All Broadcast articles in 21 July 2006 – Page 2
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NewsFremantle goes global with Got Talent
Fremantle Media is planning an international rollout of the Got Talent format, a co-production with Simon Cowell indie Syco, following a successful launch in the US.
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GI sells ITV miniseries to France
Granada International (GI) has sold a number of miniseries made by ITV Productions to broadcasters in France.
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Splash leaves Tinopolis fold
Splash Media, the independent production company set up by former BBC entertainment executives Jane Lush and Fenia Vardanis, is to leave the Tinopolis group and set up on its own.
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Filmlight hiring
DI manufacturer Filmlight has appointed Arthur Johnsen as its sales manager for the UK and Ireland.
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Question Time names new editor
The new editor of Question Timehas been named as 29-year-old Ed Havard, who has been a producer on the show for seven months.
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Duo launch Synchronicity
The duo behind the BBC's big-budget kids show Shoebox Zoo has set up a Glasgow-based drama indie.
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NewsCowell poaches ITV producer
Simon Cowell has poached Saturday Night Takeaway series producer Georgie Hurford-Jones to join his production company, Syco, working on shows in the US.
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Comment: Everything To Play For
The revival in the gameshow format offers big prizes for a top format, says Tim Hincks
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NewsCity expects second wave of indie deals
A second wave of indie deals with the City and other investors is expected this autumn, with Kudos, Princess Productions, Wall To Wall and Objective Productions all expected to make a move before the end of the year.
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Crime channel orders surveillance series
Crime & Investigation Network (CI), which launched on 10 July, and ITV London have commissioned Flame TV to make a 6 x 30-minute series looking at the ways the public is monitored.
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Nigerian film channel to launch on Sky
Zenithfilms, a London-based company distributing Nigerian programming to airlines which fly to Africa and America, is planning to launch a 24-hour channel on Sky in January.
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NewsFive corners CSI trio for digital channel
Five will be able to screen all three series of the CSI franchise on its new acquisitions channel, Five US, after signing a deal with US producer Alliance Atlantis. The broadcaster has also secured exclusive video-on-demand rights to CSI: Crime ...
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BT Vision loses second senior exec
BT's entertainment division has lost its second senior executive in four months, shortly before the launch of the company's TV proposition this autumn.
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NewsFive picks up major Warner Bros drama
Five has secured the exclusive rights to big-budget Warner Brothers drama serial The Nine, one of the last high-profile, new season US shows that was still available from the LA Screenings.
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Ex-Sky man to launch broadband TV service
Aggregator, the London-based digital TV operator co-formed by former BSkyB commercial director Martin Goswami, will launch its first TV-over-broadband service this September.
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Sky One pushes science to breaking point with Crash Test
Sky One has ordered a Brainiac-style series that will test how far objects, machines and vehicles can be pushed before cracking, exploding or flying off the track.
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Fox rebranding to boost UK production
20th Century Fox is set to ramp up its UK production activities. The major US studio is rebranding Scream Films, the indie it purchased in 2004, as Fox TV Studios UK.