All Broadcast articles in 16 November 2007 – Page 3
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NewsITV signs up MPW
ITV has signed celebrity chef Marco Pierre White in a golden handcuffs deal which will see him working exclusively for the broadcaster until 2010.
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NewsC4 to outsource to Red Bee
Channel 4 plans to outsource its transmission, broadcast engineering and production services to Red Bee Media in a move that will save 10% to 15% of its channel operations budget.
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NewsSurvey finds London-centric focus
Companies outside the M25 feel they are routinely discriminated against when it comes to commissioning, according to a Broadcast survey.
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NewsHorrocks points to early BBC newsroom benefits
BBC newsroom head Peter Horrocks is braced for industrial action over the cuts within BBC news, but has insisted the majority of staff support the corporation’s fledgling multi-media newsroom.
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NewsBorder viewers primed for analogue shutdown
Digital switchover body Digital UK has begun advising residents in the Scottish Border region in anticipation of switching off the analogue signal in the region in November 2008.
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CommentClicking into place
Bebo’s deals with key broadcasters spell rapid change for TV - but also opportunity.
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NewsBBC2 boosted by top rating fact ent trio
BBC2 shows such as Autumnwatch, Long Way Down and the ever-popular Top Gear have made a significant impression with viewers in recent weeks.
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NewsGecko wins two orders for hard-hitting docs
Gecko Productions is to produce a doc about homeless ex-services personnel for BBC1.
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NewsBBC3 comedy gets US greenlight
Comedy indie Brown Eyed Boy has secured an order for a full series of BBC3 pilot How Not to Live Your Life and has been given the greenlight to produce a US pilot of the show.
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NewsFilm-maker Treays to make C4 ‘love’ trilogy
Channel 4 has commissioned a trilogy of films from documentary film-maker Jane Treays investigating the themes of love, sex and marriage.
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NewsFrost cold on heated interview style
Veteran presenter Sir David Frost has criticised the current trend for aggressive political interviews.
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NewsC4 orders doc about Jesus’ other lives
Documentary-maker David Batty is to follow last year’s controversial The Secret Jesus Family with a film exploring the parallels between the Christian interpretation of Jesus Christ and major figures in other religions.
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NewsGold reunites Eric and Ernie
UKTV Gold has ordered a one-off special featuring the greatest performances by Morecambe and Wise.
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Golden Square expands
Post house Golden Square is expanding its digital design division Disqo and its 3D animation department.
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Constable to Ascent ops
Simon Constable has been appointed vice-president of operations for content management services at Ascent Media.
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FeaturesCreative Review - 16 November 2007
Check out recently completed creative work including post production on a new series of The Mighty Boosh.
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NewsFive invites viewers to judge Spice Girls
Five will attempt to gauge the public’s reaction to the Spice Girls’s reunion in a one-off documentary from Twofour, The Spice Girls on Trial.
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FeaturesUnder the celeb radar, a doc that was remarkable
The following question posed at last week’s Sheffield Documentary Festival really annoyed the managing director of a well-known factual indie.
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