All Broadcast articles in 28 October 2011 – Page 3
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RatingsFrozen Planet debuts with 6.8m
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s latest exploration of the natural world, with David Attenborough, broke the ice with an impressive audience on its debut.
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NewsThai floods bring threat of hard drive shortages
Suppliers of hard drives have warned of escalating prices and possible shortages following Thailand’s worst floods in five decades.
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NewsDiscount on Grass Valley's Edius 6
Grass Valley is targeting users of Apple’s Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere and Avid’s Media Composer with a cut-price offer for its Edius 6 software.
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NewsIABM membership boost
Eleven more broadcast and media technology suppliers have joined the International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers (IABM).
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Irdeto snaps up Bay TSP
Software security company Irdeto has acquired search, discovery and anti-piracy firm Bay TSP.
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NewsHealy joins Prime Focus Technologies
Content services firm Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) has appointed Aine Healy to the newly created role of vice-president and head of UK.
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NewsPlatform buys Forbidden cloud
Platform Post has invested in Forbidden’s cloud-based logging and editing system and Root6’s Content Agent as part of an overhaul of its tapeless workflow.
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NewsBingham joins Pro Motion
Former Rent Hire business development executive Caroline Bingham has joined Pro Motion Hire in the same role.
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BBC S&PP transfers London film
BBC Studios and Post Production’s Digital Media Services team has transferred more than 26 hours of London’s Screen Archives, predominantly 8mm and Super 8 film, to digital tape for online viewing.
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NewsTrue Vision wins Poor Kids spin offs
True Vision has won a string of spin-off developments and commissions from its critically acclaimed BBC1 film Poor Kids.
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NewsSkillset reveals radio gender imbalance
Women working in radio are significantly under-represented at senior levels, particularly as they get older, according to a report produced by training body Skillset.
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NewsTarget founder steps down
Alison Rayson is to step down as chief executive of Target Entertainment, the distribution business she founded in 1998, and has appointed a new managing director to take the reins.
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NewsITV follows up Kosher doc and tackles unusual kids
ITV1 is to explore unusual behaviour in children for a new documentary series, and has turned Strictly Kosher – its film about a Jewish community in Manchester – into a two-part series.
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NewsCosgrove Hall resurrected
The Bafta Award-winning animator behind Dangermouse, Wind in the Willows and Count Duckula has risen from the ashes two years after it went out of business.
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NewsClaudia Lewis returns to Talkback
Claudia Lewis is to return to Talkback Thames to oversee Channel 4 show Four Rooms just months after defecting to Mentorn Media.
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NewsFoundation Scotland hosts CBBC's Ultimate Sports Day
The Foundation Scotland is producing a children’s sports series for CBBC that will air in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics.
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NewsCanada's CBC renews Coronation Street deal
Coronation Street will continue to air on Canadian public broadcaster CBC after securing a multi-year deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
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NewsNutopia series is Bellamy’s Discovery prototype
Julian Bellamy is launching Discovery Networks International’s “globalised TV” strategy with its biggest commission to date – a five-hour, multi-million pound series on the world’s greatest inventions.
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NewsBeing Human team cast spell on witches drama
After vampires, werewolves and ghosts, the team behind Being Human is working on a female-skewing comedy-drama about witches.