All Broadcast articles in 30 November 2007 – Page 2
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NewsChild of Our Time exec quits BBC
Tessa Livingstone, the executive producer of the documentary series Child of Our Time, is to leave the BBC early next summer after taking voluntary redundancy.
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NewsShed acquires Wall to Wall for£25m
Shed has completed its£25m acquisition of Who Do You Think You Are? indie Wall to Wall.
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NewsJane Root quits Discovery for UK return
Jane Root has quit her senior role at US cable giant Discovery to return to the UK, heightening expectations that she is in the running for the BBC1 controller job.
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NewsHeroes finds 2.2m for BBC2
BBC2’s US drama Heroes regained some lost ground from last week to average 2.2m (8.7%) but was still no match for Channel 4’s The Secret Millionaire.
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Ten Alps expands into Ireland
Ten Alps, the factual indie, has entered the Irish market with the launch of Ten Alps Ireland based in Dublin.
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NewsFremantle sells 1,200 hours to Asia
FremantleMedia Enterprises has sold 1,200 hours of lifestyle programming to broadcasters across Asia, including shows featuring Jamie Oliver and Nigel Marven.
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NewsChapman teams with Lord of the Rings' Weta
Chapman Entertainment, producer of Bob the Builder, is partnering with New Zealand based Weta Productions to develop a range of childrens TV shows.
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NewsTop-level reshuffle at This Morning
ITV Productions has promoted This Morning editor Anya Francis to executive producer as part of an editorial re-shuffle on two of its key daytime shows.
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BBC course for indies
The BBC plans to open its training course on editorial standards to independent production companies.
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NewsITV gets Life as US buying spree continues
ITV has continued its US acquisitions spree with NBC’s drama Life, starring British actor Damian Lewis.
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NewsKay to present ITV1 'Toothbrush' style show
ITV1 is lining up an offbeat Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush-style entertainment format fronted by presenter Vernon Kay.
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NewsElectric Sky bid for Teachers
Producer and distributor Electric Sky has joined a consortium to pitch for the contract to operate educational channel Teachers TV.
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NewsHunt fast-tracks raft of shows to fill Five hiatus
Five’s new director of programmes, Jay Hunt, has commissioned a raft of fast-turnaround factual shows to air early next year.
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NewsUKTV Gold job for Moreton
UKTV Food head Paul Moreton has been promoted to head of UKTV Gold and UKTV Drama as part of a reshuffle by controller Matthew Littleford.
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NewsKangaroo spells end for 4oD platform
Channel 4’s online video-on-demand service 4oD is to cease as a stand-alone platform when the broadcaster folds content into the new VoD offensive planned jointly with BBC Worldwide and ITV next year.
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NewsRemedy wins Switch teen talk pilot
Remedy Productions, the indie behind E4 Music, is to produce a pilot episode of a teen talk show for new BBC2 strand Switch.
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NewsGrade lobbies Parliament to reduce Sky’s stake in ITV
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has appealed to Parliament for BSkyB’s 17.9% stake to be slashed to “well below 10%” if it is not forced to sell its share entirely.
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NewsNew school Grange Hill set to target under-12s
BBC children’s drama Grange Hill has ditched almost two-thirds of its cast as part of a Hollyoaks-style makeover to move the show away from its gritty roots in a bid to reach younger viewers.
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CommentThis kangaroo has legs
The ‘historic’ joint online TV initiative could safeguard broadcasters’ future
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CommentCommissioners are paranoid androids
Who’d be a commissioning editor in these risk-aware days?