All Broadcast articles in 17 October 2008 – Page 5
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NewsEurosport unveils catch-up service
Eurosport has launched a catch-up VOD service offering the best premium events from its two channels.
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NewsHBO Films boss quits
HBO Films president Colin Callender has left the US cable network after 21 years to form his own production company.
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NewsDawn Porter: Geisha Girl
Following the penultimate episode of Extreme Wife on Channel 4, presenter Dawn Porter recounts her experiences in Japan as a geisha.
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NewsJobs to go at UTV
Northern Irish ITV franchise UTV is to cut up to 28 positions from its TV division and will axe its Insight, Late and Live and UTV Life news and current affairs programmes by March next year.
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NewsTV Critics 15 October ‘08
“Basically a posh Strictly Come Dancing.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsEx-BBC drama boss Mark Shivas dies
Former BBC head of drama Mark Shivas, whose TV credits range from Alan Bennett's Talking Heads to Jim Henson's The Storyteller, has died at the age of 70.
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NewsIonostorm to calm participation TV fears
ionoco and Content Guru have fused together their Storm and graphics technologies to create a new end-to-end innovation designed to help producers create participation TV formats.
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FeaturesThe bad news at ITV regions
ITV is making deep cuts to regional news. Kate McMahon reports on what the changes will mean.
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FeaturesMagnus Scheving: The lazy way to healthy kids
Magnús Scheving, former gymnast, TV presenter and chief executive, talks to Ann-Marie Corvin about his award-winning kids TV format LazyTown that promotes healthy living.
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NewsHireworks invests in new Avid systems
Hireworks, the Pinewood based Film and TV editing equipment rental company, is continuing its current expansion by investing more than£300,000 in new Avid technology.
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CommentHD video on a stills camera - viva la revolution
Guest blogger Colin Birch marvels at the possibilities offered by the arrival of stills cameras that also shoot HD video.
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NewsSatellite distribution to cinemas trialled
Arts Alliance Media has succeeded in transferring an entire digital movie to a cinema using Arqiva's Content Delivery Network.
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NewsiPlayer becomes handier viewing option
The BBC has announced agreements with technology and licensing companies CMLA, Coremedia and Intertrust that will see the corporation's iPlayer become available on a wider range of mobile handsets.
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NewsMitsubishi adds laser light source HDTVs
Mitsubishi has introduced two new high-end LaserVue consumer HDTV sets that produce twice the colour output of a standard consumer HDTV.
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Behind The ScenesOn location: The Unsinkable Titanic
Producer Vicky Matthews on tracing the origins of the iceberg which sank the Titanic.
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NewsOff the Fence wins Babelgum order
Off the Fence has won its first online commission, a factual wildlife series for web TV platform Babelgum.
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CommentYou the Jury: Andre Singer and Malcolm Brinkworth
Andre Singer and Malcolm Brinkworth review the latest TV shows.
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FeaturesStudio city
Despite the volatile economic climate, several UK studios are pushing ahead with ambitious plans to place their sites at the centre of creative hubs.
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NewsDylan Thomas tale animated for Christmas
MIPCOM: Dylan Thomas story A Child's Christmas in Wales is to be brought to life in a new animated film narrated by Brother and Sisters star Matthew Rhys - who also played the famous Welsh poet in The Edge of Love.
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NewsC4 to clean up Jamie Oliver
Channel 4 is planning to offer a “child friendly” version of Jamie's Ministry of Food for its on-demand service after complaints about swearing.