All Broadcast articles in 23 June 2006 – Page 2
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NewsTalkback takes on troublesome teens
Five has commissioned Talkback Thames to follow up its factual series Families Behaving Badlywith a series called The Teen Tamer. The 6 x 60-minute series will see teen behaviour expert Lorrine Marer tackle unruly youngsters whose problems include truancy, bullying, ...
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Swan song for TOTP
The BBC has brought the final curtain down on Top of the Pops, the world's longest-running weekly music show, after 42 years on the air. The show underwent a relaunch in November 2003, but that did not stop a decline in viewer numbers, which had ...
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Wall Street meets The Office for Storyville
The BBC's Storyvillestrand has co-funded its first series, a documentary billed as a cross between Wall Streetand The Office.
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Henry reveals plans for itv.com
ITV Consumer chief executive Jeff Henry has said itv.com will enable viewers to access previews, catch-ups, video-on-demand services and potentially exclusive online content within 18 months. Delivering the keynote speech at Broadcast Live's Delivery Day conference on Wednesday (21 June), Henry also revealed plans for a 'dramatic makeover' of ITV's ...
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Gearhouse new role
Broadcast kit hire and sales company Gearhouse Broadcast has become a value added reseller for testing and monitoring provider Tektronix, having been selected to sell and support Tektronix's baseband video test and monitoring products to clients within the M25. Tektronix product lines provided include WFM7100 multiformat waveform monitors and the ...
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Vividas in HD 'first'
Video streaming technology specialist Vividas has added HD output to its Vivcast encoding suite, which it claims allows live and pre-recorded HD video content to be streamed over the internet for the first time.
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New Planet Rock DJ
GCAP Media's Planet Rock has signed up hard rock icon Alice Cooper as its new breakfast DJ from the beginning of next month. Cooper will take the microphone from 6am to 9am on weekdays with a best of show on Sundays from 10am to 1pm.
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ITV strikes new media rights deal with Pact
Independent producers will be handed half of the profits from phone services on shows they make for ITV, as part of a deal between the broadcaster and producers' alliance Pact.
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London Post rebrands as Concrete
Soho-based facility London Post is to rebrand as Concrete in a bid to reposition itself in the market.
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Commissioner's Q & A :Jonathan Webb
The director of programming of lads channel Bravo is looking for returnable series, especially on domestic crime, and is looking at a number of co-productions
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RDF USA poaches Fox TV exec Coelen
RDF USA has continued its rapid recruitment drive under new chief executive Chris Coelen, poaching a Fox TV Studios executive as its new president and general counsel overseeing strategic planning, business, legal and commercial affairs. Kirk Schenck, who will report directly to Coelen, will be responsible for the US production ...
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Clarification
Last week's Broadcaststated that Strongroom Post and the Air Studios were rebranding as Breathe Post Production. Breathe would like to clarify that it consists of only the audio and video post facilities within the Strongroom and Air buildings. The music side of the business at ...
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New channel makes gun crime shorts
The soon-to-launch Crime & Investigation Network is making a series of two-minute shorts to highlight the impact of gun crime in Leeds . Set to coincide with the channel's launch on 10 July, between 10 and 15 interstitials are being made in partnership with the Royal Armouries in Leeds . ...
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Bowen role expands
The BBC's Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen, is to be given an expanded role as the BBC moves to improve its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Bowen, will help create the BBC's overall strategy for coverage in the region, explaining the background behind the latest developments, on programmes such as ...
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Cash boost for ITN
ITN chief executive Mark Wood has confirmed that an additional£1m is to be ploughed into the company by shareholders in a bid to accelerate the growth of its archive and its mobile TV business. This latest cash investment, which follows on from a£2m boost last year, came as the company ...
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Board role for Doshi
VTR has appointed Anshul Doshi to the board as non-executive director. Doshi is also vice-president, strategy and business development, of the company's majority shareholder, Prime Focus. Before joining Prime Focus, he worked in the corporate finance division of KPMG
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Format Focus: Black White
A controversial US reality format challenging racial stereotypes is likely to be made in the UK
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Clear finalises BBC HD ident
Clear has completed the post for the BBC's newly launched HD trial ident, created by Red Bee Media. The ident opens on the channel's new 'diamond' logo, which the camera shoots through to reveal visuals including explosions and ice textures.
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BBC to test interactive technology
The trial, which starts on 26 June on Hull city centre's Big Screen, will work via a web application server, Millicent, from interactive content specialist Best Before Media.
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Mentorn lures Wyatt away from Prospect
Saturday Kitchen executive producer Hannah Wyatt has been poached from Prospect Pictures by Mentorn's new head of factual entertainment, Dan Barraclough. Wyatt has joined Barraclough as an executive producer, with the aim of strengthening Mentorn's slate of returnable series. Barraclough has also brought in producer Kirsty Donnelly from Granada North ...