All Broadcast articles in 30 June 2006 – Page 6
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NewsBBC's website proves to be World Cup favourite
World Cup coverage on the BBC's website has seen it take a 58% share of traffic to sports and gambling websites during the tournament, according to figures from internet research group Nielsen/NetRatings.
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NewsWimbledon wash out still brings 1.3m to BBC2
In traditional British fashion Wimbledon opened yesterday with a downpour and play was limited to only 44 minutes. But, despite the heavens opening, 1.3 million (7.2%) still tuned in to BBC2 to catch a glimpse of the first day's matches.
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NewsBBC & ITV divvy up World Cup quarter-final matches
ITV and the BBC have agreed the split of games for the quarter finals of the World Cup, excluding the England match which had already been bagged by BBC1 in a prior arrangement.
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NewsWorld Cup Watch: Italy's last minute penalty secures peak of 7.4m for ITV1
The closely fought match between Italy and Australia bought ITV1 a commanding peak audience of 7.4 million (48%) at 5.45pm as the European side won with a penalty in injury time.
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NewsBectu wants freelance recognition at the BBC
Broadcasting union hopes to get the backing of the freelance community to help it contest a new corporation-wide rate card.
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NewsBBC to host new indies day
BBC independents executive Krishan Arora is hosting two new indie briefing days aimed at companies who haven't had a BBC network commission or have recently won their first order from the corporation.
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NewsBBC goes behind bars with prison special
The BBC is to run a week of live programming from behind the bars of one of Britain's prisons in a daytime series fronted by Nick Knowles and Nadia Sawalha.
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NewsHomer's boss lands BBC Radio 4 role
The voice behind Homer's dastardly boss, Mr Burns, in The Simpsons has landed a starring role in a new comedy series for BBC Radio 4.
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NewsSloan and Sweeney headline Mipcom speaker line-up
MGM chairman and CEO Harry Sloan and Disney's Anne Sweeney are among the high profile US keynote speakers lined up for this October's Mipcom programme market in Cannes .
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Pocoyo scores hat-trick in Iberia
Granada International's pre-school co-production Pocoyo(52 x 7-minutes) has been acquired by Spanish public broadcaster TVE, as well as pay-TV channel Boomerang and Portugal 's RTP.
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Electric Sky tops up for Sunnyside
Brighton-based distributor Electric Sky has bagged a number of new factual titles in time for this week's Sunnyside of the Doc programme market in La Rochelle.
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NewsPrehistoric Park picked up down under
Fremantle International Distribution has secured a number of key sales for Impossible Pictures' new multi-million pound factual series Prehistoric Park, following its launch at MipTV in April.
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Fremantle lures Dancing on Ice producer to the US
FremantleMedia North America has lured Dancing on Ice exec producer James Sunderland to the US, where he will join the creative team behind such productions as American Idol, American Inventor and ...
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NewsComment: Food for thought
While there's been plenty of fuss about what the impact of restrictions on junk food ads might be on ITV, there's been little talk of what it means for UK production and distribution.
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NewsCelador International buys rights to Mr & Mrs
Classic ITV gameshow Mr & Mrsis being updated for UK and international audiences by Who Wants to be a Millionaire? distributor Celador International.
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Bob the Builder goes interactive
Hit Entertainment has struck a deal with US games-on-demand network TVHead to develop interactive games based on a number of its hit characters, including Barney, Thomas & Friends, Bob the Builder and ...
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BBC Motion Gallery strikes mobile deal
BBC Motion Gallery, the footage sales arm of BBC Worldwide, has struck a deal with content aggregator Media Gateway to distribute BBC archive content to mobile phone and internet users in Europe and the Middle East .
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NewsMobile deal for Baby Cow world cup song
A teaser of Baby Cow's new animation Fulking Hillwill appear on mobiles ahead of a TV commission, following a deal brokered with Phones International Group by Target Entertainment.
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Mercury racks up sales for Animal X
UK distributor Mercury Media has secured a deal with Norway's TV2 for its 10-part series on crypto-zoology Animal X: The Natural Mystery Unit.
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NewsGranada America to make paranormal show for Discovery
Granada America has picked up a commission from Discovery Channel in the US for a new paranormal reality series which attempts to solve murder cases with the help of psychic sleuths.