All Broadcast articles in 07 December 2001 – Page 3
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NEWS ANALYSIS - New best friends
The BBC now has a head of sponsorhip, David Goldesgeyme. Although commercial rivals fear the worst - another hand in the advertising honeypot - the BBC insists only events, not programmes, will be sponsored.
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UPN to screen American As If
Carnival Films has secured a rare commission from US network UPN to produce an American version of its Channel 4 teen drama As If, writes Penny Hughes.
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FREE TO AIR - Making news worthy
In the rush to portray Greg Dyke as a great populist and the sole architect of BBC 1's dash for ratings, it is conveniently forgotten how Dyke was schooled in the
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RATINGS - John Deed is no sure thing against Millionaire
BBC 1's Judge John Deed failed to maintain its audience against a rescheduled ITV 1, writes Jon Rogers.
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ACCUSED SCOOPS AWARD
BBC producer Aidan Laverty and presenter Fergal Keane won the TV Story of the Year award at last week's Foreign Press Association (FPA) awards for their BBC 1 Panorama programme The
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Sales slump costs 60 jobs at Quantel
Quantel intends to cut 60 jobs from its workforce in reaction to worsening market conditions.Although staff have not yet been made redundant, a list of 60 names was drawn up last
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C5 and Sky cut their text loss
Channel 5 and BSkyB have dumped their loss-making text service Sky5Text after admitting it was running at a loss and had no medium-term prospects, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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C4 SURVIVOR MESSAGE
Channel 4 has lined up one of the survivors of the World Trade Centre disaster to deliver its alternative Christmas message. Genelle Guzman, who was the last person to be rescued
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SUNSET & VINE RENEWS CRICKET WITH C4
Channel 4 has commissioned Sunset & Vine to produce its cricket coverage for a further four years. The deal kicks off from next month and includes all live and recorded action
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BBC 3 TRIES AGAIN
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport is expected to publish details of the BBC's revised proposal for digital channel BBC 3 this week. Original plans for BBC 3 were rejected
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - DI3 HIRES MD FROM SKY
Interactive TV software provider di3 (formerly Digital Impact) has appointed Mark Hughes as managing director. Hughes joins from BSkyB where, as part of the new media team, he was responsible for
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RATINGS: WEEK ENDING 18 NOVEMBER - Early evening viewers slip from soap to soap
When soaps pull in record audiences, it's the primetime heavyweights the tabloids get in a lather about - and rightly so, bearing in mind the contribution made to BBC 1's primetime
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BBC2 unveils Winter schedule
Topical drama from BBC news and current affairs team heads£77m Christmas and Winter line-up
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MediaWave goes into administration
Company behind Madonna webcast fails to find funding and calls in receivers PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Polaroid unaffected
Polaroid UK has attempted to reassure the market that it has not been affected by the US division's decision to file for Chapter 11, the US equivalent of administration which allows
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Inventor of the year
Roke Manor Research engineer John Mansbridge has been named Siemens Inventor of the Year. He was chosen from 57,000 research and development employees worldwide for his invention RipCore, an internet router
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Snell & Wilcox grows
Snell & Wilcox has bought Newbury-based switcher and keyer manufacturer PSP Digital. The acquisition is the latest move in Snell & Wilcox's expansion strategy and follows the purchase in September of
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VFG restructure fails to stem losses
Beleaguered film and video facilities group VFG expects pre-tax losses to reach£7.5m or£8m for the year ended August 2001, despite a major restructure which attempted to shore up the
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Aston in spanish deal
Aston Broadcast Systems has received its biggest order ever from Spanish state broadcaster Radio Televisión Española (TVE). Aston, which was bought four weeks ago by Softel (Broadcast, 16.11.01), has been asked
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Sales slump costs 60 jobs at Quantel
Quantel intends to cut 60 jobs from its workforce in reaction to worsening market conditions, writes Barbara MarshallAlthough staff have not yet been made redundant, a list of 60 names was