All Broadcast articles in 26 February 1999 – Page 3
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BIG ISSUE TO TACKLE LONDON ISSUES FOR LWT SERIES
The Big Issue Film Unit has been commissioned to make a series for LWT on the back of a pilot that transmitted last June. Urbanrites is a 6 x 30-minute regional
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OFF THE RECORD - Big screen debut
Channel 5 is set to multiply its reach at a stroke when it makes a cameo appearance in the eagerly awaited follow-up to Four Weddings and a Funeral.The producers of the
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LNN SEEKS BLACK JOURNALISTS FOR TV TRAINING SCHEME
London News Network is to set up a training scheme aimed at encouraging non-white journalists to join its ranks. Starting from April, three African, Caribbean or Asian radio or print journalists
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BLAKSTAD DEPARTS CORPORATION FOR BRAVE MOVE
Documentary film-maker Lucy Blakstad has left the BBC after 10 years to join The Brave Film Company as a freelance director working on commercials and documentary projects. Blakstad, whose most recent
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Blaxill to quit Granada for indie role
Ric Blaxill has resigned from his dual entertainment and music posts at Granada Media to work in the independent sector, writes Nicola Methven.Currently Granada Media head of music and Yorkshire Television
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Shaw drops Coats for Cintel board role
Men in White Coats (MIWC) managing director Steve Shaw is quitting the company to join telecine manufacturer Cintel as its new technical director.Shaw's unexpected departure comes little more than a year
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OFF THE RECORD - A close shave for Bolton
Fans of Roger Bolton's Right to Reply on Channel 4 (and we're sure there are many) will be familiar with the host's coiffured good looks. Imagine our shock, then, when Mirror
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ITC report boosts DTT
The number of homes in the UK that can receive digital terrestrial TV (DTT) could be significantly boosted before analogue is switched off, according to a report from the Independent Television
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Broadcasters under fire on sex from BSC
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have been rapped on the knuckles by the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) in one of the watchdog's most extensive attacks on sex on TV yet,
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Redmond puts Brookside in the dock
Brookside creator Phil Redmond wants to turn the ailing Channel 4 soap into 'Friends-having-Sex-in-the-City-in-the-North', as part of an extensive relaunch due to be completed this summer, writes Steve Clarke.Redmond, who signed
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BSKYB IN CANAL+ TALKS
BSkyB is in talks with French pay-TV operator Canal+, it was confirmed this week. The announcement from Canal+ on Tuesday (23 February) follows long-standing speculation that the two companies had been
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Wallace leaves CWC for Cable & Wireless
Graham Wallace, former chief executive of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), has been appointed to lead Cable & Wireless plc, writes Helen Sage.He will be replaced in his current job at
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CARLTON TV MAKES SPORTS DOC FOR DIGITAL CHANNEL
Carlton TV is making a 26 x 60-minute series for its digital documentary channel, Carlton World, on the relationship between athletes and their coaches. Commissioned by Carlton Digital head of programming
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CARLTON DENIES SAS RECONSTRUCTION MISLED PUBLIC
Carlton Television has denied claims that its 1996 series, SAS - The Soldiers' Story, misled the public by using agency extras to help re-enact the 1980 storming of the Iranian embassy
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OFF THE RECORD - Charting the demise of LWT warhorse Gladiators ..
A one-time family favourite, the LWT show - once dubbed It's a Knockout on Steroids - has been dodging the axe for some time1991 The US import gets shaky reception when
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Docu-soap kings clash at digital production festival
Suds might fly at The Production Show 1999's Digital Production Festival as leading docu-soap exponents line up for what should be a colourful debate. Headlined by Grant Mansfield and Jeremy Gibson,
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ITV COMMISSIONS FLY-ON-THE-WALL DOC ON EX-SOAP STAR
ITV has commissioned a one-off film from Granada Entertainment charting Martine McCutcheon's progress since leaving BBC soap EastEnders. It will cover the recording of her first album in New York and
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THE FOUNDRY SELLS KEYLIGHT COMPOSITING TOOLS
Software development specialist The Foundry has sold three Keylight compositing tools to Mill Film. Keylight enables artist to composite blue and green screen shoots more easily by modelling the interaction of
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NEW CONSORTIUM NAMED
The digital consortium put together by Talk Radio,Virgin Radio parent Ginger Media Group (GMG) and international TV and radio outfit Clear Channel was this week named Switch Digital. The consortium, which
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Hewlett denies that NatGeo co-pro deal is floundering
Carlton Television programming chief Steve Hewlett has quashed speculation that its joint production venture with National Geographic Television (NGT) is floundering, writes Alice Macandrew.But Hewlett admitted this week that the deal,