All Broadcast articles in 21 October 2011 – Page 4
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NewsWall to Wall hires ent boss; wins consumer commission
Wall To Wall is piloting a live early evening consumer affairs show for BBC1 and has hired the woman who will executive produce The Voice for the channel.
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NewsBSkyB and BBC clash on fees
Gloves come off as ITV, C4 and C5 wade in and report claims retransmission fees will soar.
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NewsTulloh’s new indie gets two backers
Award-winning producer Clive Tulloh is partnering with his former colleague Peter Bennett-Jones to launch a new indie called Burning Bright.
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NewsITV and Pact back in talks over terms
ITV and Pact are back in negotiations over concerns that the broadcaster is increasingly ignoring the Terms of Trade.
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NewsITV axes online staff in digital restructure
ITV is to cut up to 10% of its online staff and refocus resources on its leading websites as part of its radical digital restructure.
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NewsUK animation sector faces fight to survive
Animation in the UK is in crisis, with two out of five companies struggling to make ends meet.
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NewsKidsCo hunting animation firm
International children’s channel KidsCo has put a new animation project up for tender and is calling on UK companies to submit proposals.
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NewsCartoon Network acquires Harry Hill series
Harry Hill is to appear on Cartoon Network following a deal by Turner veteran Gary Finnegan, who has been handed a new UK-dedicated content role at the broadcaster.
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Base79 hires ITV and BBC execs
Digital rights management business Base79, formerly myvideorights, has hired two high-level technical execs from ITV and BBC to develop its connected-TV apps.
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News5* seeks male-leaning shows
Channel 5’s digital station 5* is hunting two horror, fear, survival or action shows to air from spring.
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NewsC5 to celebrate WWI heroes
Channel 5 is to strip a documentary series at 7.30pm in the week running up to Remembrance Sunday that features first-hand accounts from World War I veterans.
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NewsC4 calls time on Comedy Labs
Channel 4 is replacing its long-running Comedy Labs initiative with an E4 comedy pilot scheme as it attempts to clarify the objectives of its talent ladder schemes.
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NewsGrowth in Welsh shows helps C4 pass Ofcom quota
Channel 4 is expecting to exceed its nations and regions commissioning quota thanks in part to a significant growth in orders from Wales.
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NewsCurrent affairs hit by BBC2 cost-cutting
Single documentaries about travel and history are likely to suffer after BBC2 confirmed it would cut almost 20% of its current affairs output.
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CommentNew voices and fresh ideas are key to rejuvenating TV
Where is the risk-taking in public service broadcasters’ doc output? asks Jane Mote.
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CommentOff Cuts: Snow’s poetic licence
There were gasps of recognition at the London Film Festival this week when Jon Snow popped up for an unexpected cameo in Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus.
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CommentA Very British Party / The Slap / Frozen Planet
Pett’s Dave Walker and Halo’s John Rogerson on dull parties, Aussie drama and an icy treat
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CommentTax breaks or that’s all folks
Foreign subsidies make it impossible for UK animators to compete.