All Broadcast articles in 04 November 2005 – Page 2
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US set for 'Muppet idol'
The Muppets are on the comeback trail after US network ABC commissioned a script and five-episode outline for a new
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Living grows output with Haunted spin-offs
Living TV is growing its in-house produced output with two Most Haunted spin-off shows.
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Spooks goes mobile
BBC spy series Spooks has been launched as a Java-based mobile phone game. MS4:Mobile Spooks was developed by interactive media company Magic Lantern and telecoms specialist YDreams Entertainment in conjunction with production company Kudos Film and Television, and contains both stand-alone games to download and a series of mobile Missions ...
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Nat Geo subtitling
National Geographic has chosen Broadcast Text International to provide its subtitling services and signed a 'multi-year' agreement for the Scandinavian feed. The deal will enable National Geographic to access all the aggregated language knowledge within the Broadcast Text Group, including research databases and translation memories.
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Frontline posts interactive Shakespeare
Frontline Television has completed the post-production for BBC interactive drama and entertainment's Shakespeare's Stories to accompany BBC1's modern adaptation of the Bard's plays.
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Format focus: Ranking the Stars
Hot on the heels of Five's Hot Tub Ranking comes a similar Japanese format using using low-grade celebrities.
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Top Gear drives down under
BBC Worldwide Australasia has licensed two series of Top Gear to Australian public broadcaster SBS. The Jeremy Clarkson-hosted motoring show already screens in Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Russia, New Zealand, Norway, Netherlands, the Philippines and Israel and on global channels BBC Prime, BBC Asia and BBC Japan.
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Promax gets Doctor Who preview
Doctor Who visual effects supremos at Mill TV are set to give delegates at Friday's Promax conference the lowdown on work carried out on the first series of the award-winning drama, as well as outlining prospective plans for the new 13-part series. Mill TV producer Will Cohen will be on ...
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VTM and RTL snap up dinners and sex
Jamie's School Dinners (Fresh One Productions) and The Sex Inspectors (Talkback) have been picked up by Dutch and Belgian broadcasters as part of a series of deals by Fremantle International Distribution. The distributor has sold both shows to Flemish station VTM Belgium and Dutch broadcaster RTL Netherlands. RTL Netherlands has ...
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Diverse develops
Celador development executive Anna Richardson has joined Diverse to oversee development of features programming. Richardson has worked in front of and behind the camera, hosting shows including BBC1's Maternity Hospital and developing popular series including C4's You Are What You Eat. Recent Diverse productions in the genre include BBC2's The ...
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NewsDes Lynam spells new start
Channel 4viewers gave a warm reception to Des Lynam as the new presenter of Countdown.
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Dark Horse makes Mischief
Dark Horse FX has created the titles and branding for Mischief, a new documentary series by BBC documentaries and contemporary factual. It will deal with serious subjects, from binge-drinking to MRSA, in a subversive way. Jean Cramond accomplished the graphic design with Adrian Woodward doing the animation and compositing using ...
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Paul Danan to front dating show
Paul Danan, the former Hollyoaks actor whose grating appearance on ITV1's Celebrity Love Island became this summer's watercooler talking point, has been given his own show. ITV2 has commissioned Target Entertainment to make a dating show in which Danan plays Cupid by
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Commissioner's Q & A: Gilly Hall
Gilly Hall, commissioning executive, BBC entertainment commissioning, on the search for entertainment formats to ru...
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French to profile comedy heroines
Dawn French is to interview her comedy heroines for a new in-house BBC1 series on the world's funniest females. Dawn's Funny Women will see the comedienne tour the world talking to famous entertainers. No names have yet been confirmed, but those being approached include Whoopi Goldberg and Ruby Wax. The ...
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World Service changes under discussion
Broadcasting unions will sit down with BBC bosses next week to try to reduce the number of World Service staff set to be axed. Around 230 are expected to go as a result of the World Service's plans to set up a£19m-a-year Arabic TV channel, its first TV station. In ...
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Theakston closes on Capital's Vaughan
Heart 106.2's Jamie Theakston is closing on London's leading commercial breakfast show, Johnny Vaughan on Capital 95.8, with the gap between them now just 10,000 listeners. Theakston added 163,000 listeners, reaching 883,000, while Vaughan lost 184,000, falling to 893,000 over the three-month period. Today on BBC Radio 4 remains the ...
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Emap moves into call TV
Emap is moving into call TV with the launch of a live daily branded block on music channel The Hits.
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Grand Central buys e-cinema
Soho-based audio specialist Grand Central Sound Studio's£5m, two-year transition into a 'luxury' post facility has culminated in the acquisition of a range of electronic cinema projectors.
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Boost for digital stations
Rajar reported that a fifth of UK adults listened to radio via DTV at least once a week. Digital only stations now have a collective reach of 4.1 million. The BBC's digital stations Five Live Sports Extra, BBC 7, 1Xtra and the Asian Network all recorded record reach, with increased ...