All Broadcast articles in 11 February 2005 – Page 4
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Most Identical sells to Spain's TV3
Television Corporation International has sold Mentorn's factual format Most Identicalto Spanish network TV3. The show, which hunts for the nation's most identical set of twins, will be produced by Madrid-based Four Luck Banana and will run over three one-hour episodes. The format and completed show, originally ...
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Cheesbrough: BBC to move to HD by 2010
All BBC programmes will be made in high definition by the end of the decade, according to the corporation's head of technology production, Paul Cheesbrough.
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ITV2 orders Celebrity doc
Model Sophie Anderton, who featured in ITV's last I'm a Celebrity?series, is to be the subject of a one-off documentary for ITV2.
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ITV2 to look at ?out there' lifestyles
ITV2 is to launch its first documentary strand, Extraordinary Lives, which will focus on stories of people living unusual or edgy lifestyles.
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C4I to co-pro science doc with Kabel 1
Channel 4 International has signed Germany's Kabel 1 as a co-production partner for science special Extraterrestrial, a 100-minute documentary being made by Big Wave Productions for C4 and National Geographic US. Other deals include sales of Pioneer Films' Krakatoato ZDF in Germany ...
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S4C in£1m hand-out
Welsh-language channel S4C has earmarked£1m in development finance for the indie sector over the next two years. The scheme will see Welsh indies compete for a share of the cash, which will be allocated to new drama, formats or inter-active projects. The invitation to tender will be published on the ...
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Top Up TV wins 160,000 subs
Top Up TV, the 10-channel pay-TV service for Freeview viewers, has attracted around 160,000 customers since its launch last April.
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NewsE4 gets new chief and£20m boost
Channel 4 is set to pump an extra£20m into its digital entertainment service E4 and has appointed Julian Bellamy to run it.
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NewsHeggessey: on way out?
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey looks likely to be the replacement for Peter Fincham at Talkback Thames, creating a vacancy for one of broadcasting's biggest jobs.
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NewsBBC sets up regional indie fund
The BBC is launching a£500,000 annual development fund to encourage indies to make programmes outside London.
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NewsFox in talks to buy indie Scream Films
Fox Television Studios is in talks to buy indie Scream Films, the producer of BBC3 spoof documentaries Dale's Weddingand Sex Lies and Michael Aspel.
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NewsMen and Motors lined up for ITV4
ITV is looking at launching lads channel Men and Motors on Freeview and eventually turning it into ITV4.
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BBC hunts fresh Lottery formats
The BBC has met with leading entertainment production companies in a bid to overhaul its National Lottery coverage.
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Endemol woos Goodwin
Endemol UK is trying to poach Talkback Productions editorial director Daisy Goodwin in a bid to beef up its factual entertainment output.
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Tinopolis talks to London indies
Tinopolis, the Welsh indie that recently listed on the London Stock Exchange, has begun talks with potential acquisition targets in and around London.
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HIT and GWR launch joint radio venture
Hit Entertainment has joined forces with Classic FM-owner GWR to bring characters such as Bob the Builder to radio.
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UKTV builds commissions
UKTV has poached BBC senior commissioning executive for documentaries and contemporary factual Jo Clinton Davis to take on a new chief commissioning role across all its channels.
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ITV to up regional output
ITV chief executive Charles Allen this week told Broadcastthe network would commission more high-quality drama from the regions as a result of changes to its regional obligations, announced by Ofcom this week.
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NewsDetailing Ofcom's vision
In a paper entitled Competition for Quality, Ofcom this week published its phase three report into the future of public service television as the move towards digital switchover renders the old PSB model extinct. Conor Dignam looks at the recommendations and their impact.
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NewsOfcom sets out digi-switch timetable
Ofcom today unveiled its proposals for turning off analogue signals, which it said would kick off in the ITV Border region from 2008, with London being one of the last to switch.