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The Apprentice
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BBC Studios poaches Boundless MD for factual
BBC Studios has hired Boundless managing director Hannah Wyatt as the new genre director for…
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ITVS Oz appoints Fremantle’s Hart as content head
ITV Studios Australia (ITVSA) has appointed FremantleMedia Australia (FMA)’s Beth Hart as head of content….
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INTV: Zucker – CNN thriving amid Trump media assault
CNN boss Jeff Zucker claims the media is under assault and politicians are failing to…
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Trump opposes AT&T/Time Warner and Comcast/NBCU
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has come out against the AT&T and Time Warner deal…
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BBC iPlayer TV requests up by 15 million
The BBC reported 255 million requests for TV programmes on the iPlayer in October, up…
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Sony orders Filipino Cash Cab
Sony Pictures Television Networks Asia has commissioned a local version of Cash Cab, the profitable…
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Boundless replaces BBC-bound Holland
FremantleMedia UK producer Boundless has appointed a managing director to replace Patrick Holland, who is…
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Time runs out for A.D. on NBC
US broadcaster NBC has axed its Bible-inspired Mark Burnett drama series. A.D. The Bible Continues…
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NBC ends relationship with Donald Trump
US broadcast net NBC has confirmed it will stop working with Donald Trump in the…
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MGM aims to become ‘powerhouse’ in unscripted
Buoyed by its recent deal with Mark Burnett that gave it The Apprentice and Survivor,…
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Apprentice hired in Quebec
Canadian indie formats house Media Ranch is planning to bring The Apprentice to screens to…
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NBCU poaches FremantleMedia exec
NBCUniversal has recruited Jacqueline Moreton from FremantleMedia and she will join the studio’s International TV…
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Ricky Ow exits SPT after 14 years
Sony Pictures Television veteran Ricky Ow is exiting the company after 14 years. Ow is…
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iPlayer receives record mobile traffic in June
The BBC’s iPlayer video-on-demand service had a record proportion of mobile traffic in June, as…
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iPlayer usage stays flat
BBC iPlayer usage for May was flat month-on-month, with the breakdown of usage across PCs,…
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News brief: TalkTalk chairman to be interim YouView chair
UK connected-TV platform YouView has appointed Sir Charles Dunstone as interim chairman while a permanent…
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Lord Sugar steps down from YouView
IT magnate and The Apprentice star Lord Sugar has stepped down from his role as…
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AXN to launch Asian version of The Apprentice
Sony-owned pan Asian broadcaster AXN will launch a local version of reality business format The…