All Broadcast articles in 28 January 2005 – Page 9
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NewsSky sacks football pundit
Sky Sports has sacked football commentator Rodney Marsh for making 'offensive and inexcusable' on-air comments about the Asian tsunami disaster.
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NewsMorris brushes off ITV Wales concerns
Culture minister Estelle Morris has brushed off calls to intervene and ensure ITV Wales continues to provide Welsh programmes until 2012.
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NewsBullish results for SRH & Emap
The radio divisions of Emap and Scottish Radio Holdings have both reported a positive financial start to the year.
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NewsLike Father, Like Son gets 8.9m
ITV1's new two-part drama Like Father, Like Sonhad an impressive beginning with a peak audience of 8.9 million (37%) at the start.
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NewsFX joins NTL line-up
Fox International's men's channel FX has secured a carriage deal with NTL, expanding its potential audience by 1.4 million households.
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NewsBBC news should be 'serious & popular'
BBC chairman Michael Grade has said the corporation should make news programmes that are both serious and popular.
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NewsBBC signs US VOD deal
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal to bring British comedy, drama and factual programming to video-on-demand viewers in the US.
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NewsSpringer: Opera is offensive
Controversial chat show host Jerry Springer has waded into the row over the BBC's screening of Jerry Springer - The Opera, saying the musical was offensive to Christians.
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Production - At the extremes.
Filming in extreme weather conditions can make for great TV - but detailed planning and back-up are essential to ensure everything goes smoothly, writes Robert Gray.
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Production - Cocaine stories.
A trio of films for Channel 4 delves into the dark heart of the South American drugs trade.
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Off the record - Bricking it.
Central News staff on the east Midlands service, peeved at their move from Nottingham to a
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Off the record - Bid for fortune.
For Sit-Up TV, changing its shopping channel's name from Bid-Up TV to Bid TV proved more
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Off the record - All you pretty things.
The lengths some broadcasters go to win favour with media hacks. Living TV is even staging
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Off the record - 30 second guide - Desperate Housewives.
Susan, Lynette, Bree, Gabrielle and Edie are the new Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha. Come again? They're the
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Production - What's on the menu?
Return of the Chef producer/director Paul Ratcliffe was in for a few tricky moments when he trailed chef John Burton Race and his family again while they set up a new restaurant.
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Interview - Initial plans.
It may be owned by Endemol and have a reputation for its reality output, but Initial is not simply Big Brother's little brother, say its bosses. Maria Esposito reveals their brand strategy.
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Dear diary.
Hard at work on the BBC's eagerly awaited new series of Doctor Who, writer Russell T Davies stated: 'A lot of the time the actual writing process is as miserable as fuck.' A grim observation, but is it true for other writers? What follows is a week in the
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Production - Rough cut - Degrees of separation.
Ariel White asks what happens to the relationship between contributor and producer when filming is over.
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Opinion - In my view.
The BBC airing of Jerry Springer - The Opera, which contained blasphemous elements, has led me to resign, writes Antony Pitts.