All PSBs articles – Page 55
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CommentC5 faces a delicate balancing act
Viacom investment offers huge opportunity if right tone is struck
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NewsViacom makes its mark on Channel 5
Viacom’s plans for Channel 5 have taken a leap forward with the US giant lining up a wide-ranging channel rebrand and calling for the terms of trade to be overhauled to apply only to small- and medium-sized indies.
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NewsProducers back campaign to halt kids TV 'crisis'
Kids’ television producers have thrown their weight behind a campaign to halt the “crisis” in original children’s content over the past 12 years.
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NewsTrust to meet Thoday & Mulville over BBC3
Avalon and Hat Trick bosses Jon Thoday and Jimmy Mulville are preparing to canvas support from the indie community for their proposal to keep BBC3 as a linear channel ahead of a meeting with the BBC Trust.
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NewsC4 reveals terms of trade vision: size matters
Channel 4 has called for the size of an indie to help determine its qualifying status and warned that its investment in original content could fall if the terms of trade are not updated.
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 2 - 8 Mar 2015
Sky 1’s Moone Boy returned for a third series on Monday at 9pm with 186,000/1%
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NewsPact campaigns to end ‘crisis in children's TV’
Pact has called for regulatory changes to reverse a “crisis in children’s TV” commissioning after laying bare dramatic declines in spend on kids’ content.
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NewsPact plea on terms of trade
Pact council chair Sara Geater has hit back at BBC and Channel 4 proposals to review terms of trade and warned that changes to IP ownership could “cripple” the indie sector.
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CommentLicence fee needs to be part of PSB mix
Why is there so little discussion of the benefits the licence fee bestows upon commercial rivals?
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NewsOfcom diversity record 'shabby'
Former RTS boss Simon Albury has branded Ofcom’s diversity record “shabby” in evidence to the media regulator’s PSB review.
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NewsBBC questions 25% indie quota
The BBC has raised concerns about its ability to continue commissioning 25% of its content from qualifying indies amid seismic market consolidation.
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 23 Feb - 1 Mar 2015
After last week’s surge, Sky Atlantic’s fifth episode of Fortitude slipped back to 336,000/2%
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NewsCoba: non PSBs outspend BBC on new indie originations
The non-PSBs spent £30m more on new, original commissions from indies than the BBC, ITV and Channel 5 combined in 2013, according to the Commercial Broadcasters Association (Coba).
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 16 - 22 Feb 2015
The fourth episode of Sky Atlantic’s Fortitude ticked up to 503,000/2% on Thursday at 9pm
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NewsFuture of BBC report: industry reaction
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee (CMSC) has published the long-awaited findings of its inquiry into the future of the BBC. Broadcast provides a round-up of the industry reaction.
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NewsMPs want BBC Trust axed and query future of the licence fee
The licence fee is “becoming harder to sustain” and the BBC Trust should be abolished, according to a significant report on the corporation’s future.
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 9 - 15 Feb 2015
The fifth season of Fox’s The Walking Dead returned, with the ninth episode on Monday at 9pm achieving a live rating of 630,000/3%
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows 2 Feb - 8 Feb 2015
The second episode of Sky Atlantic’s icy epic Fortitude achieved 561,000/2% on Thursday at 9pm, 161,000 short of last week’s debut.
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows 26 Jan - 1 Feb 2015
On Thursday Fortitude became Sky Atlantic’s highest-rated original commission
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FeaturesChannel of the Year: BBC One
In a multichannel, on-demand age, BBC One is still the channel the nation turns to for big events.