All Broadcast articles in 14 January 2011 – Page 7
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NewsBBC reduces Moving On episodes
BBC daytime drama series Moving On is to return - but will only have half the number of episodes from the last series.
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NewsFree@Last launches online video portals
Indie Free@Last TV is setting up four online video portals to secure wider distribution for content it produces and help gain international sales.
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NewsC5’s Gill to head ITV interactive commissioning
Channel 5 commercial development manager Paul Gill is set to join ITV as its head of interactive commissioning as it beefs up its multiplatform team.
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NewsESPN confirms World Rally deal
ESPN has confirmed it is to air the World Rally Championship following a deal with indie North One Sport - a move which will see the sport move onto pay-TV for the first time.
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CommentHow the O’Reilly decision will affect broadcasting
The Miriam O’Reilly decision is likely to be of huge importance to broadcasters, being the first major decision of its kind in the UK, writes Russell Brimelow.
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NewsLucy Carter moves to Diverse
Who Do You Think You Are? executive producer Lucy Carter has joined Diverse in a new role leading the development team.
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NewsC4 to host diversity week
Channel 4 will host a week of diversity events in March to run in parallel with an initiative being organised by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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NewsSky 1 extends League episodes
Sky 1’s hit sports quiz A League Of Their Own is to be extended to hour-long episodes for its third series.
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NewsITV names new comms chief
ITV has appointed former Royal Mail corporate affairs chief Mary Fagan as its new head of communications.
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RatingsBBC3 drugs show tops 500,000
THURSDAY: BBC3’s new series on How Drugs Work managed to pull in more than half a million viewers but was overshadowed by comedy and movie offerings from E4 and ITV2.