All Broadcast articles in 27 April 2001 – Page 2
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Disney plans schoolkid strand
The Disney Channel is to launch a new daily four-hour after-school strand, featuring live presenters and performances from popstars, in a concerted effort to steal viewers away from terrestrial rivals CITV
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PACE TAKES ON DIRECTOR
Telewest director of group purchasing and logistics Nigel Stacey is leaving the company to join technology company Pace Micro Technology next month as operations director. He will be responsible for Pace's
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GOVT DIGITAL TV PILOT
The government is set to launch its digital TV pilot scheme in an initial 20 areas within the next three to six months. The number of regions will then be expanded
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DIGITAL ONE EXPANDS
National digital radio operator Digital One has switched on a further two transmitters and increased the power of another, increasing its coverage area to 79 per cent of the UK population.
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NTL LAUNCHES DIGITAL NEWS SERVICE
NTL has launched a news service on its 530,000 subscriber-strong digital interactive service produced by world news agency Out There News. The service provides in-depth news and multimedia documentaries and access
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DIETERS GET WARNING
Carlton has produced a one-off documentary on the dangers of the diet and slimming industry for the ITV network, writes Steve Aston. Trust Me ... I Can Make You Slim highlights
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Dewhurst quits UK Gold
UK Gold is to lose its second senior executive within two months as UK Gold and UK Drama deputy editor Sarah Dewhurst decided to quit this week with no job to go to, writes Simon Ellery.
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PANORAMA DEPARTURE
Panorama deputy editor Karen O'Connor has left the programme to become executive producer in factual and learning working on Open University. She is the second deputy editor to leave the BBC
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PANASONIC HOLDS DEMO
Panasonic has indicated its next major HD breakthrough will be a super high-density recorder. Describing its DVCPro HD products as the fourth generation of the DVCPro range, after DVCPro 25, 50
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PPL ONLINE MUSIC DEAL
Online music licensing company Ricall has reached an agreement with Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) to put 2,500 record labels on the internet. After 14 months of negotiations, PPL has agreed to
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GMG secures deal with Emap for Real Radio
The Guardian Media Group (GMG) has secured carriage for its Real Radio format on Emap's seven digital multiplexes in the north of England after The Wireless Group pulled out of a similar deal after a row over charges, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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INTERVIEW: DAVID LIDDIMENT - Liddiment looks to the future
It's a time of change for ITV director of programmes David Liddiment, having been given - almost - carte blanche to reassess the channel's output. So what does he have on his agenda, how does he envisage life after the ITC and what are his views on regula
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Sky plans cuts in online staff
BSkyB's new media division is bracing itself for a rash of cutbacks on the back of the expected departure of director of new media John Swingewood, writes David Wood.
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CORRECTION
Last week's Trade Talk credited Tony Orsten as being the director of sitcom Spaced when he is, in fact, the executive producer. Edgar Wright is director of both series of Spaced.
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Condor dumps Spirit for ITK system
Condor Europe has bought four Millennium Machines from telecine manufacturer Innovation TK (ITK) and as a result the company is expected to sell off the three Philips Spirit DataCines it already owns, writes Joanna Scott.
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No con like an old con
Old people and their activities tend to be given short-shrift in TV terms. They're not considered a 'sexy' subject matter assured of great ratings, nor one appropriate for humorous treatment. Add
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EXECS LAUNCH MEDIA CO
Former Pittard Sullivan executives Brian Hurst and John Bryan, who headed the design agency's London office, have formed a new media strategy and business development company. MediaXi launches with offices in
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KNIGHT JOINS CLIPSALES
Online distributor clipsales-now.com has hired Ruth Knight as marketing and business development manager. Knight joins the company from asset management specialist IST. Clipsalesnow.com has also recently signed up content partners Acacia
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Vatican vetoes use of Pope clip in gay film
The producers of a documentary exploring the Catholic Church's attitude to homosexuality have been forced to make last-minute changes after the Vatican stepped in to stop them using a clip of Pope John Paul II condemning a gay march, writes Penny Hughes.
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CELEBRITIES GO ON WEB
Three showbusiness experts have launched an online service that aims to give producers and researchers a much better chance of contacting the stars of their choice for their next production. The