All Broadcast articles in 11 November 2005 – Page 2
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Rushes hires Kiddie
Rushes post-production has recruited visual effects artist Dave Kiddie to join its visual effects team. Kiddie, previously a freelancer, has worked on high-end commercials including a commercial for BBC Radio 2, Shout. He joins Rushes' 15-strong VFX team and will work as senior VFX artist on high-end commercials, using Fire ...
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Sudoku kicks off RDF's Hanrahan team-up
RDF Rights has signed a two-year first-look development deal with Hanrahan Media, covering all new shows and consumer products.
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Grade to spell out TV fortunes in Vegas
BBC chair Michael Grade will deliver the keynote address at the National Association of Television Program Executives in Las Vegas on 25 January. Meanwhile, organisers of Mipcom have announced that the marketplace in Cannes last month attracted 11,704 delegates, a 7% increase on 2004.
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Plans for filming in Parliament rejected
Broadcasters have lost their battle to place cameras in the Westminster corridors outside the chamber of the House of Commons. Despite a campaign led by the former film producer and Labour peer David Puttnam to allow cameras into the corridors of power the plans have been scuppered. Nigel Griffiths, deputy ...
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Stars nominate favourite ITV shows
Joan Collins and Trevor McDonald are to reveal their love for The Avengers and Tommy Cooper's TV comedies for an ITV1 show being made by Talent TV. Must See TV gives celebrities the chance to sing the praises of their favourite ITV shows - comedian Julian Clary examines the success ...
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Farm heads RTS list
The Farm Group has two nominations for this year's RTS Craft & Design Awards. Senior colourist Aidan Farrell, who has already won two RTS awards, is aiming for a hat trick, in the visual effects - picture enhancement category with Murder Prevention (World Productions for Five). Head of audio Nigel ...
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Popworld expansion
Former ITV director of licensing Martin Lowde has been appointed as the chief executive of Popworld. Its four shareholders - Channel 4, UBC Media, Freedom Media and Simon Fuller - have tasked Lowde with developing the Popworld brand and driving commercial success around the world, both on and off air. ...
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London hires execs
The London Studios has boosted its post-production facility with three new management recruits, as part of an investment in improving its services. London Post's head of post-production, Soraya Robinson, joins as facilities manager, while Chris Downes comes on board as head of post-production sound, after eight years at Lynx Digital ...
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Radio rivals unite to test DRM quality
BBC World Service, Kiss 100, TalkSport and Virgin Radio have joined forces in a six-week DRM digital broadcast trial in London. In partnership with broadcast infrastructure provider National Grid Wireless (NGW), formerly known as Crown Castle, the trial, which started on 31 October, will examine whether the new digital standard ...
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Endemol recruits for drama push
Endemol's international push into drama has taken another step forward with the poaching of Caroline Torrance from Granada International (GI).
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UKTV gets its digits on Sudoku obsession
UKTV G2 has made its first-ever commission - a quiz series based on the Sudoku craze. Street Cred Sudoku has been commissioned by UKTV head of commissioning Jo Clinton-Davis from indie Hanrahan Media. The 5 x 23-minute series, hosted by Radio One DJ Colin Murray, will be stripped across the ...
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Tiger's Forman dies suddenly
Tiger Aspect director Charlie Forman, whose credits include BBC2's Country House and A Seaside Parish, has died in a motorcycle accident in Uganda, aged 31.
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Leopard pounces on international deals
Indie Leopard Films has secured a raft of international sales through its distribution arm, Leopard International. W Networks in Canada and UKTV have taken two series of BBC1 programme Missing, which follows the work of Lambeth Police's Missing Persons Unit. The outfit has also sold series six of its BBC1 ...
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Teletrex FCo deal
Broadcast monitoring services company Teletrex has signed a three-year deal to monitor British Satellite News, the news service for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Teletrax will monitor usage of the service, a daily news feed reporting UK events to broadcasters across the world. Channels monitored include al-Jazeera in the Middle ...
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Flextech Creative in crime spree
Flextech Creative Services has created the title graphics for Granada Factual's Costa Del Street Crime. The Bravo series captures the mayhem of the Costa Del Sol's package resorts through the eyes of those trying to police them. Commissioned by FCS creative director Anthony Van Someren, the titles, featuring a gun ...
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Independent Image to make mobile content
Surrey-based indie Independent Image has launched a dedicated production arm to create content for mobile phones.
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NewsRome conquers the opposition
BBC2 scored a monster hit with the start of its big budget drama series Rome, which got the highest ratings on the channel for five years.
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Discovery Kids in commissioning drive
Discovery Kids UK has commissioned two shows, one co-production and two interactive games in the channel's biggest commissioning round since its launch in 2000.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Siwan Jobbins
The commissioning editor, children's, at S4C has high regard for the yuck factor, Trevor Eve's crime-busting antics and C4's recent drama about David Blunkett's fall from grace.
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Format focus: ex wives club
A new US reality format from the producer of Average Joe gives spurned men and women the chance to get their own back on ex lovers.