All Broadcast articles in 26 May 2006 – Page 4
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NewsObjective takes on new genre
Indie Objective Productions is to branch out into comedy panel gameshows and has drafted in writer and producer Jim Pullin to oversee the genre's development.
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NewsMagic hires Finch
London station Magic has hired GCap Media marketing head Alison Finch as its first commercial director. Finch starts next month at the station, which recently became number one in London, and will be responsible for non-traditional revenue streams. She joins after 10 years at GCap, where she was most recently ...
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NewsFeeding the online habit
Does the explosion in downloading TV content online mark the beginning of a radical change in viewing habits?
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NewsTV's learning curve
Broadcasters are waking up to the need to structure training for freelancers
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Comment - Why training matters
C4's Janey Walker asks what is being done to get a wide range of people into the industry and then trained properly
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Comment - Saving myself for TV
With sex back on TV, Steven D Wright wonders why the TV industry isn't doing it
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Southern Star in deal with Coastal
Southern Star International has secured a first-look distribution rights deal with Robson Green's indie, Coastal Productions.
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NewsPrince Charles to present Five doc
Prince Charles has agreed to front a series for Five commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross, his first show for the broadcaster.
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ITV Bristol head to take over Tonight
ITV Bristol head Alex Gardiner is set to be made executive producer of the broadcaster's flagship current affairs show Tonight with Trevor McDonald.
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NewsWoolfe boosts Sky team
Richard Woolfe, director of programmes for Sky One, Two and Three, has embarked on a poaching spree, signing up two former colleagues from Flextech including his deputy at Living TV, Hannah Barnes.
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Bravo set to boost drama with The Unit
Bravo is looking to bolster its schedule with US drama The Unit, a 20th Century Fox production made by The Shield collaborators David Mamet and Shawn Ryan, writesDan Wootton.
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Profile - Bob Cochran: When every second counts
Bob Cochran reveals how he keeps the adrenaline flowing for hit drama 24
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Five trials Great Big British Quiz
Five is simulcasting the Great Big British Quiz ( GBBQ) late night on Fridays after striking a deal with Enteraction.
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Bectu seeks central negotiator status
Broadcasting union Bectu has hit back at BBC plans to standardise freelance rates by demanding that it should become the central negotiator for all its freelance members working for the corporation.
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NewsRider lashes out at BBC controllers
ITV Sport presenter Steve Rider has hit out at his former bosses at the BBC, claiming there is a 'weakness at the top' and that decisions over sports coverage were being 'unduly influenced' by channel controllers.
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NewsAnneka and Andi for Sunday Feast
Former 'rear of the year' Anneka Rice is to return to TV screens after landing a presenting role on ITV's new weekend cookery show Sunday Feast, alongside Andi Peters.
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Fremantle wins sales in Latin America
Fremantle International Distribution has sold one format and nine shows into Latin America.
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NewsBig Game TV denies fraud allegations
Quiz channel Big Game TV has denied allegations that it has been intentionally defrauding viewers who take part in its on-air quizzes by running up their phone bills.
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NewsDromgoole aids Five with US acquisitions
Five has provided the first surprise of this week's LA Screenings by bringing June Dromgoole out of retirement to spearhead its US acquisitions strategy, writesDan Wootton in LA.
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News24 goes interactive on Sky
Sky One is using interactivity to limit the potential ratings damage to its key Sunday night drama 24during the World Cup next month by introducing an option allowing viewers to use the red button to choose their own start time for the show.