All Broadcast articles in 16 October 2014 – Page 4
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CriticsTV Critics: The Apprentice, Spandau Ballet: True Gold
“Every year, it pulls me back in with its addictive alchemy: brilliantly cast, beautifully edited and cleverly compelling.”
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CommentThe smartphone revolution: why training matters
Filming on smartphones can deliver huge value for money, argues Mark Wray
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NewsEmotional Simon Cowell collects Personality of the Year award
Mipcom: A tearful Simon Cowell received tributes from David Cameron and Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday night as he collected Mipcom’s Personality of the Year award.
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NewsBBC orders Shaun The Sheep Christmas special
The BBC has ordered a Christmas special episode of Shaun the Sheep from Aardman Animations.
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NewsSimon Cowell reveals digital and scripted plans
Mipcom: Simon Cowell plans to launch Syco Entertainment’s next show on a digital platform rather than with a traditional broadcaster and is developing a High School Musical-style scripted project.
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NewsBBC drama to cut back production team
BBC in-house drama is planning to cut seven executive producer and producer roles to remain “flexible, fleet-of-foot and on fire” in a changing marketplace.
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NewsC4 rejects calls to axe Immigration Street
Channel 4 has rejected calls from locals to scrap its controversial forthcoming series Immigration Street and rejected claims that Love Productions has targeted vulnerable people.
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NewsEd Vaizey urges radio stations to engage young listeners
Culture minister Ed Vaizey has claimed that the decline in younger audiences for radio is “troubling” and urged the industry to engage with new listeners.
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NewsMPs debate future of Scottish broadcasting
The future of UK broadcasting is to be reviewed in parliament today as MPs debate the powers which will be devolved to Scotland following last month’s referendum.
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RatingsGotham launches with 2m
MONDAY: Batman prequel Gotham helped Channel 5 swoop on competition in the 9pm slot and became the station’s biggest drama of the year so far.
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NewsDavid Morrissey to deliver closing keynote at Production and Post Forum
Award-winning actor, screenwriter, director and producer David Morrissey will take to the stage as the closing keynote of Broadcast’s Production and Post Forum next month.
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NewsBBC spends £220,000 on iPhone training
The BBC has spent over £220,000 training its journalists how to capture and edit video via iPhones over the past three years.
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CriticsTV Critics: Gotham; Grantchester
“It sped by in a riot of colour, action and deep moral duplicity.”
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NewsBBCW & ZDF develop event gameshow
Mipcom: BBC Worldwide has teamed up with German public service broadcaster ZDF to develop an event gameshow in which 1,000 contestants compete in each episode.
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NewsDavid Attenborough questions BBC2 role
Sir David Attenborough has questioned the editorial policy of BBC2 and criticised the short runs of current factual series.
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NewsC5 nails down Bob the Builder
Mipcom: Channel 5’s Milkshake has picked up the UK rights to the revived kids animation Bob The Builder.
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NewsRadio 5 Live orders Buzzfeed-style show
The most-trending news stories from across the internet are to form the backbone of a Buzzfeed-inspired BBC Radio 5 Live programme set to launch next month.
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NewsJames Murdoch hints at future for Shine/Endemol
Mipcom: 21st Century Fox co-chief operating officer James Murdoch has provided the first glimpse of what a merged Shine and Endemol business will look like in a keynote interview in Cannes.
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NewsPolitical parties scrutinise debate plans
The broadcaster proposals for leaders’ debates in the run-up to the general election have received a sceptical response from the main political parties.
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RatingsHomeland returns on low
SUNDAY: US drama Homeland returned with its lowest ratings ever for Channel 4 - as The X Factor was the biggest show of the night.