All Broadcast articles in 18 March 2011 – Page 6
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NewsBBC 'paying out unearned allowances'
The BBC is wasting millions of pounds a year paying allowances to staff who do not qualify for them, it has been reported.
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RatingsCatch-up viewing rocketing
Viewers choosing to catch up on programmes through PVR has already increased 7% this year, and the latest consolidated figures reveal the benefit to broadcasters.
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NewsMoyles breaks world record
Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles has broken the record for the longest ever radio show by staying on air for 52 hours, raising more than £2.4m for Comic Relief.
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RatingsComic Relief trek raises 5m
THURSDAY: The latest celebrity-led effort to raise money for Comic Relief drew nearly an audience of nearly 5m to BBC1.
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NewsITV asks celebrities to Sing if You Can
Celebrities will battle it out by singing in an extreme circumstances for a new ITV1 entertainment show.
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NewsBBC staff slam local radio proposals
BBC staff have peppered the Ariel letters page with criticism of proposals to cut BBC local radio output, describing them as “a travesty” and stressing the service’s “incalculable value”.
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NewsKeys and Gray grow Talksport listeners
Richard Keys and Andy Gray have helped boost Talksport’s online listening figures by 5% in the four weeks since they have joined the station.
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NewsCrufts coverage questioned again
TV’s coverage of Crufts has come under scrutiny again after the RSPCA wrote a critical letter to the Kennel Club that is also understood to have been sent to Channel 4.
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NewsLocal TV bidder promises 2,000 jobs
Local TV network Channel 6 has claimed it will create 2,000 jobs if it wins its bid to deliver the planned local opt-out TV station.
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Comment18 Mar '11
“There was clever use of archive footage, and a helpful dash of Young’s family history, but the soundtrack was much too literal…” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsEndemol sells 101 Ways format to ABC
Endemol has sold the format of its BBC series 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow to US network ABC, following a pilot commission last year.
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RatingsSkins bows out to 380,000
THURSDAY: Long running E4 drama Skins finished with its second lowest audience of the series last night, with just 380,800 viewers (2.2% share) watching at 10pm.
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NewsBig Brother heads to Indonesia
It may be off air in the UK - for now - but reality format Big Brother is to live on with a new series in Indonesia.
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NewsC4 orders Japan quake docs
Channel 4 has ordered a number of “quick turnaround” programmes following the devastation that hit Japan last week.
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NewsProcam kits out E4 series
Procam Television is supplying cameras, lenses and monitors for E4 series Chelsea Girl.
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Marquis appoints Burge
Broadcast technology consultancy firm Marquis Consulting has appointed David Burge as a senior associate.
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Beale to join WTS
Former Gearhouse senior sales executive Paul Beale is set to join WTS Broadcast.
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NewsPlatform builds archive system
Soho post house Platform has installed a 24TB near line file-based media library and Cache-A LTO archiving system.
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NewsITV names Asia Pacific exec
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has appointed Augustus Dulgaro to the newly-created role of senior vice president for Asia Pacific.