All Broadcast articles in 10 December 2004 – Page 5
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NewsThe Man Who Broke Britain gets 2.4m
BBC2 one-off The Man Who Broke Britain managed a peak of 2.4 million (11%) but faced the might of Five's Hollywood blockbuster The Specialist.
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NewsPearson shuts down Penguin TV
Penguin Television, the TV production division of the Pearson-owned publishing group, is set to close after only one year in business.
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NewsAnglia Studios face closure
Around 20 jobs are facing the axe at ITV's Anglia Studios because the company has failed to find any new work following Trisha Goddard's defection to Five.
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NewsMPC sale nets ITV£52.7m
ITV has finally offloaded its post production facility The Moving Picture Company to French technology group Thomson.
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NewsThomson takes on BBC strategy brief
BBC director of policy and legal Caroline Thomson is to take on the added portfolio of strategy and distribution following the departure of its current head Carolyn Fairbairn.
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NewsBroadcast Awards: Channels and Indies
Terrestrial and multichannel brands will slug it out for the title or the Channel of the Year at the 2005 Broadcast Awards in January with a shortlist of six channels.
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NewsI'm a Celebrity spin-off hits 6.7m
ITV1 cashed in on the popularity of reality show I'm a Celebrity as a spin-off show peaked with 6.7 million (34%) at 10.05pm.
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The good, bad and ugly
The combined share of multichannel viewing looks set to grow by some 11% this year, outstripping both BBC1 and ITV1 for the first time as the two main terrestrial channels continue to lose viewers year on year.
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Sky One takes seventh series of Pokemon
Sky One has picked up the seventh season of Japanese animation Pokemon from US distributor 4Kids Entertainment. The 52-episode series, Pokemon: Advanced Challenge , introduces new characters in Teams Magma and Aqua to the perennial cast. Sky One currently airs ...
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Parry on the move
Colourist Jamie Parry has joined Manchester post-production facility Sumners. Parry spent seven years at Granada where he worked on, among other things , The Forsyte Saga, Clocking Off, Phoenix Nights and Son of God. Parry joins as senior colourist ...
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Yates to be Playboy TV international MD
Playboy TV International has promoted Jeremy Yates to managing director following the departure of William Campbell earlier this month. Yates was director of channels and digital media but will now hold responsibility for managing and developing Playboy TV's UK businesses. These include seven networks, the newly built digital broadcast centre ...
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Maverick hirings
Birmingham-based indie Maverick Television has appointed two non-executive directors to the board. They are Sally Luton, the chief executive of the Arts Council West Midlands, and Richard Burdett, planning director of 4Creative and former Flextech vice-president of marketing.
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The harder path
Mark Thompson's plans may make him unpopular but tough love is what is needed to secure the BBC's future.
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Jobs go at Granada
Twenty-three people have been made redundant at Granada Sky Broadcasting following the axing of its channel Plus. The remaining 29 GSB staff, who mainly work on Men and Motors, are still in consultation with ITV over the future of the venture, which ITV took full control of from Sky last ...
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A Touch of Frost reaches Russia
Granada International has sold all 11 series of ITV crime series A Touch of Frost to Russia. Over 70 hours of the drama, starring David Jason as Detective Inspector Jack Frost, has been bought by Russian terrestrial channel Center TV. It will begin screening it ...
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Metrostar to make Flextech spin-offs
Flextech has struck a deal with brand licensing company Metrostar to launch a range of merchandising spin-offs of its key shows.
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Gaydar expands
Gaydar Radio is to launch a£1.5m investment and development programme that will see the opening of new broadcast studios, extra live programming and the creation of its own sales division. The three-year-old station, which broadcasts on DAB in London and the south-east and on Sky Channel 908 as well as ...
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Endemol fined
Endemol UK has been forced to pay almost£15,000 for failing to protect employees from asbestos on the set of BBC talent show Fame Academy. The fines were issued by a London magistrates' court after Endemol UK pleaded guilty to two charges relating to the ...
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Editworks expands
Light entertainment editing specialist Editworks is moving into the documentary and drama markets. Former St Anne's Post sales manager Dean Watkins has been appointed head of business development at the Noho post house - known for its work on productions such as Who Wants to ...
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Sky drops Fashion TV
Fashion TV (FTV) has been removed from its slot on the Sky line-up because of a standoff with the pay-TV broadcaster. The 24-hour, free-to-air station wants to become part of a subscription package and receive per subscriber revenues from Sky. FTV owner and president Michel Adam said: 'Sky has now ...