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TV coverage of Tony Awards cancelled

The Annual Tony Awards, this year the 76th, for the best of Broadway theatre entertainment will not be televised. The June 11th planned broadcast has been scrubbed because of the Writers Guild of America strike action. The organising committee of the Tony Awards are meeting to decide on their next move. One option is to […]

May 15, 2023By Chris Forrester

CBS Reality commissions original series hosted by Donal MacIntyre

CBS Reality, the factual entertainment channel, has commissioned Emporium Productions to produce a new Donal MacIntyre-fronted true crime original series, “Donal MacIntyre’s Killer Evidence”. Renowned investigative journalist and criminologist MacIntyre returns and will host this 10×60’ series to demonstrate through 10 UK and US cases, that forensics will always uncover the ‘killer evidence’ which brings […]

March 27, 2023

CBS Reality commissions Murder: Fight for the Truth from Phoenix

CBS Reality, the factual entertainment channel, has commissioned the UK-based independent factual and non-scripted specialist Phoenix Television to produce Murder: Fight for the Truth. The 10×60’ series reveals the stories of heroes who went the extra mile when the odds were stacked against them to crack murder cases and bring killers to justice.  The brand-new, […]

March 1, 2023

Cochrane to host Power & Politics

CBC News has announced David Cochrane as the new host of CBC News Network’s flagship daily political programme, Power & Politics. Familiar to audiences as a regular guest host and reporter on the show, Cochrane will now bring his political reporting experience and engaging interviewing style to the role of permanent host, effective immediately. Power […]

February 16, 2023

Report: 2022’s TV ad rankings

TV measurement company iSpot has released its 2022 TV Advertising Report, containing exclusive insights from currency initiatives with US TV Networks, findings from CTV verification studies and tallies from measuring every second of advertising on linear, time shifted and VoD on TV. The report contains rankings by ad impressions and spend for top networks, shows, […]

January 5, 2023

CBS enhances Catch Up Channels UK app

Fans of true crime and genre classics can now watch their favourite content in the enhanced CBS Catch Up Channels UK app. With CBS Catch Up Channels UK, viewers can indulge in all their favourite genres, with LEGEND bringing all the classics from action to thriller, and suspense to Sci-Fi, including Knight Rider and Walker, […]

November 28, 2022

CBS Reality announces new true crime slate for UK and Poland

CBS Reality has announced a line-up of new expert-led true crime original programming for the autumn, including premiering series ‘The Truth About My Murder’, ‘Wrongly Accused’ and season seven of ‘Murder by the Sea’ (also known internationally as ‘Coastal Killers’).Building on CBS Reality’s original strategy in Poland, two new locally produced original true crime series, […]

July 28, 2022

Anime, CBS Reality content deals for ITVX

ITV has signed an agreement with Glaswegian-based Anime, an independent anime licensor in the UK. This agreement will make ITVX the free-to-air home of a unique selection of anime series and movies which extends to over 500 episodes and 200 hours. ITVX has also announced a deal that involves the launch of True Crime UK […]

July 22, 2022

Netflix tops US ‘must keep TV’ list

Netflix once again tops consumer research and insight consultancy SRG’s ‘Must Keep TV’ list in 2022 for the fourth year in a row, solidifying its presence as the leading ‘Must Keep TV’ brand in the US, despite reporting its first-ever loss of subscribers in its Q1 results earlier this year. SRG’s annual ‘Must Keep TV’ […]

June 16, 2022

Sky Studios appoints Lyvers

Sky Studios, Sky’s original programming arm across Europe, has announced the appointment of Meghan Lyvers to the role of Director of Original Drama, UK & Ireland. In this newly created role, Lyvers will oversee a diverse slate of premium Sky Original dramas for Sky’s customers in the UK and Ireland and joins Sky Studios at […]

June 8, 2022