All Broadcast articles in 28 May 1999 – Page 4
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LA SCREENINGS - California dreamin'
What is on offer this year as UK broadcasters again flock west to the LA Screenings? Claire Atkinson reports on the pilots making waves while Jeff Ford, C5's controller of acquisitions, gives us the benefit of experience.
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Carlton Communications sells post-production subsidiary TVI
Carlton Communications has sold its post-production subsidiary, TVI, in a move that could signal the sale of non-core businesses including companies in its products and film divisions, writes Dominic Timms.Chief executive
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OFF THE RECORD - Catastrophe
Tearful reunions are the sort of thing more usually associated with Cilla Black than Peter Bazalgette (below right). But it was Baz's daytime show, Pet Rescue, which reunited a Surrey dinnerlady
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TV rapped for stunting children's development
Television was this week blamed for hampering children's ability to learn to speak and understand English.Gila Falkus, a speech and language therapist working mostly with pre-school children in west London, warned
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Expats show heads Chrysalis tv trio of new commissions
Head of Chrysalis TV Tony Moss has secured three new factual entertainment commissions, including a BBC 1 series looking at UK citizens who have moved abroad, writes Jason Deans.Brits Abroad, a
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CHRYSALIS SACKS NOBLE
Chrysalis Radio-owned Heart 106.2 has dismissed presenter Kara Noble after a photo she took of a topless Sophie Rhys-Jones appeared in The Sun on Wednesday (26 May). Noble was sacked from
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RAGDOLL SETTLES US TELETUBBIES COPYRIGHT CLAIM
Ragdoll Productions, which makes Teletubbies (right), and the show's US distributor, Itsy Bitsy Entertainment, have reached a settlement with Wal-Mart over alleged copyright infringement relating to Bubbly Chubbies dolls sold by
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CLASSICS SLOT ON TWO
BBC 2 is to air a six-part series, Masterworks: Six Pieces of Britain, exploring six great works of twentieth century classical music. The series, a BBC classical music production, will run
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Diverse Design has created the title sequence for new documentary series Soldier Town. The six-part series follows life in the garrison town of Colchester. Designed and directed by Steve Picard, the
Diverse Design has created the title sequence for new documentary series Soldier Town. The six-part series follows life in the garrison town of Colchester. Designed and directed by Steve Picard, the
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NHU PICKS HENEBERRY AS COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
The BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) has recruited a new commercial director. Ailish Heneberry's main responsibility will be to develop the commercial potential of the unit, working directly to NHU head
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ITN to cover eclipse for DNE
ITN has landed a major new commission from Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) in what is expected to herald a more permanent relationship between the two outfits, writes Alice Macandrew.ITN has made
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OK! TO ROLL-OUT MASTHEAD FORMAT ON ITV DAYTIME
ITV controller of daytime Dianne Nelmes has commissioned a new masthead celebrity show based on weekly celebrity gossip magazine OK!. OK TV! has been in development for the past 12 months
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PERFORMANCE TO LAUNCH IN DENMARK ON TELEDANMARK
Performance, the Daily Mail & General Trust-owned performing arts channel, is to launch in Denmark on cable operator TeleDanmark's digital bouquet next month. The channel is already available in 150,000 analogue
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OFF THE RECORD - Digital double-take
Pop quiz. Can you name the smartly dressed chap (above right) who gave the following evidence to the National Heritage Select Committee in 1996?'(A digital TV licence) is a matter which
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ITV sends hopeful pilots into entertainment dogfight
ITV looks set to stage a second entertainment pilot battle this summer with four one-off programmes planned for Saturday night slots, writes Claire Handley.Last summer director of programmes David Liddiment commissioned
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ITV takes sperm donor drama from Talisman
Independent Talisman has been commissioned by ITV drama controller Nick Elliott to produce a one-off contemporary thriller adapted by Mark Burt, writes Colin Grimshaw.Where There's Smoke is a 2 x 90-minute
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OFF THE RECORD - Don't panic!
Readers will be familiar with Liberty Radio, the London station relaunched more often than owner Mohammed Al-Fayed has applied for a UK passport.In a bid to boost the profile of the
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EUTELSAT VOTES TO SUSPEND SERBIAN TV TRANSMISSIONS
European satellite consortium Eutelsat has voted to suspend its transmission of Serbian TV and radio broadcasts under pressure from Nato, according to a report in the Washington Post. The Post reported
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September/United scale Everest
United Productions has teamed up with September Films to make a feature film charting the last journey of mountaineer George Mallory, who disappeared on Mount Everest 75 years ago, writes John
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France to get extra terrestrial station
France's right-wing opposition has surprisingly given its blessing to the creation of a fifth terrestrial channel, which would be formed by merging daytime educational station La Cinquieme with primetime cultural channel