All Broadcast articles in 12 April 2002 – Page 7
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Interview - The matter of facts.
Brook Lapping Productions director Brian Lapping is a class act - churning out quality factual against the grain. But is time running out for the veteran documentary maker?
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FILM REVENUES FROM ON-DEMAND SET TO SOAR.
Film revenues from 'on-demand' services are poised to hit $12bn (£8.4bn) by 2007 according to a new report by Informa Media Group. The group claims that 281 million homes will take
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RATINGS - Revisited Forsyte Saga is a success for ITV.
ITV 1's costly dramatisation of John Galsworthy adaptation The Forsyte Saga pulled in nearly 9 million viewers for its debut this week, writes Jon Rogers
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Off the Record - Gold fundraiser.
Time for a bit of a plug. It's OK, it's for charidee, mate. The next 'Gold' event (a party organised to raise money for Marie Curie cancer research) will be at
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UK Online goes interactive.
The government has unveiled a digital TV version of its UK Online public information service, offering a range of information from health advice to World Cup football travel news, writes Simon Ellery
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THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. GOES TO GRANADA.
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has bought 60 x 30-minute episodes of secret agent series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. from Warner Bros International Television. The series, which features Robert Vaughn and David
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GRANADA IN SCANDINAVIA.
Granada has struck another co-production deal, this time in Scandinavia, as it strives to expand its production base in Europe. The deal is with production company Nordsk Film and covers the
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LIBERTY RULES OUT NTL.
US cable giant Liberty Media has ruled out further talks to take a large stake in NTL as the heavily indebted cable operator is poised to unveil a completed restructure. Liberty
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SEPTEMBER TO LOOK AT SEAMY SIDE OF VEGAS.
The Travel Channel in the US has commissioned September Films to produce a 6 x 60-minute series on the seamy side of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Confidential. Jointly funded by The
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OMNEON'S NEW SERVER.
Omneon Video Networks has launched a next generation media server at NAB which the company hopes will further its position of being the most cost-effective provider of shared storage solutions. The
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SONGS OF PRAISE PLANS NHS TRIBUTE.
Peter Williams Television has been commissioned to make a special Songs of Praise edition paying tribute to NHS staff. The 30-minute special, due to air on BBC 1 in mid-June, will
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World Service for NY Times.
BBC World Service content is to be made available to users of the New York Times website after the BBC completed one of the first agreements of its kind, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Trade Talk - Sharp operator.
Given his undoubted intellect and political nous, does it matter that new LWT boss Christy Swords has little experience of programme-making?
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In My View - Simon Shaps.
On how heritage TV drama could have more staying power internationally than formats
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TEEN SPIRITED.
Channel 4 controller of acquisitions June Dromgoole has bought a 22 x 30-minute teen comedy series from the creators of Frasier for C4
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Employee blows the whistle on NDS
Software security consultant Oliver Kommerling says company did order the publication of Canal Plus smart-card codes on the internet