All Broadcast articles in 26 May 2006 – Page 3
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NewsBBC DEC draws up supplier shortlist
The BBC's drama, entertainment and children's departments (DEC) have nominated 31 UK post-production houses, including west London-based Clear Cut Pictures, Noho facility Suite and Manchester's Sumners as preferred suppliers for its post-production services.
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ITV report slams BBC calculations
An inflation-busting rise in the licence fee would hit low income families and worsen 'super-inflation' in the costs of talent and staff, according to a report commissioned by ITV. Chief executive Charles Allen accused the BBC of using 'back-of-a-fag-packet figures' to exaggerate the need for an above-inflation hike in the ...
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Three wins for Bleak House at Bafta Craft
BBC1 drama Bleak House triumphed at this year's Bafta Craft Awards, scooping three awards.
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Turner axes six UK posts
Turner Entertainment Networks has axed six people as part of a management shake-up in its UK office, revealed by Broadcastearlier this month.
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First audio awards
Facilities body UK Post has launched The Conch Sound Awards, created to recognise the audio talent of facilities, sound editors and dubbing mixers in audio post production of television, film and commercials. The awards claim they are the first dedicated event celebrating the British audio industry's achievements in film and ...
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BBC selects Arqiva
The BBC has appointed broadcast specialist Arqiva to manage its new digital transmission services in a deal reported to be worth£1bn. The contract is for the design, deployment and operation of the new high-powered digital terrestrial television (DTT) network for the BBC, which comes into service as part of the ...
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On the Box - An appetite for voyeurism
Angel Gambino predicts viewers will prefer the plain satisfaction of a summer diet of Big Brotherto the more refined The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.
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Component animates Big Ron
Component Graphics has completed the titles and content graphics for North One Television's Big Ron Manager. The 6 x 60-minute show, series produced by Dave Lewis, follows ex-football manager and TV pundit Ron Atkinson's work as a consultant to Peterborough United Football Club. Component designers ...
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Stourton heads for Ten Alps
Former BBC executive producer Fiona Stourton has joined Ten Alps, becoming director of its drama documentary and factual production subsidiaries Blakeway and 3BM TV. Stourton joined the BBC in 1994 and her credits at the corporation include Children of Beslanand ...
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Vroom, Vroom revs again on Sky One
Sky One has recommissioned its irreverent motoring series Vroom, Vroom, made by ITV Productions and presented by Jon Desborough, Brendan Coogan, Lisa Rogers and Sunmotoring correspondent Emma Parker Bowles. The series includes stunts, test drives and a regular strand featuring ...
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GCap results prompt warning on ads
Capital Radio owner GCap's pre-tax profits have slumped 40% year on year to£22.2m in the year to the end of March. Chief executive Ralph Bernard has warned Capital's ad revenues could be down 26% for April and May, compared with last year.
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UKTV Style to air 50 guys in 50 nights dating series
UKTV Style is sending presenter Sally Gray on 50 dates in 50 nights as part of a new series attempting to create 'the ultimate dating bible for Britain's single girls'.
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E4 greenlights comedy shorts to lead into BB
E4 has ordered a series of 10-minute comedy shorts to run at 10pm before Big Brother's Big Mouth.
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Da Vinci Code inspires C4 gameshow
Diverse has signed up Tony Robinson to front a Da Vinci Code-style gameshow currently being shot in the British Museum - part of the indie's fresh drive into entertainment formats. The Time Teamhost is to make two 6 x ...
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BBC2 to explore Italy from top to toe
Francesco Da Mosto, the Italian architect who presented BBC2's series on Venice, is to make a new series covering the whole of Italy for the channel. Da Mosto is to follow up his 2004 series with Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe, in which he ...
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Yorkshire indies to benefit from£10m cash injection
Television production companies in Yorkshire are set to cash in on a£10m windfall after the regional screen agency announced a four-year programme of investment, including plans to attract more TV drama to the region.
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BBC1 orders one-offs
BBC1 controller Peter Fincham has greenlit five one-off comedy dramas. Lenny Henry has co-written Slings and Arrowswith Kim Fuller, a comedy about a dry cleaner who finds love on an Open University course. It is being made by Tiger Aspect, which will also produce ...
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In My View - Reconnecting the young
Broadcasters are looking to user-generated content to reconnect with today's youth, says Flextech's Lisa Opie
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Picking up the tools of the trade
Graduate trainees talk about their experiences on production courses