All Broadcast articles in 14 March 2003 – Page 2
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Ideas Factory goes north
Channel 4 is rolling out its Ideas Factory initiative in Scotland, backed by£2m funding, writes Penny Hughes
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Turner u-turn over Freeview
Turner Broadcasting, which runs channels such as Cartoon Network and CNN, is still interested in taking up a slot on the Freeview platform, despite its most senior UK television executive last week appearing to rule it out, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsNew licence for Five confirmed
The ITC and Five have today confirmed the new terms drawn up for the broadcaster's analogue TV licence, which will save it£12 million a year, writes Luke Satchell
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RatingsGrand Designs ends on a high
Channel 4's solid peaktime form continued last night (12 March), with the last in the series of property show Grand Designs attracting over 4 million viewers, writes Luke Satchell
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Scarlet back on TV
Captain Scarlet is making a TV return after 36 years - with no strings attached. ...
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BBC steps up commercial fight with blow to BSkyB
The BBC stepped up its policy of aggressively competing with commercial broadcasters yesterday when it abruptly ann...
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Crossroads: My part in its downfall
They said it was too bad to last. And it seems they were right. Despite a radical overhaul which saw new sets, a ne...
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The end of the affair
Smug middle-class must-see or the most compelling drama of our time? Either way, Thomas Sutcliffe knows why Cold Fe...
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Digital chiefs start auction TV channel
Sit-Up, the television group run by two founders of ITV Digital, is launching a second live television channel late...
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Tarrant was unaware of 'strategic coughing' in quiz
Chris Tarrant, the presenter of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, did not hear the coughing that allegedly helped a c...
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BBC declares war on BSkyB in row over payments
The BBC yesterday directly took on BSkyB by refusing to pay the satellite group to broadcast its channels and decla...
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BBC to end BSkyB deal
The BBC yesterday said its digital television channels would no longer be broadcast through BSkyB's conditional acc...
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'Millionaire' host takes his turn in the hotseat
It being a trial about a quiz show, Judge Geoffrey Rivlin, QC, could not resist seizing his brief moment as a conte...
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BBC set to a save£85m by avoiding BSky B access fee
The BBC hailed a big breakthrough in digital broadcasting yesterday as it vowed to make all its channels available ...
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NewsITV studios investigated
ITV's dominance of broadcast studios in the north of England will be investigated as part of the Competition Commission's inquiry into the proposed merger of Carlton and Granada, it was revealed this week, writes Will Strauss
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BBC plots reality whodunnit show
The fiercest critics of reality TV warn the quest for ratings will end in a televised death. Those fears in a manne...
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Captain Scarlet's back
TV hero Captain Scarlet is to be revived after more than three decades-with no strings attaced, it was announced ye...
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Eastenders bosses didn't sack me...they wanted to promote me but i blew it
It's been a typical week for poor fat Barry in Eastenders. ...
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NewsThompson: C4 must embrace its core values
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has drawn up a list of what he believes are the channel's original core values and is calling on commissioners to use them to reinvigorate the corporation, writes Penny Hughes
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Hague, i got news for you
Former Tory leader William Hague is being lined up to present Have I Got News For You. ...