All Broadcast articles in 07 November 2008 – Page 3
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CommentDear Agony Uncle...
Q: Dear Steven,Like many men working in TV, I have become obsessed with the glossy US lesbian drama The L Word on Living.
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NewsJudges named for Broadcast Awards 2009
ITV2 controller Zai Bennett, E4 head Angela Jain and BBC Knowledge head of independent commissioning Richard Klein are among the 23 judges of the Broadcast Awards 2009.
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NewsBlink eyes fact ent after hires
Blink Films, the indie set up by former Five execs Dan Chambers and Justine Kershaw, has made its first major hires and is planning a push into factual entertainment.
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NewsBBC plans twin seasons on credit crunch crisis
The BBC is aiming to demystify the stock market and track the personal impact of financial problems in two factual seasons around the economic crisis.
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CommentBroadcast's Off Cuts
A selection of choice cuts from the week's gossip and gaffs, including Peter Fincham cancelling a night out with Paris Hilton and how the credit crunch is proving a boon for Russell Grant.
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CommentBBC news must be global
Foreign news matters more than ever and the BBC must be ready to provide it.
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NewsCompulsory redundancies prompt ITV strike threat
More than 200 ITV regional news staff face compulsory redundancy before Christmas after the window closed for journalists to leave their jobs voluntarily.
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NewsRoss and Brand ‘will escape lasting harm'
Neither Russell Brand nor Jonathan Ross will suffer lasting damage to their careers because of the row over their prank phone calls to Andrew Sachs - or so think most people in television.
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NewsElliott to boost RDF drama slate
RDF Media Group has recruited former ITV drama luminary Nick Elliott as a consultant to sit on a group-wide drama board.
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NewsITVP rebrands in push for global sales
ITV Productions is to be renamed ITV Studios as part of a radical restructure designed to emulate the scale and innovation of US studios such as Fox and Universal.
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NewsTennant plans comedy and glossy factual for ITV3
ITV3 controller Emma Tennant is looking to expand her channel remit to include formatted factual programming and comedy.
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NewsBudget blowout heaps pressure on BBC news
The BBC has exceeded its foreign news budget by nearly£1m and is considering closing some of its foreign bureaux to make ends meet.
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NewsSaturday night's not all right for C4
Channel 4 had a disastrous performance last Saturday as it suffered its worst all-hours share since at least the start of 1994, with 3.7%.Even including the figures for its C4+1 option it could only manage a share of 4%.
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NewsEnd BBCW first-look deal, producers tell MPs
BBC Worldwide is “systematically underpaying” the BBC for distribution rights, Fremantle Media chief executive Tony Cohen has told MPs.
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FeaturesEureka!: KNTV (Tern TV for Channel 4)
Creative director Harry Bell on the archive gold mine that inspired an unusual science show.
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NewsTapeless: Paul Merton in India
Tiger Aspect's second exploration of foreign culture in the company of Paul Merton returned to the digital workflow first devised by the producer with hire firm Procam and facility Evolutions.
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FeaturesTapeless: Pulling Power
The 12th series of ITV's long running motoring magazine was the first to be produced all digitally earlier this year when producer Mike Burch of X2 Productions decided to ditch the trusted Digibeta and DV formats for the high-definition output of Sony's disc-based XDCAM.
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Industry pleads for product placement
Commercial broadcasters have spelled out the benefits of product placement in their submissions to the government's inquiry into whether to relax rules on the practice.
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Milkshake pets to star in spin-off series
Five's Milkshake! pre-school strand's pets are to star in their own spin-off series.