All Broadcast articles in 14 May 2004 – Page 4
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Avid wins news job at Meridian
ITV Meridian has chosen Avid to supply the newsroom technology for its new regional tapeless production centre. The initiative is being viewed as a blueprint for all ITV regional newsrooms across the UK and, if it goes to plan, could result in a multimillion pound contract for Avid Technology, ...
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Dyke and Ball to join saban pay-tv group
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke is set to join ex-BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball, who is working for Israeli billionaire Haim Saban's German pay-TV group ProSieben SAT 1. The former adversaries, who famously clashed over Dyke's decision to broadcast the BBC's services on satellite 'in the clear', will sit ...
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BBC tech shortlist
The BBC has cut the shortlist of potential buyers for BBC Technology down to three. Accenture, CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) and Siemens now remain as the companies that could win the right to buy the£250m a year company. The purchase brings with it a 10-year£2bn contract with the BBC ...
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BBC prime enjoys leap in polish viewers
BBC Prime, the corporation's entertainment channel in Europe and the Middle East, has added 265,000 homes to its presence in Poland. The carriage deal with broadband platform the Aster Group will take the channel's reach in Poland to 1.8 million.
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BBC drafts in its own ?Jane Tennison'
The BBC is set to launch a new long-running crime series featuring a hard-edged female detective after buying the rights to six novels by author John Connor.
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BBC brings on black writers for Crouches
The creator and writer of the controversial BBC1 sitcom The Crouches , about a black family in south-east London, has stood aside from the second series in order to allow new black writers to take over.
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NFL passes super bowl rights to ITV
ITV has taken over the terrestrial rights to air American football's Super Bowl live in the UK from Five in a three-year deal. The agreement kicks off next year with Super Bowl XXXIX held at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, on 6 February . Due to the time difference, it ...
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ITV bumps Trouble in Paradise from peak
ITV has pulled Endemol's primetime reality show Trouble in Paradise after only two episodes after it failed to break the 3 million mark in its Thursday 21.00 slot. The remaining four episodes - the first of which was due to air tonight (13 May) - ...
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Tarrant leaves Capital FM on a high
Veteran breakfast DJ Chris Tarrant left 95.8 Capital FM in good shape but has put pressure on Johnny Vaughan to perform in his place.
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TV Corp rules out Dyke for chairmanship
The Television Corporation has ruled out appointing former BBC director general Greg Dyke as its new chairman. Dyke had been spoken of as a frontrunner for the post, now held by Michael Grade in an acting capacity, but TV Corp chief executive Jeff Foulser told ...
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Living chases Robbie into haunted house
Living TV is bringing back its celebrity haunted castle show I'm Famous and Frightened and is lining up popstar Robbie Williams to be in it. Scream Films has been commissioned to make a 3 x 180-minute second edition of the reality show, in which eight ...
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Chrysalis radio up
Chrysalis has reported a 23% boost in revenues for its radio division. The group, which includes Heart, Galaxy and LBC, grew revenue to£33.3m in the six months to the end of February. Overall turnover increased marginally to£84.6m, with pre-tax profits up to£1.9m from£1.3m in the same period last year.
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Commissioner's Q&A
A Welsh Simpsons is the unlikely production on the wish list of head of English language programmes, BBC Wales Clare Hudson, who is most impressed by indies that can use rejection to become stronger.
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Cowell to give richard dunn lecture
Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell is to give this year's Richard Dunn memorial interview at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. Cowell, whose indie Syco (formerly Simcow) is making X Factor, a major new pop contest for ITV, will give the interview to ITV marketing director Jim Hytner. Organisers ...
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Voodoo to make video shock doc
ITN-owned production arm Visual Voodoo has picked up a series of commissions, including a Saturday night special for Channel 4, which charts the most shocking and extreme pop videos ever made.
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Ultimate documentaries are global hit
Five documentary strand The Ultimates has been licensed to Discovery Asia by distributor Cineflix International. The 6 x 60-minute technology series was made by Wark Clements, Pioneer Productions and One on One Productions. The strand includes Ultimate Trains, Ultimate Crashes and Ultimate Explosions. The show has now been licensed to ...
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Second EastEnders Xmas Party planned
The cast of EastEnders are to be brought together again this Christmas for a second variety special. This year's 60-minute EastEnders Christmas Party is expected to follow the same format as last year's, which aired on Christmas Eve, and saw ...
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Resolution ups editing options
Post-production company Resolution has launched a new talent service aimed at attracting factual and documentary clients.
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Electric Sky provides spark for Fox Italia
UK distributor Electric Sky has secured a major deal with Fox Italia that will see it become a significant provider for the network's new channel for women, writes Michael Rosser.
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Record results fuel Frontier expansion
london post house Frontier Post is investing£500,000 to expand its Wells Street facility after record turnover results, writes Rick Dacey.