All Broadcast articles in 14 November 2008 – Page 6
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NewsCase study: Special Forces Heroes
Fluid Pictures has completed CG design work on a new drama-documentary series for Five that highlights the heroic work of Britain's special forces.
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NewsSaddam takes on the Ice Dancers
The BBC2 drama House of Saddam and ITV1 skating extravaganza Dancing on Ice are the front-runners to win big at this year's RTS Craft and Design Awards after both shows picked up three nominations each.
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NewsPPC adds Apple and Avid SANs
The Picture Production Company has updated its post facilities with the addition of new SANs, software and systems upgrades from Root6.
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NewsVirgin Media to cut over 2,000 jobs by 2012
Virgin Media will slash over 2,000 jobs over the next three years as part of the continued cost-cutting exercise first announced after the acquisition of NTL.
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NewsCBeebies to adopt rolling commissioning
CBeebies has abandoned its annual commissioning round in favour of rolling commissioning.
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NewsGreen Week: How Sky has gone carbon neutral
Video: Sky made a recent interview with eco-champion Al Gore as environmentally friendly as possible. Here, key members of the production team reveal the steps they took to keep it green and honour Sky's label as the world's first carbon neutral media company.
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CommentBlog: The changing face of election coverage
Behind this week's Obama victory is an evolution of the use of media in Presidential campaigning that will have a profound effect on how all future elections are run around the world, writes Pat Younge.
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NewsUTV petitioned to halt job cuts
The leaders of all the major political parties in Northern Ireland have united to implore northern Irish broadcaster UTV to halt its plans to cut 35 jobs from the service.
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NewsHD Crime network to feature Killer Couples
The Crime Investigation Network HD is to examine couples who murder in its first UK commission since its high definition relaunch last week.
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NewsFME invests millions in Spike
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has struck a multi-million dollar deal with US male-skewed channel Spike TV to help finance and market four of its original series worldwide.
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NewsTime Team clocks 2.6m
A feature-length special of Channel 4's archaeological series Time Team proved to be a hit last night with 2.6m viewers (11.7% share) at 9pm.
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NewsMTV orders first UK comedy shot on mobile
MTV1 has commissioned indie Brown Eyed Boy to make a comedy shot entirely on mobile phones.
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Newsitv.com unveils senior team
itv.com has unveiled its new senior staff line up that will aim to integrate the website with the commercial broadcaster's family of channels.
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NewsTV Critics 11 November ‘08
“Yawn, yawn and again yawn.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsEmbarrassing Teenage Bodies is online hit
Channel 4's health series Embarrassing Teenage Bodies has proved to be a big hit online with visitors to the site making up a third of all traffic to channel4.com last week.
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NewsTalkSport's Gaunt suspended for 'Nazi' slur
TalkSport presenter Jon Gaunt has been suspended after he called Redbridge councillor Michael Stark 'a Nazi'.
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NewsBBC London poaches Capital breakfast exec
BBC London 94.9 has hired Global Radio's Gareth Roberts and named him assistant editor for the station.
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FeaturesBenefits of the Panasonic Varicam
Q: I've heard about the new Panasonic Varicam camcorder. Is it just for natural history or can it be used well in other genres, and what are the creative benefits?
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FeaturesGoing rate for Sky EPG slot
Q: What is the going rate for an EPG slot on the Sky platform these days?
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FeaturesTaking a TV series multiplatform
Q: I have a comedy TV series in development and want to pitch it as a multiplatform concept with a mobile service. Where should I start?