All Broadcast articles in 19 August 2011 – Page 2
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NewsITV1 offers budding cooks a Great British Taste Tour
ITV1 is to send aspiring chefs on culinary mini-breaks around the country for a new daytime show.
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NewsSky Living acquires Gellar drama Ringer
Sky Living has acquired the rights to Ringer, the CBS series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar in her first TV show since Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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NewsBig Brother overhaul targets casual viewers
Big Brother will be made more experimental and Endemol will aim to pull in more casual viewers as part of the show’s response to the emerence of structured reality.
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CommentStreet Season points to C4's future
After a week of riots, Channel 4’s celebration of urban culture was well-timed and good step in its drive for distinctive content, writes Balihar Khalsa.
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NewsChildren of 9/11 acquired by NBC
NBC has acquired the Darlow Smithson documentary Children of 9/11, which follows the lives of some of the children who lost a parent in the terrorist attacks a decade ago.
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Comment17 Aug '11
“It builds a sense that everyone here is the lead in their own life.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsCamera Corps makes move
Robotic camera systems provider Camera Corps has moved into new premises.
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RatingsBBC3's Wilfred befriends 640,000
TUESDAY: BBC3 series Wilfred, with Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood, kicked off with a strong audience on its first outing.
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RatingsSeven Dwarves sizes up 2.5m
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s new documentary series following the lives of seven dwarf actors during the Christmas pantomime season attracted a sizeable audience.
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NewsGilbert returns to BBC1
BBC1 has recommissioned comedy entertainment show Ask Rhod Gilbert for a second series, which will again see the Welsh stand-up grapple with a range of tricky questions.
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NewsSaveBBC4 campaign 'fundamental misunderstanding'
A growing online campaign to save BBC4 from closure comes from “a fundamental misunderstanding” of reports around potential changes to the channel, insiders have indicated.
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CommentRobinson on radio, riots and role models
Paul Robinson highlights two very different radio initiatives that will celebrate the best of young people
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NewsC5's Neighbours 'classiest' soap
Channel 5 soap Neighbours attracts the highest class of viewers, while Emmerdale is watched by the lowest, a new study has revealed.
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NewsEnvy adds JVC monitors
Envy has kitted out its recently expanded Rathbone Place premises with over twenty JVC monitors.
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NewsOfcom counts Starkey complaints
Ofcom has received 77 complaints about David Starkey’s comments on Newsnight about the riots last week.
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NewsITVS America options NFTS student's format
ITV Studios America has optioned a format created by a graduating student at the National, Film and Television School.
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NewsRadio 1 back on SiriusXM
Radio 1 will return to US satelite radio service SiriusXM after the American broadcaster struck a deal with BBC Worldwide this week.
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NewsKanjee leads Evolutions management buyout
The senior management team at Evolutions has agreed a management buyout of the post production company.
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NewsFile-based workflow dominates survey
File-based workflow is the biggest single technology issue dominating the television industry, Broadcast’s Technology Survey can reveal.
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NewsLiveU kit used for Birmingham riot coverage
Sangat TV, the Birmingham-based charity broadcaster that rose to fame during last week’s riots, used LiveU’s LU60 units for its live coverage.