All Broadcast articles in 15 July 2011 – Page 5
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NewsITV2 to give modelling school the Pineapple ob doc treatment
ITV2 is to take a tongue-in-cheek look at The London School of Modelling for a Pineapple Dance Studios-style ob doc series.
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NewsAll3 sets challenge to bidders
All3Media has challenged a potential buyer to match its aggressive growth ambitions after the super-indie revealed its profits will increase by a quarter in 2011.
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NewsC4 to launch accounts to get closer to viewers
Channel 4 is to ask viewers to sign up to a cross-platform account as it kicks off a drive to establish a direct relationship with them.
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NewsShooting star wins pilot in C4 showcase
Shooting Stars’ Angelos Epithemiou has been handed a studio show pilot as part of the third run of Channel 4’s Comedy Showcases initiative.
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NewsC4 orders comedy ad show
Channel 4 has ordered a comedy entertainment pilot designed to reveal how the advertising world persuades consumers to part with their hard earned cash.
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NewsSky adopts carbon calculator
Sky has signed up to the Bafta-led cross-industry carbon calculator scheme, Albert, and will later this year begin asking indies to use of it for shows made for Sky 1 and Sky Arts.
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NewsTen Alps invests in TV to reverse group’s fortunes
Ten Alps’ TV division has been handed a cash boost to spearhead its parent group’s revival after the latter posted a disappointing set of results last week.
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NewsShine eyes up Aussie format for global push
Shine International is planning a major push on an extreme property series set to launch in Australia this month.
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NewsBBC report reveals state of flux
The 2010 BBC annual report reveals a corporation in transition as structural and production changes begin to take shape. This explains its largely mixed results.
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NewsBBC exposes Britain’s hidden hoarding disorder
BBC1 has commissioned a single documentary fronted by presenter Jasmine Harman, looking at the impact hoarding has on the lives of the people involved.
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NewsBBCW seeks investment to boost profits
BBC Worldwide is hoping to get the greenlight from the BBC Trust to access more capital in order to drive growth, following this week’s record profits.
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NewsSecond chance for Love Thy Neighbour in Spain
Love Thy Neighbour, the reality format that struggled to find an audience on Channel 4 in March, has won a second chance to shine in Spain.
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NewsComedy tops wishlists for kids commissioners
Comedy, drama and factual are top of kids commissioners’ shopping lists, and “stealth learning” is a major attraction for public service broadcasters keen to replicate the success of Horrible Histories.
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NewsNews Corp: deal off, pressure on
Scrutiny of News Corp, including its existing 39% holding in BSkyB, looks set to continue despite the media giant walking away from a full takeover bid on Wednesday.
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NewsProducers defend standards of TV journalism
Current affairs producers and investigative journalists have given TV newsgathering practices a clean bill of health in light of the News Of The World phone-hacking scandal.
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Yesterday invests in "narrow escape" series
UKTV channel Yesterday has pre-invested in a series that will tell the stories of soliders “narrow escapes” during wartime.
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NewsPilkington to head up factual at October Films
Channel 4 specialist factual commissioning editor Lucy Pilkington has joined October Films as head of factual formats.
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NewsFremantleMedia to resurrect Through The Keyhole
Sir David Frost’s cult gameshow Through The Keyhole could be revived as a Cribs-style format after the worldwide rights were bought by FremantleMedia.
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NewsOnsight adds 3D kit
Onsight has added four Cel-Soft Cel-Scope3D stereoscopic signal analysers to its Soho operation.
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NewsMari 1.3 starts shipping
The Foundry’s latest version of its creative paint and texture tool Mari 1.3 v2 is now shipping.