All Broadcast articles in 28 October 2005 – Page 8
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NewsFriday rethink for Xfm
London indie station Xfm is to revamp its Friday daytime schedule to overcome problems caused by new breakfast show host Lauren Laverne's existing TV commitments.
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Abbey inks European deals
Abbey Home Media Group's animated pre-school series Wide Eye has been picked up by German children's channel Ki.Ka, while infant learning series, Baby Bright has been released on DVD in France by UFG.
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First broadcaster lined up for My Teen Genie
London-based Talent Television and leading French producer/distributor MoonScoop have signed French public broadcaster France 2 as co-developer on the new teen live-action series My Teen Genie.
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All3Media tops $1m with Serious sales
All3Media International has sold all three of the available series from the the BBC children's factual strand Serious? to Discovery Kids in the US.
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News8.1m think ITV1 has The X Factor
ITV1's The X Factor increased its lead over BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing in the battle for Saturday night viewers with an average audience of 8.1 million (37.8%) at 6.15pm.
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News6.4m say farewell to BBC1's Monarch
The last ever episode of BBC1's gentle Sunday evening drama Monarch of the Glen bowed out with a peak of 6.4 million (24.8%) at 9.45pm.
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Paul Ross to produce Ant and Dec Xmas special
11am: TV and radio presenter Paul Ross is to executive produce the ITV Christmas special of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
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NewsRoss to produce Ant and Dec Xmas special
TV and radio presenter Paul Ross is to executive produce the ITV Christmas special of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
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NewsFive extends rights to Noddy until 2012
Five has picked up seven more years of children's classic Noddy, extending its rights deal to 2012.
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NewsBSkyB can buy over 80%of Premiership games
The European Commission will allow BSkyB to buy over 80% of Premier League football matches for the 2007 to 2010 seasons.
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NewsSwimming champ sets up Manchester indie
Former world swimming champion and BBC commentator James Hickman is taking advantage of the corporation's move north with the launch of a new indie, Made In Manchester.
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NewsBBC3 news gets the chop
BBC3 is axing its nightly news bulletin and ploughing the money saved into factual programmes.
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NewsC4 chief attacks 'bully boy' ITV
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has attacked ITV's bid to have its post-merger advertising constraints lifted, claiming the broadcaster will only return to its 'bully-boy' sales tactics.
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NewsBBC launch rival service to al-Jazeera
The BBC's World Service is to launch an Arabic language TV news channel that will put it into competition with al-Jazeera.
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NewsITV London charts 7/7 attacks
ITV London is to revisit this summer's terrorist attacks that crippled the capital, with two documentaries from Mosaic Films.
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NewsBBC's Africa Live heads to America
Africa Live, the concert movie featured in BBC4's Africa Lives season in August, has been sold to US public service network, PBS.