All Broadcast articles in 08 February 2002 – Page 7
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Indie Straight TV goes to the wall.
Manchester-based indie Straight TV, producer of the now defunct Channel 4/Trouble series Planet Pop, has gone into voluntary liquidation just before its fifth anniversary, writes Jon Rogers.
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Redmond indie to revamp Grange Hill.
Phil Redmond, the creator of BBC 1's long-running school drama Grange Hill, is set to take over its production through his independent company Mersey Television as part of an attempt to
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Quantel unveils heir to Paintbox.
Quantel has unveiled details of its first major new graphics package since it launched Paintbox 20 years ago.The as yet unnamed package, which will run either on a high-end purpose-built platform
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SKY ONE REORDERS KIRSTY'S HOME VIDEOS.
Sky One has ordered a second run of Kirsty's Home Videos (right). Deputy director of broadcasting and production Kate Marsh has commissioned a 13 x 60-minute run of the series in
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Sky raps 'illogical' rules.
BSkyB has hit out at the government's cross-media ownership rules, branding them 'illogical' and 'discriminatory', writes David Wood.
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MTV to offer interactivity.
MTV is to become the first entertainment channel to launch 24-hour interactivity as it continues to fend off competition from rival Emap Performance TV, writes Simon Ellery.
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NEW SERVICE FROM SAM.
TV and film graphics technology support firm Sufficiently Advanced Magic (SAM) has introduced a new hire service aimed at post houses. Based on the need for increased processing and storage capacity
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OFF THE RECORD - So touchy.
Talking of nastiness, the clash of the late night chat-o-comics - Johnny Vaughan in the blue corner, Graham Norton in the pink one - kicked off early, a full four months
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SKYTEXT REVAMPED.
BSkyB is poised to unveil a faster and improved text service that will allow viewers to watch TV while accessing around 2,000 pages of information. The revamped SkyText will launch next
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C5 ups arts output
Broadcaster looks to live up to is increased public service pledge with raft of new commissions
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Clocking Off proves another turn-off
BBC 1 drama loses more viewers as elsewhere Banzai makes a quiet return
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BSkyB writes off 1bn Kirch stake
Chief executive Tony Ball says KirchPayTV parent Taurus Holding will not be able to honour 'put' option forcing it to buy back 22 per cent stake
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BSkyB writes off£1bn Kirch stake
Chief executive Tony Ball says KirchPayTV parent Taurus Holding will not be able to honour 'put' option forcing it to buy back 22 per cent stake