All Broadcast articles in 17 December 1999 – Page 4
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Avid may reprieve Illusion software
The threatened Media Illusion compositing software could be in for a reprieve, as Avid Technology renews negotiations with Blue Software to take over responsibility for the product.Avid confirmed only two weeks
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GRANADAWEST TO FINANCE ARTEMIS WILDLIFE SLATE
GranadaWest, the joint-venture set up in February by Granada Media and Western Australian development agency ScreenWest to fund TV projects, has signed up newly formed factual indie Artemis International. GranadaWest will
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TIGER ASPECT PREMIERES FILM PRODUCTION ARM
Tiger Aspect Productions has set up a feature film production subsidiary, Tiger Aspect Pictures, and signed a development deal with Working Title Films. Peter Bennett Jones, chairman of Tiger Aspect and
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TRIUMPH AND APTN TO OFFER LONDON LIVE NEWS FEEDS
Associated Press Television News (APTN) has teamed up with Triumph Communications to offer a number of pre-cabled stand-up correspondent positions for live news feeds for foreign broadcasters to send back continuous
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Tough questions for ITV
Thanks to the likes of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? ITV has enjoyed a highly successful year. But can David Liddiment, the man in the hot seat, keep it up? Jason Deans asks the questions.
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ANTELOPE BOSNIA DOC WINS AMSTERDAM PRIZE
Antelope documentary feature A Cry from the Grave has been awarded the special jury award at the twelfth Amsterdam Inter-national Documentary Festival. The film, which aired recently as part of BBC
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World View - Jos Havermans in Amsterdam
On 31 December Dutch viewers will pick the winner of Big Brother.The lucky man or woman will be one of three people who has endured 100 days of diurnal public scrutiny
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Carlton America strikes output deal with Polson TV movie firm
Carlton America has signed a multi-year output deal with US TV movie producer and author Beth Polson's Madison Avenue Productions and Corapeake Productions.Under the terms of the deal, Carlton America -
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OFF THE RECORD - Airey bashing
Let's hope Dawn Airey hasn't already sent her Christmas cards out this year, because she just might want to take Will Wyatt off her list after he gave her a bit
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Agran Barton to produce BBC comedy drama film
Tim Firth has been signed up by BBC head of film and single drama David Thompson to make a comedy drama feature film through indie Agran Barton Television, writes Tara Conlan.
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OPINION - Content providers add flesh to cable
Cable has long been the City's biggest tip for the future of TV (which, just in case it hasn't been said too many times this year, is digital). But just how
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Indie hours for ITV network rise by 9 per cent
The total number of hours produced by independent producers for the ITV network has risen by 9 per cent year-on-year, writes Jason Deans.
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CHANNEL 5 GIVES NOD TO GAMESHOW DESERT FORGE
Channel 5 controller of entertainment Alan Nixon has agreed to a 10 x 60-minute series of new adventure gameshow Desert Forge. The show is a co-production from Pearson Television and Adventure
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SKY PUB SERVICE TO AIR 42-HOUR MILLENNIUM SPECIAL
BSkyB's service for pubs and clubs, Skybusiness, has unveiled details of its Bar Zone 2000 package, a 42-hour millennium special of music videos and live links to events across the globe.
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C4 bags Sky rights to Friends and ER
Channel 4 has snatched BSkyB's rights to Friends and ER as part of a three-year deal with Warner Bros that also renews C4's terrestrial rights to the hit US series.Programming from
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CHANNEL 4 CALLS FOR MORE SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND
Channel 4 head of entertainment Andrew Newman has ordered a second 7 x 30-minute run of Something for the Weekend from Tiger Aspect Productions. The Denise Van Outen-presented sex, dating and
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CURIOUS SECURES EARLY MORNING KIDS' SHOW FOR C4
Channel 4 has lined up a new early morning children's series from Curious Productions, The Investigators (left). Aimed at six to 10-year-olds, the 13 x 20-minute series will feature stories such
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C4 seeks programming for themed film nights
Channel 4 head of film programming Nick Jones is seeking programme proposals to run in a raft of themed film nights next year, writes Ashley Davies.
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C4I closes in on US talent agency deal
Channel 4 International (C4I) is understood to be in the advanced stages of negotiating a deal to be represented in the US by Los Angeles-based talent agency Endeavor.The move is said
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C4 to mount Flying Ducks
Channel 4 commissioning editor, features and special projects Liz Warner has ordered interior design series Flying Ducks from TalkBack Productions.The new 6 x 60-minute series will follow six house-owners as the