All Broadcast articles in 03 December 2004 – Page 6
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Love gets Sky One order
Former Maverick TV managing director Richard Mckerrow is close to bagging his first commission for his newly formed indie, Love Productions.
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TCM free for month
Turner Classic Movies will be free to air on both NTL and Telewest for the month of December. The deal will give the Time Warner-owned movie channel exposure to an additional 2.5 million UK homes. The Biography Channel and UKTV Gold have already announced that they plan to air for ...
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Spirit FM taken over
The Local Radio Company has taken full control of Spirit FM after buying South West Sussex Radio's 53% share for£1.7m. The station has an audience of 33,000 in the region and made a£137,000 profit in the year to 30 September on sales of£925,000.
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Five focuses on weird pets and owners
Landmark Films has been commissioned by Five controller of science Justine Kershaw to produce a 60-minute film on weird pets and their owners in the US. Strange Pets USA will feature a man with three tigers, another with two alligators and a woman searching for ...
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Distraction hires format director
Distraction Formats has appointed its first format director, Alice de Maré, who has worked for Distraction in both London and Paris for the past three years. Distraction recently made format sales of business reality show The Apprentice and BBC's Saturday night show ...
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Cut & Run Goes to NY
London and Los Angeles-based editing company Cut and Run is to open an office in New York's SoHo. The office will be led by Chuck Willis, formerly of Crew Cuts. It will offer creative services including graphics, visual effects and compositing. 'We are opening Cut and Run NY because we ...
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Ford takes control of drama at Five
Five head of acquisitions Jeff Ford has been handed an enhanced role overseeing drama. He will continue with his usual duties, but will now take additional responsibility for Family Affairs and commission about 10 hours of new drama a year. He will be assisted by ...
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TWI radio wins second contract with FA
TWI Radio has been reappointed by the FA Premier League to represent its international radio rights. The new contract runs until the 2006/7 season. In addition, TWI Radio has signed a new deal with digital satellite radio company Sirius to take Premiership football coverage. Sirius has 120 channels across North ...
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Connie the cow picked up by Disney
Animation house TV-Loonland has sold the German TV rights for pre-school series Connie the Cow to the Disney Channel. The show, which follows the adventures of a curious cow and her friends, attracts a share of nearly 25% on ITV. Produced by Neptuno Films, it ...
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Tern TV scores a commissions Hat-trick
Scottish indie Tern Television has picked up three commissions including a documentary series that tracks a year in the lives of a group of trainee teachers. BBC Scotland has ordered 6 x 30-minute Teacher Teacher , which will be produced by Pamela Drynan. Discovery Home ...
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Entertainment Tonight comes to UK
Sky One has signed a deal with US producer Paramount to make a UK version of its syndicated show Entertainment Tonight.
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Paul Merton looks at the Comedy store
Comedian Paul Merton is to make his directorial debut in a BBC1 documentary charting 25 years of the Comedy Store. The 60-minute 25 Years of the Comedy Store - A Personal Historyby Paul Merton is written, presented and directed by the ...
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Celebrities line up for Xmas Millionaire
Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Alex Ferguson will be sitting in the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? hot seat as part of two special episodes of the ITV1 hit quiz this Christmas. The specials form part of ITV1's festive schedule, which includes a ...
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Handle with care
The cuts in ITV's regional hours need to be managed more sensitively by Ofcom.
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Canter in venture
Andrew Canter, former head of broadcast at media agency Media Planning Group, has set up his own company, Contentworx, to work on advertiser-funded content. He said he had already secured three advertisers in the entertainment, music and household goods markets looking to back new TV shows.
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Wall to Wall builds on A Life in? series
Wall to Wall is to follow up its Emmy award-winning arts programme George Orwell - A Life in Pictures with a special on James Bond author Ian Fleming.
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Little Britain wins
The team behind hit BBC comedy Little Britain picked up three Royal Television Society craft and design awards this week for costume designer Annie Hardinge, make-up artist Lisa Cavalli-Green and composer David Arnold. For a full list of winners see www.broadcastnow.co.uk.
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Sci-Fi boss joins BT
Sci-Fi Channel head Dan Marks has quit to join BT's newly formed content division, BT Entertainment. He will join in the new year to oversee video-over-broadband services. BT is seeking to provide music, gaming, television and films over broadband into UK homes. New AC Nielsen figures show that more than ...
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China Blue MD takes control
China Blue managing director David Hamilton-Smith, who is also the chairman of audio association APRS, has regained a controlling share of the audio company after his sleeping partner, The Sound Company managing director Geoff Oliver, returned 41% of China Blue's shares.
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Bidders circle NTL
The future of NTL Broadcast is still unknown with a number of firms poised to buy the£1.2bn company. Companies bel...