All Broadcast articles in 15 December 2000 – Page 3
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TELEWEST PULLS OUT OF BT LOOP
Cable outfit Telewest has dropped a£1bn plan to supply broadband services, including high speed internet access, through the BT network. Telewest has effectively ruled out using BT's local exchanges to
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BSKYB BUYS IAAF RIGHTS FOR TWO YEARS
BSkyB has bought the TV rights to show key international athletics having struck a two-year deal with the International Amateur Athletic Federation. The deal covers the Golden League, which features leading
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... WHILE WALSH BROS PRODUCES REALITY SHOW
Indie Walsh Bros has been commissioned by Wilson to produce a 13 x 30-minute series Trex. The reality-based TV show will follow the adventures of three British boys and three British
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BRIGHTER TO MAKE BOY-RACER PROGRAMME
Indie Brighter Pictures has been commissioned by Flextech channel Bravo to produce a 15 x 30-minute series Carnage (left). The factual entertainment magazine series is about boy-racer car culture. The series
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Indies lead way in best new show category
Indies dominate the shortlist in the best new programme category for the 2001 Broadcast Awards, writes Rebecca Evans.
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Schama producer quits BBC
Channel 4 has created a new commissioning role in its history, arts and religion department and has poached Simon Schama's History of Britain series producer, Janet Lee, from the BBC to take charge of updating its arts coverage, writes Ashley Davies.
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NELSON CHOSEN TO ROLL OUT BBC DIGITAL RADIO
Former BBC radio head of new services development Simon Nelson has been appointed as the corporation's first controller new media, radio and music.Nelson will report directly to BBC radio and music
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Reuters backs news software
Reuters is stepping up its support for the news delivery specification NewsML by teaming up with news software developer Wavo to launch an open source NewsML toolkit.NewsML is a web-based programming
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BIG BROTHER'S WRIGLEY WINS WOMEN AWARD
Big Brother executive producer Ruth Wrigley (left) won the Film Finances Inc project management award at the Women in Film and Television Awards last Friday (8 December). Hope and Glory writer
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White Paper Special - Commercial radio up in arms as ownership points system stays
The commercial radio sector is frustrated that the white paper does not recommend an end to the ownership points system, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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EURONEWS TO LAUNCH ON SKY NEXT APRIL
Competition in the burgeoning 24-hour news channel market is set to hot up next year as ITN's EuroNews service gears up to launch on Sky Digital from April 2001. EuroNews, which
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SUNDAY TIMES IN HIGH COURT VERDICT APPEAL
A date has been fixed for the Sunday Times to appeal against a High Court jury verdict earlier this year which found that it had libelled the producer of a Dispatches
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YULETIDE ANALYSIS - All I want for Christmas is ..
What will Santa bring this year? Winning drama for 21.00, hit new entertainment channels, an ITV chief executive, horse racing rights ... TV types will be shaking their presents anxiously.
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FREE TO AIR - Regulation, my arse
At time of writing, the communications white paper was still at the printers in bundles and by the time I'm able to grace these pages again it will have been as
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ITV pushing ahead with Sky Digital
ITV executives are planning to launch the first stages of ITV's family of digital channels on Sky Digital by the end of next year, writes Colin Robertson.
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ON THE BOX - Staying streets ahead
BBC News 24 presenter Christopher Morris loves Corrie's festive 40th but says we should Take a Girl Like You at face value.
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White Paper Special - Paper fails to address all indie issues
The 25 PER CENT independent production quota will not be scrapped but the white paper left unanswered a number of questions crucial to the indie sector, writes Ashley Davies.
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White Paper Special - Ad agencies can own TV channels
Advertising agencies could soon supply their own advertiser-funded programming via their own TV channels following the white paper's lifting of a ban on them owning broadcasting licences, writes Colin Robertson.
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Legal action threatened in live radio row
The Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) is threatening legal action against the Radio Authority as it steps up its argument with the regulator over the issue of automation, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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MTV FAILS TO AVERT STAFF ACTION WITH OFFER
An MTV offer intended to resolve an ongoing dispute over employment with its 70 broadcast services staff has failed to avert threats of legal action. MTV is understood to have made