All Broadcast articles in 17 December 2004 – Page 7
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Bravo follows Vigilantes and their videos
Bravo has commissioned a 15 x 30-minute factual documentary series featuring video footage of criminals filmed by the public. Video Vigilantes , from indie Bullseye, follows vigilantes who film crimes such as prostitution and drug dealing in order to inform the authorities. The programme is ...
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Ofcom gets Freeview box figures wrong
Ofcom has admitted that it overestimated the number of Freeview households in the UK by more than 400,000.
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DABs set for Xmas boost
Digital radio is set for a boost with retailers and broadcasters predicting DAB sets will be one of this Christmas's must-have gifts.
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Frost hands Emmerdale reins to Beedles
Emmerdale series producer Steve Frost has stepped down to take a new drama role at ITV Yorkshire. He will be replaced in January by Kathleen Beedles. She joined Yorkshire Television as a story editor on Emmerdale in 2001 and became a producer in May ...
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More Trauma for BBC
The BBC has given a vote of confidence to its gritty hospital documentary series Trauma by commissioning more than 16 hours of new shows to air across BBC1 and BBC3.
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BBC docs exec to boost Bristol
Producers in Bristol have welcomed the BBC's decision to move a key factual commissioner to the city, saying it will boost both in-house and indie production.
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BBC: wait until March for job cut details
Unions have been told by the BBC that they must wait until March for exact details on plans to slash jobs and programme budgets.
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BBC Scotland moves
BBC Scotland has appointed Jeff Zycinski as head of Radio Scotland and Margaret Mary Murray as head of Gaelic. Zycinski, former editor of entertainment and events, previously launched The Lesley Riddoch Programme and The Gary Robertson Show. Murray ...
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NewsSaturday night bounces back
The return of old-fashioned family entertainment shows has revitalised Saturday night viewing.
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Local Radio Company back in profit
The Local Radio Company (LRC), owner of a string of stations across the country, has reported an operating profit of£324,000 reversing last year's operating loss of£712,000. Reporting preliminary results for the year ending 30 September, the company, said advertising sales increased by 13% during the period and 11% on a ...
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RDFR in Aussie deal
RDF Rights has grown its international footprint by signing a first-look deal with new Australian producer the Essential Viewing Group.
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Granada International success in Asia
Granada International has secured a raft of deals in Asia, including shifting Wall to Wall's CGI docu-drama Ancient Egyptians to Discovery Asia. Discovery has also picked up The Real Jason and the Argonauts and Deadliest Season. ABC Asia has acquired ...
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MTV appoints Barry
MTV has hired former Universal creative director Michael Barry in a newly created top programming role.
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St Anne's Sherlock Holmes case
St Anne's Post has completed the grade, dubbing mix and online on Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking. The Tiger Aspect production required extra atmosphere and sense of period from the grade so senior colourist Vince Narduzzo added smoke effects to ...
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Forever Eden to air in UK on Five
Mentorn's $20m US series Forever Eden , which the indie hoped would be the world's first never-ending reality show, is to air in the UK on Five.
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Penguin Television to shut after one year
Penguin Television, the TV production division of the Pearson-owned publishing group, is set to close after only a year in business. The venture will wind down operations by the end of the year and its founder, John Holler, and his 14-strong team will be made redundant. Founded for an initial ...
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Thomson to quit BBC after review
BBC director of policy and legal Caroline Thomson is to leave the corporation next year following the completion of Charter review negotiations. Thomson is also overseeing the portfolio of strategy and distribution, following the departure of Carolyn Fairbairn, and has said the two departments could eventually be merged. Distribution is ...
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Indies get early access to UK secrets
Whistledown Productions and Takeaway Media are to jointly examine secret government papers from 1974 for a quick turnaround documentary on BBC Radio 4. The pair have been given early access to the papers, which will be released on 1 January in line with the 30-year rule, for a half-hour programme ...
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ITV sheds a further 80 jobs in regional cutbacks
ITV is to wipe a further 80 jobs off its regional head count with cuts in the north, Anglia and ITV Wales.
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MPC sale goes through at last for£53m
ITV has at last sold its visual effects facility the Moving Picture Company (MPC) to Thomson for£52.7m.