All Broadcast articles in 02 April 1999 – Page 2
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OFF THE RECORD - Alive and kicking
OTR was astonished to receive a phone call this week from none other than legendary funnyman Benny Hill. Well, not exactly because our Benny (he was a big hit in America,
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BROADCAST RATINGS ANALYSIS - Time for a change
Channel 4 is set in its ways - old-timers Brookside and Countdown are still its most popular shows. Is it time for the once-innovative broadcaster to try something new?
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TV Corp shops around for kids/drama outfit
The Television Corporation is looking to spend up to£50 million on a 'rights-related acquisition' - probably in the shape of a children's or drama production company - according to chief
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PERCY TO LEAD BARCUD-DERWEN ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS
Barcud-Derwen, the UK's largest regional facilities group, has lured former Bafta director Nia Percy to head up its TV facilities for the new Welsh Assembly. She joins operations manager Mike Joseph,
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CARLTON GOES TO AUCTION WITH TRANSMEDIA DOCU-SOAP
Carlton head of regional programmes Emma Barker has ordered a new 10 x 30-minute docu-soap on two auction houses from Transmedia Productions.The series, which has the working title Auction House, will
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New facility eyes autumn launch date
Soho will get its first major new commercials facility in four years when plans being hatched by market research company founder Philippa Gillies come to fruition this autumn, writes Dominic Timms.Code-named
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Discreet's Brett to quit for rival Avid
Discreet Logic UK country manager Simon Brett is quitting the company to join rival manufacturer Avid Technology.Brett, who joined Discreet four years ago, is expected to take up the position on
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BBC WINS BEST DOC AWARD
The BBC has won the Grierson Award for best British documentary for the second successive year - the sixth time overall. The winning show, Inside Story: Tongue Tied from BBC documentaries
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BBC thrives at awards ceremony
Some of ITN's founding fathers, including former editors Nigel Ryan and David Nicholas, joined Trevor McDonald and chief executive Stuart Purvis to collect a special prize for News at Ten at
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WORLD SERVICE INCREASES BALKANS COVERAGE
BBC World Service has added extra daily broadcasts in Serbian, Albanian and Bulgarian to its service since the escalation of the conflict in Kosovo last week. From Thursday (25 March), the
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OFF THE RECORD - Ban the bomb
And talking of the Kosovo crisis, a memo to ITV Network Centre. OTR enjoys a war film as much as the next man (and his name's Norman Schwarzkopf) but wouldn't it
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ITV and CRCA call for public debate over BBC funding
ITV and the commercial radio sector are joining forces to attack the BBC in a joint submission to the panel reviewing the licence fee, according to sources.It is understood that, as
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BBC rejects criticism of Westminster coverage
The BBC has refuted suggestions from MPs that it is failing in its duty as a public service broadcaster to provide proper coverage of parliamentary proceedings, writes Alice Macandrew.The corporation was
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Manchester radio jobs shed by BBC
BBC Production is shedding almost two-thirds of the radio production posts at its Manchester-based entertainment and features department due to a loss of commissions.Staff were told that 21 radio production and
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BBC BOOSTS NEW WRITING
BBC drama has asked seven writers new to TV to submit a treatment on the theme of sisters, one of which will be commissioned and made into a 30-minute film for
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BBC draws up plans for digital library
The BBC is considering a multi-million pound investment in digital archiving in an attempt to catalogue and manage its library, estimated to include over 100 million items of video, audio, stills
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BBC DEAL INCLUDES EASTENDERS SALE TO POLISH TV
The BBC has announced a raft of deals in the wake of Showcase last month.Among the sales agreed are 135 episodes of Casualty to Nelonen in Finland and 130 episodes of
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METRO BROADCAST PICKS BEALE FOR DEVELOPMENT POST
Metro Broadcast has appointed Paul Beale as business development manager.Beale, who has spent the last 18 months at Impact AV, will be responsible for generating business across all services - including
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COOKERY SHOWS - How food fad became a flood
In recent years, programmes about food have escaped their daytime ghetto and multiplied in the evening schedules, attracting huge ratings - but who's commissioning the various formats and do they constitute a new 'food' genre?
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Sarah Thane - On how much people believe what they watch on television and how much it really matters
The word of the month for broadcasters and broadcasting regulators appears to be 'trust'. Wherever we look, there are investigative reporters turning over stones and finding creepy-crawlies underneath. In some quarters