All Broadcast articles in 19 December 2008 – Page 3

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    News

    My Family heads to Latin America

    2008-12-17T12:35:23Z

    BBC1 sitcom My Family is to be introduced to Latin America for the first time after DLT Entertainment sold a package of shows into the continent.

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    News

    Survivors still going strong

    2008-12-17T11:30:26Z

    BBC1's apocalyptic drama Survivors killed off the competition at 9pm last night, drawing 5m viewers (22.2%) as ITV1 struggled.

  • web_fhm_review
    News

    ITN On partners with FHM

    2008-12-17T11:17:21Z

    ITN On has partnered with Bauer owned men's website FHM.com to create a raft of new entertainment content and programmes.

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    News

    No Heroics flies onto ITV1

    2008-12-17T10:58:29Z

    ITV2's first original comedy sitcom, No Heroics, will be repeated on ITV1 in the new year.

  • people_greg_barnett
    News

    Twofour promotes Greg Barnett

    2008-12-17T10:40:10Z

    Twofour has promoted executive producer Greg Barnett to the new role of head of entertainment.

  • building_bush_house
    News

    Government considers World Service memorial

    2008-12-17T10:34:50Z

    The government is to consider erecting a memorial to the BBC World Service staff who provided “a beacon of hope, liberty and democracy” to people in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.

  • shows_merlin_king
    News

    BBC slammed over drama launches

    2008-12-17T10:01:45Z

    The BBC has defended spending almost£164,000 on four drama launches during 2008, a year in which it cut 2,000 jobs.

  • shows_joanna_lumley_ice
    News

    Takeaway to split into two indies

    2008-12-17T09:46:43Z

    Takeaway Media is to split into two new companies after directors Archie Baron and Neil Cameron decided to go their separate ways.

  • Elstree Studios
    News

    Morris handed Elstree Studios job

    2008-12-16T17:00:10Z

    Former Teddington Studios managing director Roger Morris has been appointed as the new MD of Elstree Studios, the home of Big Brother.

  • shows_casualty_17_oct
    News

    BBC Resources staff win reprieve

    2008-12-16T15:01:03Z

    BBC Resources staff in Birmingham and Bristol are to escape compulsory redundancy despite the commercial facilities company's plan to cease trading at the two cities.

  • Watching iPlayer on the couch
    Comment

    A boost for the little guy

    2008-12-16T14:52:00Z

    A common industry approach to on-demand TV over broadband could prove to be a real tipping point for small and independent content creators argues Will Strauss.

  • News

    BBC2 orders major space drama

    2008-12-16T14:31:00Z

    The BBC has signed up as a co-pro partner for a major 13-part space drama from the makers of Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives.

  • people_victoria_beckham
    News

    Fremantle seals first archive deal

    2008-12-16T12:31:33Z

    Fremantle Media has kicked off a strategy of acquiring rights to archive content by signing a deal with American red carpet film company Celebrity Footage.

  • Digital Audio Denmark
    News

    NTP buys up Digital Audio Denmark

    2008-12-16T12:03:27Z

    NTP Technology has acquired Digital Audio Denmark (DAD), the manufacturer of analogue-to-digital and digital-to-analogue converters.

  • BeamTV
    News

    Smallwood joins Beam TV

    2008-12-16T11:33:31Z

    The Mill has appointed former Mindshare Worldwide client leader Mike Smallwood as the new managing director of Beam TV.

  • Earls Court Two
    News

    Registrations surge for BVE

    2008-12-16T11:29:32Z

    The number of people that have registered for Broadcast Video Expo is up by more than 10 per cent on this time last year.

  • Kit montage
    News

    Technology supply sector faces ‘challenging times'

    2008-12-16T11:25:34Z

    Confidence amongst senior executives in the supply and manufacturing part of the broadcast and media technology sector has declined sharply according to the latest IABM Industry Trends Survey.

  • people_horchner
    News

    All3I names acquisitions chief

    2008-12-16T11:13:27Z

    All3Media International has promoted acquisitions executive Maartje Horchner to the company's head of acquisitions.

  • shows_nigella_christmas_kitchen
    News

    Nigella serves up a ratings treat

    2008-12-16T10:43:46Z

    TV chef Nigella Lawson drew a tasty 3.6m viewers (14.8% share) to BBC2 at 8.30pm for the start of her festive series.

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    News

    C4/Five merger back on table

    2008-12-16T10:41:35Z

    The possibility of a£500m merger of Five and Channel 4 has re-emerged as Ofcom approaches the final stages of weighing up Channel 4's future funding.