All Broadcast articles in 02 November 2001 – Page 3
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Doctors challenges Crossroads
BBC 1 is set to permanently schedule lunchtime soap Doctors against ITV's Crossroads as one of the key elements of its new daytime winter schedule, announced this week, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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MCVAY SKILLSET CHAIR
Pact chief executive John McVay has been appointed chair of training body Skillset's investment committee. Replacing BBC controller of development and training Bob Nelson, who has held the post for five
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Oftel consults on must carry
Telecoms regulator Oftel has launched a three-month consultation on conditional access that could see it intervening over carriage of ITV channels on Sky Digital, writes Lucy Rouse.
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THREE RA YELLOW CARDS
The Radio Authority issued three 'yellow card' warnings during July and September this year, according to its latest programming and advertising review. The Authority dealt with 105 complaints about commercial radio
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CAPITAL UPS PRESENCE
Capital Radio has increased its presence in the London radio market after taking a 19 per cent stake in Tainside Limited, which owns Choice FM's two London radio licences. The£3.3m
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MPC FIRST TO BUY MOKEY
The Moving Picture Company has become the first facility to buy Mokey, the motion editing software developed by Imagineer software (Broadcast, 31.8.01). The company has bought two licences from reseller Root6,
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Wise Buddah cements move into television
Indie wise Buddah has bolstered its commitment to TV with the appointment of former This Morning producer Lisa Perrin to the new position of director of programmes, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Hallmark UK md to handle wider brief
Hallmark Channel UK managing director Jeff Henry is to be handed a wider brief, covering Europe, the Middle East and South Africa as parent company Crown Media devolves more control to London, writes Simon Ellery.
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ON THE BOX - When Saturday comes
Yorkshire Associated Producers principal Pauline Duffy says Des Lynam could learn from The Generation Game's Mr Blobby.
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One group to study new bill
The Government is set to rebuff demands for forthcoming media ownership rules to be debated by a joint committee of both Houses of Parliament, writes David Rose.
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Heart beats rivals with share hike
Chrysalis Radio's Heart 106.2 FM saw both its share and weekly reach jump in the latest set of Rajars, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC unifies world divisions
BBC World Service director Mark Byford moved a step nearer to realising his vision of better co-operation between the World Service and its sister BBC companies, after his division was pooled
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BBC reviews factual commissions policy
The BBC is set to overhaul the commissioning system at its beleaguered general factual department after executives admitted it was suffering problems.Director of television Mark Thompson told Broadcast that changes would
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BBC lines up Welsh service
The BBC is set to launch a new digital service for Wales which the corporation claims is the biggest broadcasting advance in the country since the launch of Welsh language channel S4C 20 years ago, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Ragdoll quits CBBC battle
Indie Ragdoll has pulled out of the race for the new CBBC commission to replace Teletubbies after securing another, unspecified, major project, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BEEB BAFTAS
The BBC put in a good performance at last week's Bafta Interactive Entertainment Awards, netting two gongs for Walking With Beasts and BBC News Online, writes David Wood.
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Glassworks/Passion strike gold at Bafta
Glassworks and Passion Pictures last Monday (29.10.01) scooped two of the gongs at the British Television Advertising Craft Awards, held in association with AFM Lighting, writes Barbara Marshall.
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This Morning cut back
ITV is slashing the running time of its struggling daytime show This Morning by a quarter, in a further attempt to shore up its plunging ratings, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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RIMA TO AWARD SPORT
The Race in the Media Awards (Rima) has introduced a category for sport. Football Association chief executive Adam Crozier and BBC World Service sport editor David Coles will judge the new
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Artem in motion capture launch
Special effects firm Artem has launched motion capture division Artem Digital.Based in west London, the new division offers two motion capture studios: one based on Vicon's optical system, the other on