All Broadcast articles in 22 April 2005 – Page 2
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News2.7m see Paxman v Blair
Jeremy Paxman's confronation with the Prime Minister Tony Blair may have gained acres of media coverage but the interview could only manage a peak audience of 2.7 million (13%) at the end.
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NewsSalmon takes on chief exec role at TV Corp
Peter Salmon is to become chief executive of TV Corporation, after quitting as head of BBC Sport.
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Pilsworth launch
Mick Pilsworth, the former Chrysalis TV chief has launched his new company, Motive Television plc, with plans to buy up to 10 medium-sized independent producers. The plans have been kicked off with Pilsworth heading a management buyout of Setanta Television, the TV production arms of sports broadcaster Setanta. He now ...
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Spooks wins prize
Spooks Interactive has won its second iTV accolade at the third International iTV Awards in Cannes last week. The red button game, which lets viewers take part in spying missions using their remotes, beat competition from the rest of Europe as well as the US, South Africa and Australia to ...
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North One move
North One Television has appointed Robert Chandler as head of development for its regional production base in Birmingham. Chandler, who has previously worked as a writer, director and producer for various indies including Hotbed Media and Tiger Aspect, will be charged with expanding the range of productions beyond current programmes, ...
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Nine licences for The Sketch Show
Avalon International has sold Bafta-winning The Sketch Showto nine broadcasters around the world. The original UK version has been licensed to NRK Norway, Prime in New Zealand, SFDRA Switzerland and Singapore/Malaysia's TV12. It has also been picked up by DRTV Denmark, WOWOW Japan, YLE Finland, VRPO ...
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New-look Men and Motors launches
ITV is launching its revamped Men and Motors channel on Freeview on 2 May, as a broader men's lifestyle channel with a completely new programming line-up. ITV is also weighing up plans to use the earlier part of the 18-hour Men and Motors slot to launch a children's channel. The ...
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Saint titles Love My Kids project
Saint has designed and produced the titles and graphic elements for BBC1 series Love Me, Love My Kids. The RDF Media-produced six-part series aims to help single parents find companionship. The twist being that the kids are in charge. The titles take the viewer round the ...
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Scandinavia snaps up Sex Inspectors
Fremantle International Distribution has sold Talkback-produced series Sex Inspectorsto Scandinavia and the Benelux countries. TV4 in Sweden, MTV3 in Finland, pan-regional channel TV3 Viasat in Norway, RTL Netherlands and VTM VMMA Flemish Belgium have all acquired the show. Sex Inspectorsdebuted in a ...
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Help for starters
First Post, the Skillset-backed post-production initiative for industry starters, closes its doors to applications on Friday 29 April. The scheme, which has been designed to help London post-production companies train junior staff, will support up to 25 new starters. It will cost£900 a head and is subsidised by the London ...
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HDcam for Pepper
Covent Garden post facility Pepper has bought the first SRW-5500 HDCam SR recorder in the UK. The high-definition recorder, which was unveiled at NAB this week, costs up to£79,100 with all options attached. The kit will be delivered by the beginning of May. A Sony spokesman said that a number ...
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Jetix games on NTL
Kids broadcaster Jetix Europe has launched its interactive games service, Jetix i, on the NTL digital interactive TV network. The games, which are based on characters and content from the Jetix programme library, such as Sonic Xand Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, can ...
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Rapido founder joins visual Voodoo
ITN-owned Visual Voodoo, the producer behind Channel 4's X Rated: The Pop Videos They Tried to Banand ITV1's Dumb Britain, has appointed Rapido co-founder Mark Ford as head of development. Ford joins the company after 13 years at Rapido and will report ...
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Mentorn names wooding as Folio head
Mentorn has appointed Paul Wooding to head Folio, its factual production unit. Wooding, previously an executive producer at Mentorn Oxford, will oversee Folio's output, such as Drunk and Dangerous, Car Warsand Shops, Robbers and Videotape. Wooding will still be based in Oxford, ...
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Election is viewer turn-off
The broadcasters' special programmes dedicated to following the forthcoming general election kicked off this week but so far are still to ignite the interest of the viewers.
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Nannies fight for format dominance
Controversial Granada format Nanny 911is set to go head to head with Ricochet's Supernanny in a further three countries around Europe.
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At It makes doc for Five factual strand
At It Productions has kick-started its expansion into factual television with a documentary for Five's Extraordinary Peopledocumentary strand.
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DLT sitcom specials sold to us
DLT Entertainment has sold two new episodes of BBC sitcom As Time Goes Byto US public network PBS. The 45-minute specials reunite Dame Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer as former childhood sweethearts who get together after 40 years. PBS will air the two episodes on its ...
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Worldwide deals for RDF's Windsor
RDF Rights has sold the series Windsor: The Queen's Castle, which chronicles a year in the life of Windsor Castle, to a number of territories. The distributor has secured pre-sales to ZDF in Germany, CBC in Canada, PBS in the US and Nine Network in Australia. ...
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Radio Times signs video plus EPG deal
Radio Timeshas teamed up with the company behind Video Plus to supply information for its electronic programme guide (EPG). Gemstar TV Guide International will now get all its programme information from Radio Times, which will also sell advertising space on Gemstar's EPG, called Guide Plus.