All Broadcast articles in 28 January 2005 – Page 6
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MotionFX helps viewers to sleep
West London-based facility MotionFX has produced titles and graphic content for BBC1's How to Sleep Better. The science documentary studies the effects of disturbance on human sleep patterns. The graphics were designed by designer Keith Haynes who created surreal, dream-like sequences, which are used across both ...
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Thane exits Ofcom
Veteran TV regulator Sarah Thane is to leave Ofcom just over a year after its inception. Thane, who advises the regulator on content issues, is to stand down in April for personal reasons, although she said she wanted to continue working in the media in some capacity. She is one ...
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Execs give mixed message at Oxford
Broadcast reports on the policy agendas revealed at last week's Oxford Media Convention and asks whether defending their own territory prevents channel chiefs from seeing the bigger picture
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Target enters DVD market
Rights management company Target Entertainment is moving into the DVD market and has secured Graham Norton's US chat show for its first release.
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Sci fi stocks up on drama
Sci Fi has made a host of drama purchases, including Canadian paranormal series ReGenesis. Produced by Shaftesbury Films and distributed in the UK by Portman Television, the 26 x 30-minute series follows a team of genetic crime investigators. The initial 13-episode season has been completed and a ...
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DGP EXPANDS TEAM
Soho-based post facility DGP has expanded its team with the appointment of ex-Carlton head of design, Central region Amanda Robinson and former Corinthian Television online editor Ollie Aslin. Robinson has joined to lead DGP's graphics and design department as senior design producer having performed a similar function at ITV's Birmingham-based ...
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Sky covers Oscars
Sky's live coverage of the 2005 Academy Awards is to be presented by Sharon Osbourne. Based in LA on Sunday 27 February, the X Factorjudge will front a preview show on Sky One at 7pm, followed by live coverage on Sky Movies 1 from 1.30am. She will ...
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Court filming move
Bow Tie Television has supplied the recording facilities for a pilot scheme to record court cases in the Royal Courts of Justice, London. Using Sony robotic camera systems, the six-week pilot project is being conducted by a consortium of the main news broadcasters, including BBC News, Sky News, ITV News, ...
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Copycat dispute hits Tailor-Made
Indie Tailor-Made Films has lost a lucrative commission from a Belgian broadcaster after a rival station rushed a similar format into production.
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Under construction goes to Scandinavia
Zeal TV has sold its house-building reality format Under Constructionto Norway and Finland. Monster TV in Norway will produce 24 episodes, which will air twice weekly on TV2 this spring, and Channel 4 in Finland will also develop the format. In addition, Belgium's VTM has commissioned ...
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Commisioners Q&A: Fenia Vardanis
With her first commission of the year, the BBC's senior commissioning executive, entertainment thinks she may have hit upon the next big thing after property and babies
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Few laughs for new ITV comedy
New comedies on BBC and ITV failed to find many laughs among viewers this week.
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CNN hires Foster
CNN International has poached Max Foster from BBC1's Breakfast. The correspondent/presenter will join CNN in March as an anchor/reporter across the network's London-produced business and news shows. He will report to managing editor Nick Wrenn.
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Classic sound kit
Audio post facility Classic Sound has bought Merging Technologies' Pyramix and V Cube audio, editing and mixing systems from reseller Total Audio Solutions. The system offers 128-track editing and dubbing and also allows high-definition picture files to be imported for audio to picture post work.
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Julian Clary format sells to Russia
Distraction Formats has secured a raft of new deals for three of its shows. In the Dark, the UK format hosted by Julian Clary on ITV in 1996, will be remade by Russia's Muz TV. TPI in Indonesia has also taken the format, in which three ...
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Daytime chief quits Sky One
Sky One commissioning editor for daytime Zoe Watson has quit after nearly four years with the broadcaster.
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Chancellor on the Community Channel
Channel 4 Newsanchor Jon Snow is to interview chancellor Gordon Brown as part of a series of high-profile interviews for charity service the Community Channel. The 4 x 30-minute series, The Jon Snow Interviews, will air from the end of February, as part of the channel's ...
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Celebs pick top TV moments for UKTV
UKTV has asked celebrities to recall their favourite TV moments for a 60-minute show to air across eight of its 10 channels. Commissioned by director of network programming Charlotte Ashton, TV Firstsis made by Prospect Pictures and is part of a season celebrating TV. It will ...
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Canada's Cineflix opens London office
Canadian-based producer/distributor Cineflix has set up a London office and poached Outline Productions managing director Simon Lloyd to run it.