard economic facts, not vested interests protecting their position, says David Graham
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 21 - 27 Mar 2016
Sky 1’s new series, Ross Kemp’s Britain, began with 329,000/2% on Tuesday at 9pm
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 14 - 20 Mar 2016
Once again, Sky 1 got to present its Best Superhero Of The Week Trophy to The Flash
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes: 14 - 20 Mar 2016
BBC4 launched Danish thriller Follow The Money with 540,000 - down on the previous incumbent, Iceland’s Trapped.
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NewsBenefits of privatising C4 ‘inherently uncertain’
The government has been warned that the benefits of privatising Channel 4 are “inherently uncertain” and could risk the public value generated by the broadcaster.
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 7 - 13 Mar 2016
The second episode of Sky 1’s DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow achieved 394,000/2%, 188,000 short of last week’s launch.
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CommentStability returns to market
After much consolidation the previous year, 2015 was a relatively quiet period for ‘true indies’. But while the economics are improving, long-term sustainability remains a problem for many
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FeaturesDrama indies take centre stage
Insatiable overseas appetite for English-language drama and the consequent flow of international money into UK production were the big themes of 2015.
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NewsIndies rally behind Channel 4
The UK production sector has rallied to Channel 4’s defence, warning that privatisation would lead to a homogenised market and destabilise the UK’s “delicate eco-system” of public service broadcasting.
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NewsUnions release ‘alternative’ white paper
The Federation of Entertainment Unions (FEU) has produced an ‘alternative’ white paper arguing against BBC Studios and the decision to burden the BBC with the cost of licence fees for over-75s.
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 29 Feb - 6 Mar 2016
Sky 1’s DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow launched on Thursday at 8pm with 572,000/3%, the best of its 8pm superhero strand.