All Broadcast articles in 28 January 2005 – Page 8
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Blue posts surgery series for C4
Blue has completed the grade and online editing for Channel 4's Ancient Plastic Surgery. The Cicada Films documentary examines what early civilisations knew about cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. Online editor and colourist Bill Ogden graded and onlined in Avid DS Nitris using The Foundry's Anvil grading ...
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Liberty Bell allotted BBC2 show
Liberty Bell Productions, the indie behind the hit BBC show Grumpy Old Men, has been commissioned to make a BBC2 daytime series about allotments.
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ITV signs£1m beer sponsorship deal
ITV has signed a£1m deal which will see Cobra beer sponsor more than 300 movies on ITV2 and ITV3 this year. The project, titled CobraVision, will also invite movie-makers to submit short films that will air in the breaks of the main feature. It will launch on 31 January with ...
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NewsBidding war erupts over Freeview slot
A bidding war is set to kick off with broadcasters preparing to offer up to£5m a year via sealed bids for a newly available Freeview slot.
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NewsBBC plans VE Day specials
The BBC is preparing to mark the 60th anniversary of VE Day this summer with a raft of programming, including a Surprise Surprise-style entertainment show that will reunite old comrades.
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NewsLiving TV named channel of the year
Living TV has beaten competition from leading terrestrial channels to be declared Channel of the Year at this week's 10th annual Broadcast Awards.
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NewsC4 in talks to bring Behzti row to screen
Channel 4 is in talks with the producers of the controversial play Behztiabout screening excerpts of the play as part of an investigation into beliefs and the media.
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NewsAndreae exits C4 to take Fox post
Channel 4 head of science and education Simon Andreae is quitting to join Fox Television Studios in the US.
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NewsC4 hires Hopkinson and drops Teachers
Channel 4 has poached executives from Granada and the BBC to fill new drama roles in the wake of head of drama John Yorke's departure.
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Hat Trick takes on Robinson
Steely host Anne Robinson is to follow up Weakest Linkwith a light-hearted topical show for BBC1 from the makers of Have I Got News for You.
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UK indies cool on Jackson 'super-indie'
Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson's plan to acquire a batch of UK production companies has been given a cool reception by leading indies.
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Brown set for indie return after BBC exit
Alan Brown, the BBC commissioner behind the forthcoming UK version of business show The Apprentice, is to leave the corporation to return to the indie sector.
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Post-production spend up
UK producers spent£70m more on post-production in 2004 than they did the year before, according to a sector-wide study published today by Broadcast.
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Thomas to lead BBC move
The BBC has appointed one of the architects of its 'double-tick' commissioning system to oversee the ambitious move of departments and resources from London to Manchester.
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ITV2 signs Shed football spin-off
ITV1 hit Footballers' Wivesis to be spun off into a new ITV2 series - the first original drama the channel has ever commissioned.
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NewsC4's Andreae bags Fox US role
Channel 4's head of science and education Simon Andreae is quitting to join Fox Television Studios in the US.
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News2.8m watch Jackson's Boys
Channel 4's documentary Michael Jackson's Boyspeaked with 2.8 million (12%) at the end of its 60-minute run in a hotly contested 9pm slot last night.
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NewsGWR/Capital to merge in May
GWR and Capital Radio are set to complete their anticipated merger in early May, the two companies have said.
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NewsThane quits Ofcom
Veteran TV regulator Sarah Thane is to leave Ofcom just over a year after its inception.
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NewsAd Channel firm to float on AIM
The company behind The Advert Channel and Your Destiny TV has announced plans to float on the Stock Exchange in a bid to raise up to£5m.