AMC Networks wants stake in BBC America - source

July 30 (Bloomberg) -- AMC Networks Inc., the cable network controlled by the Dolan family, is in talks to acquire about a 50 percent stake in BBC America, BBC Worldwide's U.S. channel, people with knowledge of the matter said. BBC Worldwide is the ...

Lily James is reportedly in talks to appear in a BBC adaptation of War And Peace. The 25-year-old Downton Abbey star - who plays rebellious Lady Rose in the hit ITV period drama - would play heroine Natasha Rostova, the part taken by Audrey ...

Media / Broadcasting Wednesday, 30 July 2014 10:44 BBC Wales and S4C have signed a new four-year broadcast deal to showcase Rugby's Guinness Pro12. The broadcasters will share fixtures across the season. BBC Wales will show Friday ...

Press Association A top ITV executive has written a new police crime drama - for the BBC. ITV Studios managing director Kevin Lygo used the pseudonym Ruby Solomon when he pitched police show Walter to corporation executives. He offered it to ...

Using personal tales from a variety of household names this warm, fascinating and nostalgic new series will focus on holidays from yesteryear, reminding us of the beauty and fun of classic trips such as rambling, camping, bus tours, caravan parks ...

Much-loved national television icon, the legendary Sir Bruce Forsyth, is back in his first show since announcing he is stepping down from hosting Strictly Come Dancing after more than a decade. In Bruce Forsyth's Hall Of Fame (w/t), Saturday night ...

Tuesday saw BBC One bring another full day of coverage from day six of the Commonwealth Games 2014 as England and Australia continued to battle it out for all those super shiny medals. The first three-hour segment at 9am captured the attention of ...

The BBC is using the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, which kicked off this week, as a testing ground for new ways of delivering TV coverage of live events. A special BBC R&D production is being shown live in the Glasgow Science Centre for the ...

London - The BBC breached broadcasting rules by allowing Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson to deliberately use a racist term, UK television regulator Ofcom announced on Monday. Ofcom rejected producers claims that his use of the word slope was a ...