All Broadcast articles in 26 May 2006 – Page 2
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NewsFood order for UKTV Food
Indie Eagle Media has been commissioned to make a raft of programmes for UKTV Food's autumn schedule including James Martin Digs Deep, a 10 x 30-minute series in which the TV chef sets out to prove that home-grown food tastes better than supermarket fare. Eagle ...
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Five turns up heat with sex series for summer
Five has lined up a risqué documentary series for the summer offering women a cornucopia of sex tips, techniques, advice and scientific explanations of what happens during sexual activity.
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Ofcom under fire
An alliance of health, medical and consumer organisations has accused regulator Ofcom of putting industry profits before children's health in its current consultation on TV food advertising rules to children. The National Heart Forum - whose members include leading medical charities such as the British Medical Association, the Royal College ...
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RDF post-float figures show profit hike
Wife Swap producer RDF Media has posted its first full set of results since floating in May 2005 with pre-tax profits up 26.2% to£5.3m. Increased revenues from BBC commissions - up 209% year on year to£3.4m thanks to shows such as BBC3's ...
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Skaramoosh staff face uncertain future
Design and animation outfit Skaramoosh has put seven of its 29 staff on provisional redundancy after disappointing profit margins, according to its managing director Daniel Slight.
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Evolutions hires
Soho facility Evolutions has recruited TSI's editor and colourist of 12 years, Dicky Everton. Everton has worked on the BBC's Child of Our Time, A Bear's Talefor Bellyache and Supernannyfor Ricochet.
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SRH profits Emap
Media group Emap has bucked the trend of a declining radio advertising market, increasing profits by 50% - largely thanks to its takeover of Scottish Radio Holdings last year. The group, which publishes Broadcastand owns Magic and Kiss radio stations, said operating profits for its ...
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GWR TV sells shows into Middle East
Guinness World Records TV (GWR TV) has sold over 100 one-hour programmes of record-breaking attempts from around the world to Dubai-based Middle Eastern distributor Tanweer Enlightenment.
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Seven Stones in docs initiative
Cornwall-based indie Seven Stones Media has launched a£75,000 scheme to help factual film-makers in the county develop documentary ideas for commissioners.
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Extreme does mobile deal in Portugal
Liberty Global-owned Extreme Sports Channel has signed a deal to bring its action sports content to 3G phone users in Portugal.
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Chrysalis sales fall
Radio and music group Chrysalis has seen radio revenues drop 4.6% in the six months to February this year, but said it has still outperformed the rest of the market. The radio arm of the company, which owns the Heart, LBC and Galaxy radio brands, said revenues were down to£31.1m ...
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Commissioner's Q & A - Ceri Sherlock
The commissioning editor for music at S4C on his channel's attempt to raise the standard of rugby terrace singing and upcoming documentaries about the inventor of the saxophone and Cerys Matthews
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Canadian indie set for buying spree
Canadian indie DHX Media is planning to go on an acquisitions spree after raising£10m from a joint listing on the London-based AIM (Alternative Investment Market) and Toronto Stock Exchange.
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Bravo footie show to save hopeless men
Men's entertainment channel Bravo has commissioned a new reality show from Granada which aims to change the lives of 15 dysfunctional males through playing football.
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FX idents play with boys' toys
BDA has created the channel branding, idents, bumpers and stings for the FX channel. The new FX graphics were designed to refer to icons from men's lives from adolescence to adulthood. The graphics show beams from the FX logo distorted by the objects they pass over. BDA 3D animator Dominic ...
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Sky box delay
Sky customers who pre-ordered the broadcaster's high-definition television (HDTV) service have been told they may not receive it in time for the start of the football World Cup. Sky has delayed the installation of HDTV in up to 17,000 homes, after the company's set-top box supplier, French electronics company Thomson, ...
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Blue recruit
Post house Blue has appointed dubbing mixer Phitz Hearne to join its 14-strong audio department. Hearne joins the team from The Sound Store, where he worked for a year on programmes including the BBC's Panoramaand Darlow Smithson's Tsunami. Hearne will ...
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Blue skies unit to imagine the future for ITV
ITV is to tackle concerns that it lacks long-term vision by setting up a new research and development 'blue skies' unit aimed at producing innovation across the entire business, including developing new programme ideas.
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A Place in the Sun finds Canadian berth
Canadian Alliance Atlantic channel HGTV has bought the seventh series of overseas property show A Place in the Sun.
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Search for best young talent begins
Broadcast, in association with Skillset, is looking for the brightest young talent to feature in our special Hot Shots supplement. Categories range from writing and directing to production and craft - so if you know a rising star in the industry this is the time to shout about it. Entry ...