All Broadcast articles in 31 October 2008 – Page 6
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NewsAutumnwatch secures 3.3m
BBC2's Autumnwatch was on form again at 8pm last night, attracting 3.3m viewers (14.2%).
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NewsJeff Ford to return to Five
Channel 4 director of acquisitions Jeff Ford is moving to Five to run its digital channels, Fiver and Five US, and head up acquisitions.
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NewsPrincess favourite to land T4 contract
Princess Productions is the favourite to win the multimillion pound T4 production contract, as Channel 4 enters the final round of its tender process.
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NewsRDF names new CFO
RDF Media Group has promoted Jonny Slow to the role of chief financial officer, replacing Janice Price who is leaving the super-indie after 12 years.
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NewsTV Critics 29 October ‘08
“It's Top Gear with yeast: perfect, male fantasy TV.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsSky and CNBC strike content deal
BSkyB and CNBC have signed a deal to make business content available for the first time across the Sky Anytime on-demand service.
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CommentSoftimage to Autodesk: the end of an era?
One company owning most of the 3D animation software market will have plusses and minuses, says Will Strauss.
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NewsNuts TV dropped from Freeview
Nuts TV will be replaced on Freeview by news channel CNN International after it was axed from TV to become a broadband-only service.
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NewsGreen Wing commissioner to leave C4
Caroline Leddy, the woman behind Smack the Pony, Green Wing and the Brass Eye paedophile special, has become Channel 4's first high profile commissioner to take voluntary redundancy.
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NewsAirey warns of job cuts at Five
Five chair and chief executive Dawn Airey has warned the broadcaster will cut jobs after ordering a root and branch review of the business.
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NewsTigress appoints development exec
Factual specialist Tigress Productions has recruited the BBC's Inge Samuels as development executive.
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NewsSpooks scares off the competition
BBC1 drama series Spooks made a solid return with 5.5m viewers (22.4% share) at 9pm last night, making it easily the most-watched show at the time.
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NewsBBC Trust wades in to Ross and Brand row
The BBC Trust has waded in to the row over Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand's prank calls as the number of complaints to the BBC snowballed to nearly 5,000.
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NewsBBC religion recruits Nagra
The BBC has recruited Jesus Camp executive producer Tommy Nagra to its Manchester-based religion and ethics department.
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NewsNUJ rejects ITV redundancy package
NUJ members have rejected the voluntary redundancy package that ITV is offering to employees in regional newsrooms.
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NewsJim Jam to launch in Asia
Global pre-school channel Jim Jam, the joint venture between Hit Entertainment and Chellomedia, is set to launch on Singapore's StarHub TV in November.
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NewsCase study: puppets and pizzas
How Artem created a soul-singing puppet for a series of Goodfella's pizza idents produced as part of the sponsorship of Harry Hill's TV Burp and You've Been Framed.
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NewsFifi and Roary get the Smoke treatment
Manchester facility Hullabaloo Studios has bought an Autodesk Smoke editing and finishing system for its new video post-production arm.
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NewsTwofour adds to Media Freedom capabilities
Twofour Digital, the technology services arm of the Twofour Group, has added new ingest and encoding capabilities to its Media Freedom webTV platform.