All Broadcast articles in 28 January 2011 – Page 6
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NewsITN cool on Hunt's vision for local TV
ITN is poised to shun culture secretary Jeremy Hunt’s plans for a national TV channel with local opt-outs.
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NewsAudioboo chief exec slams C4 converged formats strategy
The chief executive of Audioboo, one of 4iP’s biggest success stories, has branded Channel 4’s new converged formats fund a “retrograde step”.
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NewsJoint venture to create new digital standards
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are leading a cross-broadcaster initiative to establish common digital standards.
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NewsBSkyB profits up 26%
Sky has grown its operating profits for the six months to 31 December to £520m as 24% of its subscribers now take a bundle of broadband, TV and phone services.
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NewsCome Dine served to Ireland
4Rights has sold nearly 160 hours of Come Dine With Me to Irish commercial broadcaster TV3, following the deal with ITV Studios to produce a local version later this year.
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NewsZodiak Wife Swap format sold to India and Russia
Reality series Wife Swap is to be remade for audiences in India and Russia, building on the success of a format that was dropped by Channel 4 more than a year ago.
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RatingsNational TV Awards draw 6.5m
WEDNESDAY: The National Television Awards celebrated with an audience of nearly 6.5m on ITV1 as the cream of the industry were honoured.
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NewsEagle Rock secures Brit Awards
Eagle Rock Entertainment has swooped on the global TV distribution rights to The Brit Awards 2011, previously held by FremantleMedia Enterprises.
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NewsMTV chases indie content after EPG switch
MTV has issued a creative brief to indies calling for ideas that will “get us talked about”.
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The Broadcast InterviewTerence Winter, Boardwalk Empire
The showrunner on Sky Atlantic’s flagship US drama acquisition Boardwalk Empire talks to Michael Rosser about recreating Atlantic City and his weekly chats with Martin Scorsese.
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NewsLunn clients link up to hire tax expert
More than 150 Christopher Lunn & Company clients have joined forces to try to head off costs that could arise from the ongoing HM Revenue & Customs investigation.
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NewsBBC3 parenting season to probe childbirth choices
The choices and dilemmas involved in parenting, from planning the birth through to breastfeeding and ethical issues, will be examined in a new BBC3 season, Bringing Up Britain.
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NewsITV1 adds to Perspectives
ITV1 is extending serious factual strand Perspectives with two more films - about Manchester’s Jewish community and the work of LS Lowry - before the series hits the air this spring.
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NewsHare-brained idea wins BBC1 Saturday night slot
BBC1 has ordered a Saturday evening entertainment show featuring an animatronic hare and narrated by award-winning comedian Miranda Hart.
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NewsGriffin to join Ambulance Service for Sky 1
Former Holby City star Angela Griffin is to front a peaktime Sky 1 documentary series on the West Midlands Ambulance Service.
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NewsDancing on Ice jibe sparks complaints
Sunday’s episode of Dancing on Ice sparked around 200 complaints after judge Jason Gardiner said contestant Jeff Brazier looked like he was “missing a couple of chromosomes”.
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NewsSky Living set to draft in boss from outside TV
Sky Living is set to appoint an executive from outside the TV industry as its new channel controller.
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NewsBBC Comedy faces up to cutbacks despite successful year
The BBC will have to drop some of its comedy hits from last year because of budget cuts, the corporation’s comedy commissioning controller has admitted.
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NewsPioneer hires two in bid to crack US
Pioneer Productions has appointed two US-based execs and won a commission from Discovery Channel US as it bids to bolster its position in the country.
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NewsThompson’s Salford ambition
BBC director general Mark Thompson has a personal ambition to see an entire channel move to Media CityUK in Salford.