All Broadcast articles in 20 January 2012 – Page 4
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NewsC4 eyes repeats channel launch on Freeview
Channel 4 is expected to launch a new repeats channel on the Freeview platform later this year in an attempt to boost its overall portfolio share.
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NewsTinopolis forced to cut jobs on S4C shows
Up to 30 staff on S4C’s flagship magazine shows Wedi 3 and Wedi 7 could lose their jobs after falling foul of the Welsh-language broadcaster’s budget cuts.
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NewsC5 doc season to examine war and disaster
The story of how the Nazis tried to spin the sinking of the Titanic as a tale of German courage is among Channel 5’s March season of four hour-long Revealed docs.
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NewsShed Media launches indie to take on Objective
Shed Media Group has launched a new indie, Yalli, focused on comedy and entertainment and led by the former showrunner of The Paul O’Grady Show, Robert Gray.
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NewsProspect restructures London office
DCD Media indie Prospect Pictures is cutting back its production and back-office teams as it restructures its London office.
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NewsAvalon wins BBC3 commission for emerging talent
Avalon has beaten BBC in-house to win the commission for a new comedy-entertainment show for BBC3.
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NewsNina Conti seeks enlightenment in BBC4 travelogue
British actress, ventriloquist and comedian Nina Conti will front an Alaska TV travelogue looking at alternative lifestyles around the world for BBC4.
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NewsZeebox trial receives lukewarm response
Two-screen TV service Zeebox, which launched its first broadcaster partner trial with E4 show Desperate Scousewives, was used for only 100 Twitter updates out of the 80,000 sent during the series.
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NewsLiquidator puts Wurmsers assets up for sale
Two outside broadcast trucks are among the assets of defunct broadcast graphics company Wurmsers that are to be sold next month.
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NewsKeith Lemon to be nation's agony aunt for ITV1
ITV1 has found a primetime entertainment vehicle for Keith Lemon in its second attempt to create a format for the Celebrity Juice host.
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NewsCelebrity Pointless heads to BBC primetime
Eight celebrity specials of daytime quiz Pointless will be shown in Saturday primetime during its next run on BBC1.
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NewsBBC1 to shed light on food inspectors and pawnbrokers
BBC1 has ordered two series that take a close look at the little-known worlds of environmental health and pawnbroking.
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NewsSky orders Apprentice-style fact ent show
Former The Apprentice executive producer Michele Kurland is to manage a business-based fact ent commission for her new employer Sky 1.
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Comment19 Jan '12
“Just as the volume of information was exhaustive and exhausting, so I found myself both stirred and tried by his style.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsPrime Focus in Trinnov UK first
Prime Focus has become the first UK post house to install Trinnov’s MC Processor, a loudspeaker system that tailors the acoustics of a mixing room to imitate a range of environments.
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NewsITV commissions second Perspectives run
Comedian David Walliams is to divulge his passion for Roald Dahl and actor David Suchet will provide a snapshot of the world of photography for the second run of ITV1’s arts strand Perspectives.
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NewsSky and Tiger to revisit Kathy Burke’s schooldays
Kathy Burke will make her writing debut and star in a Sky Atlantic comedy series produced by Tiger Aspect.
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NewsHigh Point targets US after signing rights deal
Distributor/producer High Point Media Group has expanded its ambitions in North America by entering into a reciprocal rights agreement with BFS Entertainment & Multimedia.
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NewsITV2 acquires NBC’s Love in the Wild
ITV2 has picked up NBC’s jungle dating series Love In The Wild.
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NewsAustralia/India buy ITN’s Killing Fields
ITN Productions’ powerful documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields has been acquired by broadcasters in India and Australia.