All Broadcast articles in 26 October 2001 – Page 3
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OFF THE RECORD - The wheelbarrow man hits Cannes
Whatever next? Apparently a marketing person from a London post facility was seen strolling along the Croisette (the bit that runs up and down the beach) in Cannes last week in
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BUTT-UGLY MARTIANS FILM RIGHTS SOLD
Universal Studios has bagged the feature film rights to Just Group's CGI-animated kids series Butt-Ugly Martians. Universal has also secured the right to finance and produce additional TV episodes, associated consumer
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Brook Lapping goes low-cost
Brook Lapping is setting up a new production unit specialising in low budget factual and factual entertainment programmes, as it becomes the latest outfit to move into high volume multichannel output, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BREAKFAST PILOTS ON
RDF, BSkyB and Princess, Talkback and Planet 24 will all make pilots for Channel 4's Big Breakfast replacement, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ON THE BOX - Clash of the bouffants
Fremantle Media Production Ignition team leader Sean Kirkegaard found The SBS stodgy but Poker kept him up after his bedtime.
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Zenith loses iTV boss to National Trust
Anne Dixon, managing director of Zenith entertainment-owned interactive TV outfit Workhouse, is quitting the company to become director of the National Trust, writes David Wood.
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Willis quits Granada through boredom
John Willis, one of Granada's most senior programme executives, has quit the company after becoming bored of his job.The former United Productions chief executive, who was 'acquired' by Granada when it
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INDIE FINANCE - How Blast blew on to the market
Called 'the bespoke tailor of independent production' by founder and owner Edmund Coulthard, slow-growing Blast is looking to expand its horizons with projects for BBC 1 and ITV and even feature films.
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Second term for Biggam
Sir Robin Biggam has been reappointed as chairman of the Independent Television Commission (ITC) from the end of his current term in December and will take a lead role in the
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INTERVIEW - Broadband's Mr Big
Video Networks' VOD entertainment service may not be raking in the cash, but chief executive Simon Hochhauser says broadband will help to give his company the edge.
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GWR FORMS JV TO BID FOR MIDLANDS LICENCE
Radio outfit GWR has joined forces with multimedia music company Channelfly in a bid for the east Midlands analogue licence. GWR and Channelfly have formed East Midlands Radio to develop a
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BBC factual to fall short
The BBC's beleaguered general factual department is 'tens of millions of pounds' under-commissioned after a breakdown in the commissioning system, according to insiders.Sources have told Broadcast there has been a huge
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BBC sets digital radio date
BBC radio will launch all of its new digital radio services by autumn next year, with its first, Network Y, to launch in January, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC to map out regional quotas
The BBC IS set to introduce minimum output guarantees across a range of genres for production in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the English regions in a further bid to appeal
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BBC EXTENDS PROTECTION FOR KIDS ONLINE
The BBC has introduced further guidelines to help protect children from potential dangers on the internet. Content producers have been told to take steps to prevent children and young people accessing
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Wax to host BBC gameshow
The BBC is set to add another big-money gameshow to its peaktime line-up after commissioning Hat Trick Productions to produce a new quiz show fronted by Ruby Wax with a jackpot of£30,000, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BEASTS ENTER BBC CAMPAIGN
BBC creative services has produced a cross-media promotional campaign for BBC factual and learning to launch Walking with Beasts, writes Barbara Marshall.The high-profile follow-up to Walking with Dinosaurs, again featuring 3D
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BBC, ITN and Quantel pick up Emmys in NY
Three British companies scooped Emmys at the technical/ engineering achievement awards held in New York last week.Quantel and ITN were jointly recognised for the development and implementation of the tapeless newsroom
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CORRECTION: FRAN BARLOW
In an item on Edinburgh International Television Festival director Fran Barlow in last week's issue (Barlow Joins Beyond, 19.10.01), we incorrectly stated that she was to join distributor Beyond International. She
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EC BACKS OFCOM
The European Commission has thrown its weight behind the call to curtail the BBC's board of governors by firming up guidelines on state aid to broadcasters. It has called for public