All Broadcast articles in 07 November 2003 – Page 3
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Foregone conclusions
Sky's appointment of James Murdoch as chief executive doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know.
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Sky is digital choice
More people listen to digital radio through the Sky platform than any other, including DAB digital radio sets, Freeview and cable, according to a new survey by Continental Research. It found that 4.8m people aged 15 or over use Sky to listen to digital radio, compared with 783,860 using Freeview ...
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Daly escapes charge
The undercover BBC reporter who exposed racism in the police force will not be prosecuted, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said this week. Greater Manchester Police originally arrested Mark Daly on suspicion of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception and damaging police property. However, following the broadcast of his explosive ...
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UKTV launches NZ channel on sky digital
UKTV is launching a sister channel in New Zealand this month to be carried on the country's Sky Digital platform. The joint-venture between BBC Worldwide, Fremantle Media and Foxtel will screen a mix of contemporary, classic and popular British programmes. UKTV, which runs a similar station in Australia, will include ...
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Carlton to make soldier, soldier for US
Carlton America has joined up with the team behind The West Wingto recreate army drama Soldier, Soldierfor the US. The ITV series, which ran for 82 episodes over six years, will be adapted by West Wing writer, producer and director ...
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Talpa buys in to Fox
Talpa Capital BV, the Dutch company owned by Endemol founder John de Mol, has taken a 5.1% stake in Fox Kids Europe, the kids channel and content business in which Disney holds a 76% stake.
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Management finalises deal to buy Red Post Production
The management of Soho's Red Post Production has completed a deal to buy the company, writes Will Strauss.
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BBC takes flak for war stance
Coverage of the war in Iraq by UK broadcasters - including the BBC - was frequently one-sided, with newscasters often taking government information as fact regardless of its accuracy, according to a major new study on the media's coverage of the conflict.
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Promax awards
Changes to the way the Promax UK Awards are judged have brought an end to the BBC's dominance of the design and branding category. Amendments were made to both the make-up of the judging panels and the awards categories and the result saw this year's Gold awards being shared out ...
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Iraq war footage wins Rory Peck news award
An American cameraman's footage of the Iraq war friendly fire tragedy that almost claimed the lives of BBC veteran John Simpson and his camera crew has been named the hard news image of the year by the prestigious Rory Peck Trust.
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Radio big guns await Glasgow FM decision
Thirteen of the country's biggest radio owners will today (Thursday) hear who has won the new FM licence for Glasgow, which is expected to yield as much as£15m in advertising revenue.
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Pitman is appointed head of Merged ITV
Carlton's senior non-executive director Brian Pitman has been confirmed as the new interim chairman of the merged ITV. The appointment of the former head of Lloyds TSB followed the resignation of Carlton chairman Michael Green. The choice of Pitman in an interim role will go some way to quell fears ...
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Apes prove big hit for Granada
A regional ITV wildlife show made for the Meridian region has made its way into the top five of Granada International's best selling programmes alongside Coronation Streetand Agatha Christie's Poirot, following a deal with Discovery Networks International.
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Fox & Science Museum make aliens series
Fox has teamed up with the London Science Museum on a TV project that will become the first original production to air on its new UK entertainment channel, FX.
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BBC World to air on Italian DTT station
The BBC is poised to launch its 24-hour news and information channel BBC World on Italy's new digital terrestrial television service, which launches next month. The deal between BBC World and Italian broadcaster Mediaset will give the commercial channel access to around 50% of the Italian population through the free-to-air ...
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Leitch defers agm
Leitch Technology has rescheduled its annual general meeting after receiving a vote of no confidence from shareholders. According to Leitch, the company does not have to postpone the AGM but has chosen to do so because it 'gives an opportunity to see the argument that these shareholders are presenting'. The ...
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Highfield pledges limits to online activity
BBC director of new media and technology Ashley Highfield has pledged to stay out of key commercial areas following criticism from commercial rivals.
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Blunt animated after double act
Canned Heat is the first of two S4C commissions for Blunt Pictures, a division of Siriol Pictures set up to produce adult animation. It is described by the producers as 'a humorous exploration of prejudice and intolerance featuring animated cans of soup which prove that despite our differences, we all ...
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Bowling for Columbine to screen on C4
Channel 4 is to screen Michael Moore's Oscar-winning documentary film Bowling for Columbineafter picking up the rights from Momentum Pictures. Directed and fronted by US left-wing film-maker Moore, the 114-minute movie, which was made last year, will be shown on FilmFour and then C4 before ...
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Lygo reshuffles T4 and 4Music staff
Channel 4's new director of television, Kevin Lygo, has made his first staff changes since joining the channel on Monday (3 November). He has handed head of scheduling Jules Oldroyd the extra responsibilities of T4 and 4Music and promoted deputy editor, T4 and 4Music Neil McCallum to editor.