All Broadcast articles in 15 November 2002 – Page 6
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RatingsViewers desert Bargain Hunt
BBC 1's celebrity version of Bargain Huntcould not hold on to its mammoth Tuesday night audience, losing 3 million viewers last night, writes Jon Rogers
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Joe Public to live like royals in ITV show
Television viewers are to be offered the chance of living like royalty in a new gameshow being developed by Granada for ITV 1, writes Steve Aston
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ITV 'manipulating' regional output
ITV regional producers have expressed concern that Carlton and Granada are manipulating the definition of their regional output requirements by making programmes in which only certain presentation elements are based in the regions, writes Steve Aston
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Carlton Cinema pins hopes on Sky
Loss-making movie channel Carlton Cinema will be forced to close unless it can get carriage on the Sky Digital platform, writes Paul Revoir
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Open University teaches BBC 3
BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy has strengthened his pledge to offer educational programming on digital youth channel BBC 3 by bringing in the Open University, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Race on TV still unrealistic, says report
Broadcasters are still failing to provide a realistic representation of ethnic minorities in news and documentaries, according to a new survey backed by the BBC, writes Penny Hughes
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Paice takes on Trouble
Flextech has announced a new programming team structure which will see Bravo controller Matthew Paice take additional control of sister offering Trouble, writes Paul Revoir
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Granada axes interactive jobs
Granada has continued to streamline its content division, axing up to 20 staff in its sport and interactive departm...
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CBBC favourite makes surprise move
One of the frontrunners for the soon to be vacant CBBC controller post, BBC 1 channel executive Anne Gilchrist, has effectively ruled herself out of the job after agreeing to take a less senior role within the children's department, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC Bristol eyes up NHU
BBC Bristol is exploring ways of building a partnership with the neighbouring Natural History Unit (NHU) in order to secure its future as a network production base, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Murdoch aims to lift Sky ARPU
BSkyB is aiming to increase the amount of revenue it gets from its 6.3 million existing subscribers next year by convincing them to buy additional and more advanced set-top boxes, writes Paul Revoir
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Carlton makes major factual appointments
Carlton is expanding its factual entertainment department with the appointment of three series executive producers, including the producer of ITV 1's ratings winner I'm a Celebrity?Get Me Out of Here!, writes Steve Aston
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Byford leads global celebrations
BBC World Service director Mark Byford has lined himself up as the star turn in a 60-minute show set to form part of the global news service's 70th birthday celebrations next month, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Phew, what a scorchio!
Cult comedy The Fast Show has been crowned king of the one-liners ' with 26 entries in a new catchphrase dictionary...
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Softbank aims to win with internet TV
Softbank yesterday unveiled a strategy intended to transform itself from troubled internet investment vehicle into ...
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Vivendi hands US media assets to Diller
Barry Diller, veteran media entrepreneur, will take full control of Vivendi Universal's US media and entertainment ...
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Fergie pulls out of Parky show
The Duchess of York yesterday pulled out of appearing on BBC 1's Parkinson show amid fears she will further embarra...
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Spanish pay-TV deal in jeopardy
The future of the merger between Spain's two leading pay-television groups was uncertain late yesterday after the c...
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'At last I can be nasty'
Hugh Bonneville has played a succession of likeable buffoons in films as varied as Iris and Notting Hill. But in t...
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Space is final frontier for Russian TV
Russian television is to stage a reality game show in which the winner will be sent into space. ...