All Broadcast articles in 4 November 2011 – Page 3
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NewsFremantle hires Holby producer for global drama push
FremantleMedia has appointed the producer of around 100 episodes of Holby City to a newly created drama role as it seeks to expand in the genre.
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NewsCreative England to fund indie diversity
Indies must diversify away from the “shrinking market” of TV, the chief executive of screen agency Creative England has said.
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NewsCrawford Collins targets scripted comedy for Slim
Former Kudos managing director Simon Crawford Collins is eyeing the world of scripted comedy as part of his new venture, Slim Film & Television.
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NewsYouTube channel kicks off Shine Group strategy
Shine Group is kicking off a direct-to-consumer strategy with the launch of a YouTube channel featuring content created for the platform.
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NewsNo takers for Red or Black? Down Under
ITV and Simon Cowell’s Syco TV have failed to sell million-pound roulette format Red or Black? in Australia – one of the key territories where they were attempting to get it off the ground.
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NewsSalt Beef to grow Friday Download brand
Salt Beef hopes to turn CBBC show Friday Download into a fully-fledged brand after winning a 13-part recommission for the youth magazine show.
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NewsBBC Radio ready to partner
Director general Mark Thompson has signalled that BBC Radio is to work more collaboratively with the commercial sector by opening up distribution of its content and via an Audiopedia audio archive.
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NewsGaunt and Whale warn BBC over local radio cuts
Radio industry veterans including Jon Gaunt and James Whale have warned the BBC that cuts to local speech radio will have a “damaging effect on society”.
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NewsBBC in-house vies with Avalon for comedy show
The BBC’s in-house production arm is going head to head with indie Avalon for a new BBC3 comedy-ent commission.
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NewsAtlantic’s Taylor moves to OSF
Oxford Scientific Films has appointed James Taylor as its head of development to focus on the international expansion of its specialist factual content.
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NewsShaun Ryder to hunt aliens for History
Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder will consult Robbie Williams and professors Brian Cox and Steven Hawking about the possibility that mankind shares the universe with aliens for AETN’s History channel.
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NewsTurner acquires AMC's Hell on Wheels
Turner Classic Movies has snapped up new US drama Hell On Wheels – the first time the channel has secured first-run rights to a series.
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NewsC4 closes in on record spend
Channel 4 is entering its next phase of creative renewal with a revamp of More 4, a raft of new programming and plans to up its spend to an all-time high of £600m next year.
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NewsC4 viewers biggest users of social media
Channel 4 viewers are 36% more likely to regularly use the internet or mobile phones for social networking than the average 16+ adult, while E4 viewers are twice as likely, the channel has claimed.
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NewsPioneer wins 2011 review docs for C4
Pioneer Productions is making two docs for Channel 4 that look back on 2011, one of which focuses on natural disasters and another on the spate of animal attacks on holiday-makers.
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NewsClunes meeting lions for ITV1
Martin Clunes will explore the history and lives of lions in his latest animal adventure for ITV1.
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CommentA radical idea for local radio
BBC must think differently following DQF, says Andrew Harrison.
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NewsDickinson's Real Deal to get US treatment
History Channel is to adapt ITV1 format Dickinson’s Real Deal for US audiences.
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The Broadcast InterviewLisa Clark, Pett Productions
The pioneering producer of Shooting Stars now wants to get her ‘whole bloody foot’ in the door at Sky.
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The Broadcast InterviewBellamy’s mission of Discovery
Julian Bellamy unveils his vision for global content for Discovery Networks International – and where UK producers fit in.