All Broadcast articles in 4 December 2009 – Page 4
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NewsC4 bids to slash budgets for returning shows
Channel 4 shows River Cottage and 8 Out Of 10 Cats are set to be produced on almost half their 2009 budget when they return next year.
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FeaturesC4 proves life begins at 40
This week BBC2 had art, history and caravans attached to blimps in Top Gear; C4, meanwhile, declared that life begins at 60 and, as if to prove the point, began stripping The Queen on Sunday.
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NewsSky issues 3D TV call to arms
Sky has outlined its 3D strategy for the first time and is calling on UK production companies to support its ambitious plans.
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CommentA 3D volley from the future
Sky’s tennis trial showed the potential for 3D TV, as well as the pain
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NewsGMTV staff fearful as ITV looks to cut costs in 2010
GMTV staff are heading into Christmas fearing that swingeing cuts will be made across the business in the new year.
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FeaturesOutside Broadcast in 2009
The economic downturn and Setanta’s demise should have been bad news for the OB sector in 2009, but long-term sports contracts are cause for optimism, writes Andy Stout.
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NewsBBC2 to pilot Talkback’s The Rob Brydon Show
BBC2 is piloting a new entertainment show fronted by Rob Brydon and produced by Talkback Thames.
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NewsITV2 lines up factual strand showing celebrity family challenges
ITV director of digital channels Zai Bennett has commissioned a new celebrity-led factual strand which will see famous faces, including Gavin & Stacey actor Larry Lamb, paired with their children to undertake mammoth challenges.
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NewsSilverback serves up Danish Hell’s Kitchen for TV2
A new version of ITV format Hell’s Kitchen is to be served up to viewers in Denmark.
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NewsE1 to co-produce Skins US pilot
E1 Entertainment, the company behind the Twilight movies, has joined forces with Shameless indie Company Pictures to co-produce the US pilot for Skins.
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NewsJane Root indie signs with BBCW
Jane Root’s production company, Nutopia, has signed a two-year, first-look distribution deal with BBC Worldwide.
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NewsGarvie: business as usual under new BBCW rules
New limits on BBC Worldwide imposed by the BBC Trust last week will not change the behaviour of the business or stop it taking stakes in indies, managing director of content and production Wayne Garvie has claimed.
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NewsGrade: push through digital economy bill
Outgoing ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has urged the government to push through the digital economy bill before the “guillotine” of a general election, in order to create a “level playing field” for commercial broadcasters in the UK.
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NewsBBC4 unveils love and sex season
BBC4 is to dramatise DH Lawrence’s controversial novels The Rainbow and Women in Love in a new season about love and sexuality in 20th century literature.
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NewsOfcom: no progress on PSB content for kids
Ofcom chairman Collette Bowe has admitted the regulator has “not made much progress” in protecting public service content for children – but appears to have passed the buck to the nation at large.
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CommentDigital Britain puts NI in the slow lane
Digital Britain has ordered pilots for England, Scotland and Wales… and a packet of crisps for Northern Ireland, writes Trevor Birney.
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NewsHoller goes independent following MBO
Digital agency Holler has bought out the 51% stake owned by digital services company BlueFreeway.
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NewsCRR decision delayed until February
ITV will have to wait until February to hear the final decision on whether its complex advertising mechanism - Contract Rights Renewal - will be relaxed, after a surge in submissions to the Competition Commission.
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RatingsDelia's Christmas cracks 3.4m
Delia Smith whipped up an impressive peak audience of 3.4m for BBC2 last night, as she presented her first Christmas cooking special since 1990.