The Comic Relief’s telethon broadcast on BBC One last night raised a record £57 million. The previous amount raised was £40.5 million back in 2007 – that being the biggest at the time in the history of the ‘Red Nose Day’ event which launched live from a refugee camp in Sudan on Christmas Day 1985. Famous faces from David Tennant, […]
Read moreA new sponsor for ITV’s soap Emmerdale is being sought as the contract with the soap’s current sponsor, Reckitt Benckiser, runs out. ITV has begun searching for a new sponsor for its Yorkshire soap Emmerdale as the contract with its current sponsor, Reckitt Benckiser, runs out shortly and will not be renewed. The company has sponsored Emmerdale for four years. […]
Read moreJust days after Aussie soap Home and Away come under attack for a lesbian storyline rival soap Neighbours has come under fire for a teenage pregnancy plot. Conservative Christians in Australia are once again up in arms just days after attacking Home and Away for a forthcoming lesbian romance plot. Now the target of the Christians venom is rival soap […]
Read moreITV Executive Chairman, Michael Grade has spoken out about Culture Secretary Andy Burnham‘s decision to continue to keep product placement banned on British Television. “Our audiences are savvier than the Government thinks. It is simply not in our interest to “contaminate” programmes with product placement which would irritate them and prompt them to switch over. We believe that considered product […]
Read moreIn a move which the Government press release states is a was of “preserving standards” in British broadcasting, Culture Secretary Andy Burnham confirmed that the ban on product placement within UK programming would remain. Updated with ITV’s response to the ruling. In a move which the Government press release states is a was of “preserving standards” in British broadcasting, Culture […]
Read moreReports suggest that ITV may switch the remaining eight regional news services outside of London into the same studio complexes as the BBC. In yet another cost-cutting move by the ailing, one time popular broadcaster, ITV hope to save around eight-million pounds a year by ‘moving-in’ with the BBC. The Guardian reports that today, after many months of negotiations, ITV […]
Read moreSome of the remaining none-ITVplc stations are planning on ditching the network ‘dross’ for more locally-made programming. ITV’s once entirely independent network still has four regional broadcast areas: Channel Television, UTV, STV North and STV South. As we reported recently in our ITV TV Weekly special STV – who operate two local ITV franchises – has been planning on dropping […]
Read moreHollyoaks viewers will be gripped as explosive scenes airing in the spring bring metamorphic change for the Village and its residents. Contains the full Lime PIctures Press Release. Hollyoaks viewers will be gripped as explosive scenes airing in the spring bring metamorphic change for the Village and its residents. Warren Fox, resident villain and self-confessed murderer, has everything under control […]
Read moreBBC One’s evening magazine show, The One Show, will trial 60 minute episodes which could radically shake up the show’s format and BBC One’s evening schedules. Towards the end of April the BBC will trial out one hour versions of The One Show on Wednesday evenings. The magazine show currently runs for 30 minutes on weekday evenings at 7pm but […]
Read moreA forthcoming plot in Australian soap Home and Away has sparked complaints from Christian groups because it’s about a same-sex couple. Conservative/Christian groups in Australia have criticised a forthcoming plot in soap Home and Away because it features a lesbian couple. Later this month, in Australia, the plot will unfold in Home and Away as Charlie Buckton [Esther Anderson] begins […]
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