All Broadcast articles in 22 October 2010 – Page 3
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NewsDyke to chair exec group consulting on local TV plans
Greg Dyke has agreed to chair a committee that will feed into the government’s local TV plans.
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NewsCBeebies orders Darrall Macqueen comedy
Pre-school channel CBeebies has commissioned indie Darrall Macqueen to produce a comedy entertainment series that combines live action and photographic animation.
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NewsCicada and Bellwether merge in bid for scale
Specialist factual indies Cicada Productions and Bellwether Media have merged to increase their scale and boost output.
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NewsBectu steps in to help Lunn freelance clients
Bectu and accountancy firms are planning support groups for TV freelancers affected by the probe into media accountants Christopher Lunn & Company.
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NewsBBC set to develop ‘big-screen’ iPlayer for IPTV platforms
The BBC has outlined how it is likely to develop its “big-screen” IPTV version of iPlayer via mobile touchscreen functionality.
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NewsITV orders six-part run of DCI Banks
ITV is bringing back Left Bank Pictures’ DCI Banks for a 6 x 60-minute run following the success of its recent pilot.
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NewsHorse & Country assets sold as company enters administration
Horse & Country TV has been put into pre-pack administration and the assets bought out by a new incarnation of the broadcaster, H&CTV.
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NewsAbsolute challenges BBC to provide archive access
Absolute Radio has called on the BBC to make its archive of radio shows available for commercial rivals to buy.
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News5 Live orders content from northern indies
BBC Radio 5 Live has ordered seven one-off docs from radio indies from the north of England ahead of the extension of its £40,000 fund for a second year.
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NewsC5 links payment to results
Northern & Shell is preparing a radical payment system for Channel 5 that will see indies work for it on a performance-related basis.
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NewsNutopia takes celebs back to their youth for C4
Nutopia, the indie run by Jane Root and Laura Franses, is to take the likes of Boy George and Michael Barrymore back to their teenage homes for Channel 4.
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RatingsHoorah for the horror
Kurtz’s final words in The Heart Of Darkness were ‘the horror, the horror’. BBC4 was probably shouting ‘Hoorah, the horror’ as its History Of Horror movies began.
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Comment
Getting On / Poirot: Halloween Party / First Men In The Moon
UKTV’s Gemma Parkinson and Maverick Television’s Rich Payne on hospital politics, crime and moon magic.
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CommentDanny's upwardly mobile
Does the controller of BBC1 job come with a mobile phone as one of its perks? We ask as Danny Cohen has been without a corporation blower during his spell running BBC3 - and it seems he likes a chat.
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CommentChilean mine rescue mission shows the power of live TV
This extraordinary event is a great advert for a true ‘good news’ story, says Chris Shaw.
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CommentNo cause for celebration
The BBC battled hard over the licence fee, but the real work starts now.
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FeaturesThe Big C, Showtime (US)
Broadcast shines the spotlight on this new comedy-drama from the US that dares to laugh at terminal cancer.
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CommentBen Smith, Chillibean
Chillibean chief technology officer Ben Smith on what he would put in Room 101, who would play him in a movie and the one thing he could not live without.
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CommentThe buzz behind the buzzwords
Integration, diversity and convergence are driving the latest TV deals.