All Broadcast articles in 13 May 2011 – Page 4
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NewsThis Morning to push interactive boundaries
ITV is ramping up viewer influence on This Morning by introducing viewer votes on cookery items, live cook-along features via Skype and interactive interviews.
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NewsRIG plans revamp in bid to become the ‘radio Pact’
The Radio Independents Group (RIG) is planning a reorganisation and aggressive membership drive to help turn it into the “radio Pact”.
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NewsBBC to publish guidance on hiring and firing stars
The BBC is set to publish guidance for producers on how to avoid legal pitfalls when hiring and firing on-screen talent, following Miriam O’Reilly’s successful discrimination suit last year.
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NewsBBC’s Hare set for axe as viewers switch off
The BBC is to drop Saturday night format Don’t Scare The Hare after it failed to attract enough viewers - and didn’t impress those who did tune in.
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NewsC5’s Davidson joins Renegade
Ex-Channel 5 commissioner and former The Apprentice executive producer Sue Davidson has joined Renegade Productions as an executive producer.
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NewsC4 downgrades Dickson’s role following exit
Channel 4 is downgrading its deputy head of documentaries role following the departure of Simon Dickson.
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NewsC4 orders STV pub quiz series
Pub quiz fanatics will travel across the UK to test their general knowledge in an STV Productions daytime format for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 ready for challenging 2011
Channel 4’s executive team has pledged to bolster its risk-taking content despite the pressures of tougher market conditions.
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News10 Star bolsters team for ITV’s Choir commission
10 Star Entertainment has hired two execs as it builds its team following a commission from ITV1 for The Choir That Rocks.
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NewsSky 1 orders Maverick series; hunts entertainment format
Sky 1 has ordered its second fact ent series from Maverick TV in three months and is on the hunt for a £2.5m entertainment show to rival those of its terrestrial competitors.
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NewsITVS America ups stakes with first order for ITV1
ITV Studios America is to make its first show for ITV1 as part of a raft of entertainment commissions won by the in-house production business.
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CommentHelp is out there for parents in the media
I read with interest your article ‘Escaping the maternity trap’ (Broadcast 06.05.11). Like Zan Barberton, as a freelance series producer, I didn’t want to roll over and give up TV at 35.
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CommentCrew are TV’s unsung heroes
Those behind the camera deserve their plaudits, writes John Willis.
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CommentMade In Chelsea / Strangeways / Operation Crossbow
1A Productions’ Kate Efomi and Windfall Films’ Tom Cook on the Chelsea set, prisoners and war in 3D.
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CommentThree cheers for women making a difference in TV
Female nominees took their rightful place at The One World Awards, says Jenny Kleeman.
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The Broadcast InterviewBetty TV: Walter Iuzzolino, Liz Warner
Betty’s creative director and chief exec are looking to revisit past ideas rather than let their rivals cash in on them.
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CommentTime to get behind Salford
Attitudes towards MediaCityUK need to change for the greater good.
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CommentLicence fee is out of step with audience
I read with interest reports in the media that new research from the Nielsen Company has found that 96.7% of American homes have at least one television, down from 98.9% the last time Nielsen took count. This is the first time in 20 years that TV ownership has declined.
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FeaturesHell on Wheels, AMC (US)
Broadcast shines the spotlight on the forthcoming drama from Mad Men cable broadcaster AMC.
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RatingsRatings: Quarterly round-up 2011
Viewing figures for the first quarter of 2011 were a mixed bag for the major broadcasters. Stephen Price looks at what caught viewers’ imagination and what made them switch off