All Broadcast articles in 17 December 2004 – Page 5
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C4 to follow urban musical.
Channel 4 is giving new talent the chance to develop an urban musical as part of a creative partnership with Theatre Royal Stratford East, writes Maria Esposito.
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Comment - The year of Freeview.
2004 was the year Freeview ensured that digital TV tipped over into the mainstream, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.
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Dyke brands Thompson reforms 'debilitating'.
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has launched a stinging attack on the reforms of his successor, Mark Thompson, claiming they could 'debilitate' the BBC, writes Conor Dignam.
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BBC and ITV in exit poll deal.
The BBC and ITV are to commission their first joint exit poll for next year's general
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BBC lines up Norton pilots.
The BBC has lined up three light entertainment formats for comedian Graham Norton as it tries to find the right Saturday night vehicle for its£5m star signing, writes Maria Esposito.
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Sky deal is not cricket, says angry MP.
The government is facing renewed calls to review the 'crown jewels' sporting events that must be
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C4's cricket loss frees 200 hours.
Channel 4 is to put an extra 200 hours worth of commissions up for grabs after losing the rights to cover live cricket, writes Susan Thompson.
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Bill Oddie fronts BBC2 springtime special.
Ornithologist Bill Oddie is to return to BBC2 screens next year to front a huge interactive survey into the British springtime, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC1 pitches cop drama at Sunday night revival.
BBC1 is set to reschedule the second series of its police drama 55 Degrees North to
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Pilsworth looks to buy up indies.
Mick Pilsworth, the former Chrysalis TV chief, is putting together City investment to fund a buying
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Channel 4 to take E4 onto Freeview.
Channel 4 is planning to turn its digital entertainment network E4 into a free-to-air service and
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Only gays in the village are not for Sky One.
Sky One has dropped its light-hearted reality series The Only Gays in the Village, in which four gay men were sent to work in 'gay-free' rural village, over concerns it didn't fit the channel's new image, writes Paul Revoir.
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A BBC Christmas carol
Mrs Broadcast has endeavoured in this ghostly little tale, to raise the ghost of an idea, which shall not put our readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season or with us.
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NewsRoyal Variety show draws 8.5m
The glitz of The Royal Variety Performance drew viewers to BBC1 as the show attracted a peak of 8.5 million (38%) at 9.40pm.
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Sci-Fi on spending spree
The Sci-Fi channel has picked up a slew of new drama series including Paramount's primetime NBC hit Medical Investigation.
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RTS west winners
Testimony Films won the best network factual award for the third year in a row at the RTS West of England Awards, for Britain's Boy Soldiers , part of Channel 4's Secret History strand. Other winners included BBC Bristol in ...
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Teachers' TV playout
Teachers' TV has awarded three-year contracts to Ascent Media Network (AMNSE) Services Europe and NTL Broadcast to supply playout, transmission and satellite delivery for the channel. Programmes will be played out from the Central Playout Facility in Stephen Street, connected by fibre to a teleport in Winchester, uplinked and ...
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Sandler to objective
Indie Objective Productions has appointed former Planet 24 production director Paul Sandler as joint managing director. Sandler, who joins after Christmas, will work alongside founding partners Andrew O'Connor and Michael Vine to oversee Objective's growing slate. Objective is currently making a new series of Derren ...
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Genealogy travels
Wall to Wall has sold its hit BBC2 genealogy format Who Do You Think You Are? to broadcasters across Europe. France's M6 has licensed the idea while channels in Italy, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands have also snapped up the rights. 'Active discussions' are also ...
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Prism makes gaming show for Jetix
Prism Entertainment is to make PXG, a gaming show, for Jetix, the soon-to-be rebranded Fox Kids UK. Aimed at the 'techno-kid' generation, the show covers the latest in gaming reviews, hints, tips and cheats. Produced and directed by Prism Entertainment's Andrew Forgham, the show will launch on 12 February in ...