All Broadcast articles in 17 April 2014 – Page 3
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FeaturesHow to Get a Council House
Picture and audio post-production for the 3 x 60-minute second series.
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NewsAKA channel rebrand
Create idents and on-screen packages as part of a broad rebrand of urban entertainment channel AKA
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NewsCoffee & TV reunites Prime Focus’s Clarke and Briggs
Coffee & TV has recruited Prime Focus creative director Simon Clarke to help lead the Soho-based VFX company’s newly formed broadcast division.
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NewsS4C preps multiplatform kids’ series
S4C has greenlit an interactive multiplatform children’s series that will launch on TV before concluding as a four-part digital comic book.
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NewsITV to fill Champions League void with in-house formats
ITV plans to use the funding and space in the schedule freed up by its loss of the Champions League to test in-house formats.
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NewsBBC3 and iPlayer roles likely to merge
The BBC3 controller post will likely be merged with the yet-to-be-filled role of iPlayer content boss following Zai Bennett’s decision to join Sky Atlantic.
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NewsUKTV makes indie pledge in commissioning rethink
UKTV is pledging to provide a full response to indies’ pitches within two weeks of submission as part of a wide-ranging overhaul of commissioning.
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Behind The ScenesJesus Mysteries, Nat Geo UK
We didn’t need a miracle but what we achieved on a modest TV budget wasn’t far off, says Justin Hardy
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The Broadcast InterviewRichard Watsham, UKTV
UKTV is looking to shift its focus to entertainment and improving its indie relationships
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NewsUK shows primed for the US
Next month, the likes of ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW will decide which of the US studios’ 100 pilots, including 15 foreign adaptations, will be taken to series.
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CommentBBC3 chief: what’s the criteria?
Candidates will have to prove their online ambitions to land job says Chris Curtis
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NewsKim Shillinglaw set to woo indies
Incoming BBC2 controller Kim Shillinglaw is set to launch an indie charm offensive as she bids to get to grips with unfamiliar genres and make her mark on the channel’s schedule.
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CommentThe 10 phrases you need to know
Baffled by the doublespeak spouted by commissioners? Help is at hand from Steven D Wright
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NewsMipTV boosts Educating’s appeal
Channel 4 and Twofour’s Educating… franchise is set to be remade in several new territories after Shine International held a producers’ workshop at last week’s MipTV.
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NewsUniversal Music eyes TV push
Record label Universal Music is to ramp up its move into television following the acquisition of London-based indie Eagle Rock Entertainment.
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NewsSundance Channel set for UK
The global arm of AMC Networks is readying plans to launch the Sundance Channel in the UK.
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NewsYoungers plans diversity boost
Big Talk Productions hopes to play a part in boosting industry diversity after completing an “old-fashioned apprenticeship scheme” on the second series of Youngers.
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NewsUK indies secure seven US series
UK indies, led by Stephen Lambert’s All3Media America, have won at least seven series orders from US broadcasters this week, as well as three major development projects.
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NewsZodiak Kids boss Nigel Pickard exits
Kids industry veteran Nigel Pickard is to leave Zodiak Media after eight years at the company.
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NewsDenise O'Donoghue to leave ITVS
Denise O’Donoghue is to step down as the UK managing director of ITV Studios after four years.