All Broadcast articles in 15 July 2005 – Page 3
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Clear buyout goes ahead saving 32 jobs
Inferno artist Simon Huhtala has completed the buyout of visual effects house Clear, saving 32 jobs.
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Rantzen to front BBC2 death special
BBC2 and BBC Learning have commissioned Endemol UK to make a 90-minute special about medical care for dying people. Esther Rantzen will present How to Have a Good Death, which will be based on a national survey on the way we deal with death and dying. ...
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Granada to make ITV2 parenting series
Granada has been commissioned by ITV2 to make a new parenting series, in which a tough-talking teen coach is drafted into the family home to transform tearaway teens. You Have 'Em(working title) sees the parents pack their bags while their teenager is asleep and leave a ...
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NewsSeafaring drama floats on BBC2
BBC2's adaptation of William Golding's sea-faring trilogy, To the Ends of the Earth, met with success this week, with more than 4 million watching its maiden voyage.
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Europe's UBF buys CTV OB for£15m
CTV Outside Broadcasts has been bought for a fee believed to be around£15m by European resources group United Broadcast Facilities (UBF).
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From triumph to tragedy
ITV London News' editor Stuart Thomas and his team went from covering the city's triumph in Singapore to the carnage of last Thursday's terrorist attack. By Kate Bulkley.
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A reporting revolution
The use of user-generated content to record events as they occur brings a unique competitive edge to news-gathering but demands judicious editing
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The lure of the Golden Triangle
Eastern Europe is becoming an increasingly important destination for UK drama productions seeking tax breaks and cheaper rates on studios, craftspeople, crews and kit hire. Is it worth the headahce and are there any hidden costs? Andy Stout reports.
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Happy, but feeling the pressure
The second part of our lifestyle survey looks at how those in broadcasting feel about issues such as job satisfaction, career development and stress.
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Don't do their dirty work
As journalists we owe it to the victims of terrorism to tell their stories as honestly as we can, writes Kevin Sim.
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Gold medal coverage?
There is little doubt that the 2012 London Olympic Games will prove a massive bonanza for the BBC. But the commercial channels and independents are also hot medal contenders.
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Close but no cigar
The annual report is a start but Michael Grade must go further to address legitimate concerns about the BBC.
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Sums on ITV don't add up
With few cuts left to be made at ITV and little strategic brand value to play on, Time Warner's bid makes no sense, writes Stuart Prebble.
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NewsBBC comedy to get own department
The BBC is looking to give greater emphasis to comedy commissioning by creating a new comedy division on a par with its entertainment and drama departments.
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NewsBBC draws up battleplans
BBC chairman Michael Grade presented his first annual report this week, amid moves to show that he is putting clear water between governors and the corporation's management.
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NewsHeggessey poaches BBC exec for Talkback
Former BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has made her first raid on BBC talent, poaching Traumaexecutive producer Camilla Lewis to join her at Talkback Thames.
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NewsFive orders UK 'Desperate Housewives'
A British answer to Desperate Housewives- a comedy thriller set in the Home Counties - is to launch on Five.
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NewsITV kids channel set for autumn
ITV has scrapped plans to link up with multichannel broadcaster Nickelodeon for a new kids offering and is set to launch its own channel instead.
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BBC to cap bonuses... next year
BBC director general Mark Thompson displayed some shrewd political acumen, turning down his£135,000 bonus telling staff 'it wouldn't have felt right' taking the money as he axes nearly 4,000 jobs.
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Union pressure over redundancy process
The BBC is facing the prospect of further industrial action after union Bectu warned of industrial action if the corporation turned down applications for voluntary redundancy, while pressing ahead with compulsory ones.