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Channel 5
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UK indies rebound on international growth
UK indie producers have reversed a sector-wide revenue decline, with international growth propelling the sector…
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‘Transformed’ Channel 5 delivers record profit
Viacom-owned Channel 5 has delivered record revenue and profit off the back of an increased…
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Bakish ‘set for interim Viacom CEO role’
Viacom’s international president and CEO, Bob Bakish, is set to be named interim chief executive…
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Viacom poaches BBC exec for UK kids role
Viacom has hired Sarah Muller to run its kids programming at Channel 5. The new…
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UK terrestrials to simulcast nets on TVPlayer
The UK’s three commercial terrestrial channels have struck licensing deals with online TV service TVPlayer…
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Channel 5 to spend more time In the Wild
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned a batch of shows in the factual space, and…
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Channel 5 launches linear My5
Channel 5 is launching My5, a free-to-air TV channel set to go live in early August…
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UK nets’ factual spend hits £522m, kids down
New Ofcom stats show UK public broadcasters spent more on factual programmes in 2015 than…
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C4 privatisation ‘risks outweigh benefits’
A report into the future of Channel 4 has concluded the risks associated with the…
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Discovery US hires ex-ITV exec O’Connell
Discovery Channel in the US has hired former ITV factual commissioner Andrew O’Connell for a…