All Broadcast articles in 11 October 2002 – Page 5
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Talkback teams up with Shoreditch twat
Channel 4's comedy lab has commissioned a 30-minute special from Talkback Productions in association with irreverent fanzine Shoreditch Twat. The show, which will feature satirical sketches and animation, is due to air at the end of the month. Ordered by C4 commissioning editor for comedy ...
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Famously dirty old man wins BBC 1 tribute
BBC 1 is to air a 60-minute special tribute to Edmund Trebus, who featured in the first series of BBC 1 series of A Life of Grime as well as a special programme, Mr Trebus' Life of Grime. The 83-year-old ...
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Zeal wraps up deals with Dutch network
Dutch public broadcaster RTL4 has bought the rights to Zeal Television format Under Construction, while Dutch indie IDTV has bought another of the one-year-old UK producer and distributor's formats, Demolition. Under Constructionfollows 10 couples as ...
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September studies NY's monster brides
US broadcasters WE (Women's Entertainment) and Metro (NY) have joined together to commission September Films New York office to make an 8 x 60-minute factual entertainment reality series called Bridezillaswhich follows several Manhattan 'monster' brides and their excessively costly celebrations. WE/Metro are buying US broadcast ...
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Oneword unveils production schedule
National digital radio station Oneword has announced its new programme schedule which features a raft of new productions including a politics show. The 30-minute weekly discussion series Planet Politicswill feature politicians and journalists discussing issues of the day. Other new shows on the plays, books ...
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Facilities break-ins raise insurance fears
Broadcast facility and hire firms fear insurance premiums will escalate following another spate of thefts and attempted thefts in the London area, writes Barbara Marshall
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4MC poaches top audio man
Liberty Livewire facility 4MC has made another top-level signing with the appointment of De Lane Lea head of sound David Old, writes Barbara Marshall
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Pioneer/1 Ltd develop digital sound system
British technology development firm 1 Ltd has teamed up with Pioneer Electronics in the US to produce a digital sound projector, writes Barbara Marshall
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Pace chief executive to quit
Pace Micro Technology chief executive Malcolm Miller is to leave the beleaguered set-top box manufacturer on 1 January, writes Barbara Marshall
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Oz firm wins Emmy
Asset management software specialist Proximity is the first Australian firm to win a technical Emmy. The firm, which counts the BBC among its customers, was given the award in New York last week (Wednesday 2 October) in recognition of its 'software for managing graphical assets for broadcast'. Proximity was set ...
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Quantel appointment
Quantel has appointed Tom McDonald as worldwide director of market development for the firm's new line of Pro products. McDonald joins Quantel from Apple where he was worldwide product manager for Final Cut Pro. Reporting to marketing director Nigel Turner, he will be based in the United States and will ...
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3d fx licence fees cut
Softimage has introduced a low-cost permanent non-commercial licence for both XSI and 3D. The move is part of an ongoing battle between post-production software houses to expand their user bases by attracting students and educational establishments. The XSI Advanced licence is being offered at an introductory rate of $495 (£320) ...
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Branding debate
Promax UK has lined up a session to debate the issue of channel branding and packaging. Called Marketing Heads on the Block, the session will be chaired by television and radio presenter Nicky Campbell who, with BBC Wales head of comedy Gareth Gwenlan and Discovery Europe content vice-president Peter Weil, ...
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RatingsFame Academy loses 1 million viewers
The ratings for BBC 1's Fame Academy went from bad to worse yesterday as the show lost almost 1 million viewers, writes Jon Rogers
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EchoStar seeks deal on DirecTV merger
EchoStar Communications, the American satellite television company, is considering a raft of 'major revisions' aime...
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TV reporter banned from entering Iran
Britain was embroiled in a fresh diplomatic row with Iran last night after a television journalist travelling with ...
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German media group grew fat on Nazi propagands
Bertelsmann, one of the world's largest media groups, deliberately misled researchers in an attempt to conceal its ...
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Pace chief to leave by the end of the year
Pace Micro Technology's chief executive Malcolm Miller, will leave the television set-top box maker at the end of t...
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BBC reporter wins libel case against Kent Police
The undercover reporter Donal MacIntyre and his BBC production team were given an unreserved apology and substantia...