All Broadcast articles in 07 November 2003 – Page 29
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C4 WINS PRIX ITALIA.
Channel 4 scooped two awards at the prestigious Prix Italia awards in recognition of its artistic
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BBC1 is an early winner with kids.
The BBC's new Saturday morning flagship kids show Dick and Dom in da Bungalow got off to a promising start at the weekend, beating its ITV rival, SM:TV Gold, according to unofficial overnight figures, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Docherty puts forward switch-off solution.
Former Telewest new media chief David Docherty is seeking government backing for a new set-top box service that he claimed will help the government achieve analogue switch-off by 2010, writes Colin Robertson.
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Thumbs up for Pact/Bectu freelance deal.
Members of broadcasting union Bectu have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a package of changes to the Pact/Bectu Freelance Production Agreement, which will mean employers contributing to freelance pensions for the first time since the 1980s, writes Will
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GREGORY MEMORIAL DATE CONFIRMED.
A memorial service for Granada Entertainment deputy head of production John Gregory, who died suddenly on
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EX CENTRAL CONTROLLER JOINS INDIE TOUCH.
Former Central controller of factual programmes Eric Harwood has joined Dorset-based independent producer Touch Productions as
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RIGHTON QUITS CARLTON FOR OWN VENTURE.
Carlton Westcountry controller of features and programme development Caroline Righton is to leave the company next
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Terrestrials plan new Solus card.
Terrestrial broadcasters are devising a plan to resurrect the free viewing cards that allow viewers to watch ITV, Channel 4 and Five on satellite without subscribing to Sky, writes Michael Rosser.
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BBC BEEFS UP MANCHESTER ENTS DIVISION.
The BBC has bolstered its Manchester entertainment department with the appointment of two new executive producers,
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Battle over for Design Wars.
ITV has again wielded the axe on Saturday night and pulled Design Wars after only two
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MASON VACATES MD POSITION AT AVAGO.
Managing director of gambling channel Avago Debbie Mason is to leave her role following a management
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Celebs to feign facial disorders in C4 show.
Birmingham indie Maverick Television is to follow its con-troversial Channel 4 shows Celebrity Blind Man's Buff and Celebrity Wheelchair Challenge with a third programme working titled Celebrities Disfigured: In Your Face, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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New BBC satellite puts third 24 series in doubt.
Plans for the BBC to air the third series of hit thriller 24 are under threat, following US studio Fox's concerns over the BBC's decision to change satellite and broadcast its services unencrypted, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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TV execs knock 2010 target.
The government will not meet its 2010 analogue switch-off target, key broadcasting figures have predicted.Executives attending
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MAVERICK SEEKS£2M TO FUND FRESH MUFFIN.
Maverick Entertainment Group is looking for£2m of outside investment in order to beef up its
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Davies: we were right to trust Gilligan.
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies defended the BBC governors' role in the Dr David Kelly affair again this week, saying it was right that they should not have investigated the accuracy of Andrew Gilligan's original report, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Comment - The digital dichotomy.
2010 switchover is looking shaky at best - a factor the BBC must take on board if its digital plans are to succeed Conor Dignam Editor.
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Search for new sky chief widens.
BSkyB has instructed corporate head-hunters to find it a new chief executive in a bid to calm fears from City investors that chairman Rupert Murdoch is trying to shoo-in his youngest son, James, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Peter Stothard joins board at September.
Sir Peter Stothard, the former editor of The Times, is to enter the indie sector with a board-level role at September Films, writes Colin Robertson.
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OFF THE RECORD - GOOD WEEK.
Fresh-faced Dan Chambers. At 34 the youngest terrestrial programme chief in the history of British television.