All Broadcast articles in 25 March 2011 – Page 4
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Behind The ScenesLambing Live, BBC2
How do you follow a success like Lambing Live? We’ve moved the story on with a switch from Wales to Cumbria, says producer Sarah Gibbs.
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CommentBBC World News: still going strong after two decades
The world has changed much in 20 years, and so has the way we report, says Richard Porter.
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CommentMidsomer Murders / Paul Merton’s Birth Of Hollywood / The Bert Trautmann Story
Darlow Smithson’s Ben Bowie and Grizzly Tales’s Jamie Rix on Middle England, Hollywood and a German.
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CommentThe house that Netflix built
Video rental firm is taking on the global players, says Kate Bulkley.
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CommentOff Cuts: Thompson's a free thinker
At a press conference updating hacks on the Delivering Quality First programme this week, Mark Thompson joked about the BBC’s real motives in its u-turn over 6 Music.
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The Broadcast InterviewDavid Ellender, FremantleMedia Enterprises
Ahead of next month’s MipTV, the FME boss is sitting on a wealth of hit brands, from X Factor to The Apprentice, and it’s all thanks to the distributor’s global reach, he tells Michael Rosser.
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CommentSoaps are worth every penny
NAO report’s focus on financials misses the point of continuing drama.
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FeaturesPost-production: the green lights of recovery
Like their London peers, regional post facilities were hit hard by the economic downturn, but a rise in commissions has given them renewed confidence for 2011, says Adrian Pennington.
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FeaturesStudios: making space for production
Disused industrial buildings are increasingly being transformed into state-of-the-art production centres, giving programme-makers a whole new range of studio options.
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NewsMagnum and CPL vie for Sky 1 panel show
Sky 1 is piloting two news-based panel shows, hosted by Jack Dee and David Walliams, which will go head to head to win a commission.
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NewsCross-platform ratings metric reveals biggest boost for BBC3
BBC3 programmes get the biggest ratings uplift in the seven days following transmission, according to new BBC cross-platform metric Live+7.
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News3DD brokers deal for Jonathan Ross Cannes show
Jonathan Ross is to front coverage of the Cannes Film Festival for pay-TV channel Cinémoi in a series that 3DD Entertainment has sold to more than 25 countries around the world.
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NewsC4 looks to Fresh One for a different take on dance
Channel 4 plans to bring a different approach to dance competitions on TV with a three-part Fresh One documentary about the Street Dance XXL UK Championships.
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NewsBBC and C4 back opt-out system for rights holders
The BBC and Channel 4 have recommended introducing a new rights management model that has been rejected by ITV and Sky, as part of an independent review into the current IP framework.
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NewsC4 teams up with E.ON for series on future homes
Channel 4 has ordered its first specialist factual show to be co-funded by a brand, with a programme that will showcase the next generation of household appliances and gadgets.
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NewsC4 nets Dolphin Boy doc
Channel 4 has netted a new documentary about a traumatised young man who was brought back from the brink by working with dolphins.
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NewsShaw wins first C5 order for Japan disaster doc
Chris Shaw has won his first commission from Channel 5 as a producer, having left the broadcaster in January after 11 years.
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NewsTalent agency offers to fund indie pilots
Talent agency James Grant Group plans to fund pilots for indies as part of an ambition to own a share of TV format rights.
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NewsBSkyB to merge products for Sky Anywhere service
BSkyB has created an emerging products team dedicated to identifying and developing new products ahead of the launch of its Sky Anywhere service.