All Broadcast articles in 30 April 1999
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Bazal rejigs as BBC 1, C4 ask for more
GMG Endemol Entertainment subsidiary Bazal is reshuffling its management and has secured new daytime commissions from BBC 1 and Channel 4, writes John Plunkett.Linda Clifford, former executive producer of Bazal's Changing
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£1.5M RAISED FOR LEW
Michael Grade last week announced the completion of a£1.5 million fundraising campaign to create the Lew Grade chair in television production at the National Film & Television School. Grade said:
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Scottish Television commissioned its in-house promotions department to create a commercial for the launch of digital channel S2. Designed and directed by Mike Prince, it features animated footage of y
Scottish Television commissioned its in-house promotions department to create a commercial for the launch of digital channel S2. Designed and directed by Mike Prince, it features animated footage of young people
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Boost for 2D/3D integration
The integration of 2D and 3D animation received a further boost at NAB with announcements from both SynaPix and Cambridge Animation.SynaPix, the software development company founded by former Avid Technology chief
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ANTELOPE SOUTH LOOKS AT 20TH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE
Brighton-based indie Antelope South has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a 10 x 3-minute series of shorts on twentieth century architecture.Buildings of the Century will air in June with
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Company looks back for C4 drama
Channel 4 has commissioned Company Pictures to produce a comedy drama taking a light-hearted look at the major events of the last 100 years, writes Liz Shackleton.Massive Landmarks of the Twentieth
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C4 RAISES THE STAKES WITH LATE NIGHT POKER SHOW
Channel 4 editor of night-time Stevan Keane has commissioned a new show, Late Night Poker, from Welsh indie Presentable.The 6 x 45-minute series, shot over three days last weekend at Enfys
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C4 goes tripping with Ken Kesey film
Cafe Productions has employed the producer/director of Oscar-winning documentary When We Were Kings to make a Channel 4 programme about beat writer Ken Kesey, writes Alice Macandrew.Vikram Jayanti is working on
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Council fails to halt C4 'runaways' film
Channel 4 is to go ahead with a controversial October Films series about runaway children, after Nottingham City Council (NCC) failed in its High Court bid to block parts of it.The
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POST IMPRESSIONS INTRODUCES CON4MER
Post Impressions has introduced a new auto-conform tool, Con4mer. Designed to perform where no creative decisions on the edit are involved, Con4mer is being pitched as a stand-alone add-on to linear
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Rights up for grabs in C4I spring-clean
Channel 4 International managing director Bernard Macleod has embarked on a spring clean of the distributor's catalogue - handing back rights to 280 shows.It is thought to be the first time
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C4I TIES UP DOCUMENTARY DEAL
Channel 4 International has sold a documentary programming package to RTL in the Netherlands, ABC in Australia and Slovenia's RTV. The package includes rights to Great Military Blunders, History Lab, The
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C5 TO SCREEN SECOND SERIES OF SEX AND SHOPPING
Douglas Churnside Productions is developing a second run of its controversial Channel 5 documentary series about the porn industry, Sex and Shopping.The new series is due to air next year. The
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AIREY URGES INDIES TO PRODUCE 'EVENT TV' FOR CHANNEL 5
Channel 5 director of programmes Dawn Airey has called on independents to produce more one-off documentaries and 'event TV' for the channel. Speaking at a Bafta My Channel event last week,
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C5 to revive It's a Knockout
Channel 5 is resurrecting classic 1970s entertainment format It's a Knockout and launching a new variety show as part of a drive to broaden the appeal of its entertainment output.C5 controller
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LONGMIRE DIES AT 56
Michael Longmire, a freelance producer and former associate producer for LWT's entertainment department, died suddenly on Thursday 15 April. Longmire, who was 56, had worked on shows including Game for a
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CLT-UFA TEAMS UP WITH M6 TO BUY BORDEAUX SOCCER CLUB
CLT-UFA and French channel M6 have bought the Girondins de Bordeaux football club for FFr120 million (£12 million). The deal has sparked speculation that a new football channel could launch on
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LIMB JOINS MANAGEMENT TEAM AT 8811
8811 has added Nalini Limb to its management team. Limb, who was previously at Blue, replaces Sally Pacy who is leaving after 18 months to London Studios to train as a
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ACTION TIME GRABS SIX NEW COMMISSIONS
Action Time won six new commissions at Mip-TV. Forty episodes of gameshow Love at First Sight have been sold to Switzerland's TV3; 10 episodes of the Mr and Mrs format, produced
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MOTOR MANUFACTURERS BOOST ITV AD REVENUES
ITV saw its first-quarter 1999 revenues reach an estimated£438.8 million, thanks in part to high advertising spends from motor manufacturers in the run-up to the March car registration period. January's