All Broadcast articles in 04 August 2006 – Page 2
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NewsWebb is favourite for Five job
Jonathan Webb, director of programmes, Bravo, Trouble and Challenge, has emerged as the favourite to head Five's new multichannel offerings.
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Tinopolis lines up Welsh hall of fame
Welsh indie Tinopolis has been commissioned by ITV Wales to create a three-part series on the country's first hall of fame.The Cool Cymru Photographic Collection features portraits of celebrated Welsh men and women such as Dame Shirley Bassey, Charlotte Church, Gavin Henson, Ryan Giggs and Bryn Terfel. The as-yet-untitled series ...
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New York TV Festival welcomes UK entries
The New York Television Festival is to open up its independent pilot competition to UK indies. Next month's event will showcase independently produced non-broadcast TV pilots directly to US network executives and industry leaders. After last year's festival three US pilots aired were purchased by US networks. Details are at ...
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Warwick takes ITV entertainment role
ITV has hired Granada International format consultant Paula Warwick to take on the role of editor of entertainment.
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Reporting duo to quit Panorama
BBC Panoramareporters Andy Davies and Sarah Barclay are taking voluntary redundancy as part of the corporation's three-year programme of job cuts.
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DGP hires TMR trio
DVD and post facility DGP has recruited a trio of staff from TMR. Claire Leach, formerly a producer at TMR DVD, has joined the production department. Leach will manage the audio and subtitling for DGP's ongoing work for HBO DVD.
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Top Gear defended
The BBC has taken the unusual step of issuing a general defence of Top Gearafter receiving more than 500 complaints about the show. Viewers have criticised the near-the-knuckle style of the BBC2 show's presenters, particularly Jeremy Clarkson. Last month Clarkson described a 'quintessentially German' car ...
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Cohen moves
Soho post house The Facility has taken on BBC Resources indie post producer Rich Cohen to head its new business department. During Cohen's five years at the BBC, he oversaw the migration of Red Bee Media post-production facilities to the Broadcast Centre. More recently as an indie post producer, Cohen ...
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GI sells classic ITV drama to Scandinavia
ITV-owned distributor Granada International (GI) has sold a number of its literary titles to Kanal 5 in Sweden and renewed output deals in Norway and Finland. Kanal 5 has acquired a collection of adaptations from GI's catalogue including Moll Flanders, ...
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Classic FM shake-up
Blackadder actor Tony Robinson will join Classic FM in the station's biggest schedule shake-up in its 14-year history. Robinson will host the Friendly Guide to Music, a programme that will span the history of classical music, on Sundays at 4pm.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Clare Hollywood
Living TV's head of commissioning is on the hunt for formatted series to go in slots from 8pm to 11pm and for weekend events - but no more paranormal please
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Chandos takes stake in Splash Media
Former Television Corporation chairman Tom Chandos and hedge fund chief Stuart Fiertz have taken a stake of around 50% in Splash Media, the company set up by former BBC entertainment executives Jane Lush and Fenia Vardanis.
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Tigress captures game reserve commission
Five has commissioned Tigress Productions to make Game Ranger Diaries, a series looking at day-to-day life in Kenya's busiest private game reserve, Lewa.
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Editworks buys kit
Post facility Editworks has invested£100,000 in an Avid Unity Isis storage system. The kit, which has an 8Tb storage capacity, will link up to Editworks' nine Adrenalines, two Symphonies, DS Nitris and Pyramix audio systems, forming the central storage for the facility.
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Fireworks in US broadband content deal
UK distributor Fireworks International, which is owned by Content Film, has entered an agreement with broadband entertainment network Heavy to sell all its original and library programming outside the US. The three-year deal covers Heavy's existing library of 35 programming hours as well as new content. Heavy's slate includes ...
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ITV gives Britton and Kyle two-year deals
ITV has signed daytime presenters Fern Britton and Jeremy Kyle for another two years, after recently tying down Phillip Schofield for the next couple of years.
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Bravo to screen Life on Mars
Flextech-owned Bravo has bought the pay-TV rights to BBC hit drama Life on Mars to lead the channel's push into drama.
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McGregor to voice biography of Sheene
Actor Ewan McGregor has signed up to narrate a documentary about legendary motor-cycling champion Barry Sheene. The 75-minute programme, being made by Leeds-based Double Jab Productions North, was commissioned by EMI for commercial release in 2007 and The Biography Channel for broadcast this winter. It is the first official biography ...
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BBC radio reporters file by mobile
BBC radio reporters will be able to send broadcast-quality content from a mobile phone-style device, following trials in Lincolnshire.
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Gypsy radio on BBC
The BBC has rolled out a radio show for travellers and gypsies across the east of England. Rokker Radio, hosted by Romani journalist Jake Bowers, is to broadcast every week between 7pm and 9pm, across six local radio stations in the BBC East region, including BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, BBC Radio ...