All Broadcast articles in 13 December 2002 – Page 10
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UKTV'S BRIGHT IDEA.
UKTV's new lifestyle offering for digital terrestrial platform Freeview has been given its third and final
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ITV UNVEILS BIG BUDGET DRAMA.
ITV is continuing its fightback for ratings by filling its winter 2003 schedule with big budget drama, writes Steve Aston
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Littleford to head Action Time production.
Action time has backtracked on its plans to operate as a format-only business and has hired former Play UK channel editor Matthew Littleford to head a new UK-based production team, writes Steve Aston
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C4 JOURNALISTS HELD.
The two journalists arrested in Bangladesh while filming for the Mentorn Midlands-produced Channel 4 strand Unreported
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DCMS rebuffs S4C cash call.
Welsh broadcaster S4C is being forced to slash a million pounds off its programming budget by next year after the government refused to give the broadcaster an extra #3.5m to cover the additional costs of digital transmission, writes Penny Hughes
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Lords take viewers' side.
A number of prominent peers this week warned that the House of Lords was prepared to
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GRANADA'S ITALIAN JOB.
Granada has struck a production deal with Italian producer Einstein Multimedia Group to develop three new
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Emap signs Park in Magic deal.
Former Capital Radio group programme director Richard Park is joining Emap Radio as a consultant for its London-based station Magic 105.4, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Wall to Wall film to look at crisis in transport.
The BBC is set to air another of its hypothetical reality docu-dramas, with a film covering what might happen if Britain's transport infrastructure was paralysed, writes Jon Rogers
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Five International to close.
Five is to shut down its international distribution arm next year after only three years in operation, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Granada rejig claims exec.
One of Granada's most senior production executives is to leave as a result of the company's ongoing restructure into genre-driven departments, writes Steve Aston
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CHINESE ROBOT WARS.
China is set to get its own version of Robot Wars after a dubbed version of
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BBC faces criticism over indie champion.
The BBC was put on the defensive this week as independent producers voiced fears that its 'indie champion' was little more than a token gesture, writes Jane Marlow
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BBC CONTRACT PLEDGE.
The BBC has pledged to cut the number of people working on fixed-term contracts from 20
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4Learning to study workings of mother ship.
4Learning has ordered a fly-on-the-wall series exploring the internal workings of Channel 4, writes Penny Hughes
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OZZY WIFE IN C4 XMAS.
Sharon Osbourne, the wife of rock star Ozzy Osbourne, is to present Channel 4's Alternative Christmas
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NTL resets Chapter 11 deadline.
NTL has set a new target of the end of the month for emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after it missed its November deadline, writes Paul Revoir
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Performance gets Sky Digital lifeline.
The Daily Mail's struggling arts channel Performance is to be given a new lease of life, appearing on satellite for the first time, writes David Wood
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Sky's charges for electronic guide to soar.
BSKYB is set to almost triple the amount it charges some free-to-air channels to appear on its onscreen electronic programme guide (EPG), in a move that could put a number of smaller channels in jeopardy, writes Paul Revoir and David Wood
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Trigger Happy indie axes staff.
Absolutely Productions, producer of Trigger Happy TV, is undergoing a dramatic restructure, cutting its overheads and moving out of scripted comedy, writes Penny Hughes