All Broadcast articles in 04 June 1999 – Page 3
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Burrell Durrant Hifle has created the titles for new driving series So You Think You're a Good Driver?. Commissioned by BBC Bristol series producer Sue Kennet, the sequence was designed and
Burrell Durrant Hifle has created the titles for new driving series So You Think You're a Good Driver?. Commissioned by BBC Bristol series producer Sue Kennet, the sequence was designed and
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Stevenson to lead education at BBC
BBC Broadcast chief executive Will Wyatt has appointed a new director of education to replace outgoing boss Jane Drabble.Michael Stevenson, currently BBC Broadcast deputy director of national and regional broadcasting, will
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Marsh drafted in to BBC's trouble spot
BBC Production chief executive Matthew Bannister has drafted in a former BBC Radio 1 colleague to run the troubled BBC network production department in Birmingham.Kate Marsh, 37, takes over from Chris
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OPINION - Could Eyre be the Beeb's Third Way?
When Richard Eyre delivers his Edinburgh Television Festival MacTaggart lecture this summer, will he be speaking as the BBC's new director general?His subject, how to redefine public service broadcasting for the
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OFF THE RECORD - Don't believe the hype
Viewers to Channel 4's Big Breakfast last week may have been surprised by the enthusiasm with which it promoted the new BBC 1 show, Richard Whiteley Unbriefed. So much so that
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EVENT FILMS BENEFIT FOR BREAST CANCER CHARITY
Event Television has been commissioned by BBC 1 to televise a major benefit concert, Wicked Women, for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. It will be staged in Hyde Park on 24 July and
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OFF THE RECORD - Dancing Birt
Maybe John Birt isn't such a boring old suit after all. Hard to believe I know, but anyone who doubts his immaculate taste need only have shuffled along to the Prince
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FIRST BLACK WOMEN'S FILM AND TV FESTIVAL LAUNCHES
Women in Film and Television (WFTV) is holding its first one-day Black and Asian Women's Film and Television Festival at Bafta on Saturday 12 June. The event, called Shooting From the
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Danish Millionaire 'imitator' blocked
UK indie Celador Productions has successfully blocked transmission of a Danmarks Radio Television (DRTV) show which Celador claims is a copy of its Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? format.DRTV was
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Blue to open commercials floor
Blue is committing close to£1.5 million in a bid to attract more high-end commercials work as predicted in Broadcast (26.6.98).Blue managing director Dave Cadle said the facility was building a
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BRIGHTER LINKS FOR FILMFOUR BRITISH FILM FESTIVAL
FilmFour has commissioned independent Brighter Pictures to produce a series of 25 interstitial links promoting its month-long season of British films in July. Three actors, including Gina McKee (My Friends In
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MOONEY AND MAGEE BRING SLAPSTICK TO CITV
Carlton Television is producing a new 7 x 10-minute series for CITV called Mooney and Magee, which features the silent antics of slapstick double act Steve Mooney and Karl Magee. In
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EUTELSAT PULLS SERB BROADCASTER FOR 'PROPAGANDA'
Serbian broadcaster RTS has been pulled off air by satellite organisation Eutelsat, which decided some programming aired by RTS included 'propaganda inciting genocide and racial hatred'. Transmission was suspended following an
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Broadcasters make play for kids
The UK looks set for an explosion in dedicated kids' TV stations in the next 12 months with a number of major broadcasters looking at new launches, including Nickelodeon and ITV.Nickelodeon
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BSC slams EastEnders murder
The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has rapped EastEnders for the pre-watershed portrayal of violence and use of macabre scenes during the killing and burial of Saskia by Steve, writes Ashley Davies.
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Deluxe buys out DVD outfit Electric Switch
DVD authoring and production company Electric Switch has been acquired by Rank Group subsidiary Deluxe Video Services for an undisclosed sum.Deluxe Video Services managing director Luis Urbano said the acquisition represented
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MP CALLS FOR CURBS ON FILMING OF CHILDREN
The Labour MP for Nottingham East, John Heppell, last week called on the Government to strengthen the powers of the Independent Television Commission and stop television crews filming children without the
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ZEE TV AND CANAL+ TO LAUNCH INDIAN SATELLITE SERVICE
Zee TV has signed up to a joint-venture with Canal+ to launch a 100-channel satellite service in India later this year. The deal will see Canal+ providing set-top box technology and
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Granada gives new job to Caplin
Sarah Caplin, editor of development in Granada Television's factual department, has been promoted to the new role of executive producer, features, writes Ashley Davies.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - ITV wins Champions League challenge
ITV scored last Wednesday (26 May), with an average 15.5 million viewers tuning into Manchester United's win in the Champions' League Final, writes Liz Shackleton.