All Broadcast articles in 02 February 2001 – Page 4
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Disney joins fight to curb BBC services.
Disney Channel UK has become the latest commercial voice to join the chorus of concern over the BBC's proposed new digital services, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC WINS LEWIS FIGHT.
The BBC has signed a deal with Lennox Lewis to broadcast the fight to defend his world heavyweight title in April. This is the first time one of Lewis' fights will
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Whish to review BBC fair trading.
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has announced the terms of reference for the independent review of the BBC's fair trading policies, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC COMMISSIONS POP PROGRAMME DUO.
BBC music entertainment has been commissioned to produce BBC 2 Sunday lunchtime show Top of the Pops Plus (left) for a spring and summer run. Another 22 episodes have been ordered
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GREG DYKE AT THE BBC - One year of Dyke's rule.
Programme-makers cheered in a director general who promised to demolish Birtist bureaucracy and put the BBC's money back into production. But dissenting voices in the corporation remain unconvinced that Dyke will deliver the golden age they were hoping fo
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BBC's output rejig may hit in-house producers.
BBC commissioning will work on a rolling basis, rather than via quarterly commissioning rounds, and put 25 per cent of production in each genre up for competition between independents and in-house
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SKY REVIEWS ITV BENEFIT.
BSkyB is re-evaluating the benefit of having ITV on its Sky Digital platform. The company argued that because of ITV's weakened audience share since Sky Digital launched in 1998, it is
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TX - The best possible taste.
If a film sub-titled In search of the Kama Sutra evokes images of acres of naked flesh and soft-focus sex scenes then Position Impossible is going to disappoint. Executive producer Narinder
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Big Brother heads indie prize triumph.
Endemol Entertainment UK arm Bazal's reality TV hit Big Brother scooped two awards - including best new programme - at the Broadcast 2001 Awards.In a change from last year, indies scooped
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BLOOMBERG SIGNS DEAL TO SUPPLY UNIQUE.
UBC Media Group has signed a deal with Bloomberg in which the business channel will be the exclusive supplier to UBC production arm Unique Broadcasting of business bulletins and market reports
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PLAYERS TO TAKE A BOW.
Tiger Aspect Productions' head of drama, Greg Brenman, has confirmed the fifth series of BBC 1's Playing the Field will be its last, writes Ashley Davies. He said the women's football
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Carlton makes film of Sheila Bowler case.
Carlton Television is making a major 120-minute film charting the high-profile case of Sheila Bowler, who was jailed for a crime she did not commit, writes Colin Robertson.
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ON THE BOX - Popstars who don't sing.
Two Four Productions' Rukhsana Mosam regrets the constant intervention of Nigel in Popstars but was moved by The Last Days.
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Brit news wins in New York.
British broadcasting outfits won a cluster of prizes at the New York Awards on Friday (19 January), writes Ashley Davies.
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RED POST BUYS FIRE.
Red Post in Soho has upped its high-end film editing capabilities with the purchase of Discreet Fire. Along with the upgrade to its Flame, Flint and Inferno suites, the purchase means
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CAPITAL REVENUE UP.
At its annual general meeting last week (24 January) Capital Radio announced increased revenue for October to December 2000 of 12 per cent - an increase of 4 per cent year
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Carlton rejigs factual team.
Carlton director of programmes Steve Hewlett has reshuffled his factual team to 'invigorate the Midlands as a production base', installing Planet Wild managing director Eric Harwood in a new factual controller role in Nottingham, writes Colin Robertson.
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ICHOOSETV NTL CARRIAGE DEAL.
Online entertainment portal IchooseTV has signed a carriage deal with NTL's broadband internet service, ntlworld, writes David Wood.
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Wildlife centralises.
Granada completed the integration of former United News & Media ITV franchises Anglia and Meridian this week, announcing up to 100 job losses and the pooling of all wildlife programming into
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CHARLES QUITS PEARSON.
Pearson Television head of comedy Tony Charles is leaving the company next month to become a freelance producer. Charles, who has been with the former independent since 1996, said he was