All articles by Alex Farber – Page 220
-
NewsHow TV tackled the riots
News teams faced safety issues, lack of resource and competition from Twitter in covering the riots that swept the UK.
-
NewsDiscovery UK lines up stars for survival series
Discovery UK has secured its biggest ever talent line-up for a series that will challenge the likes of Freddie Flintoff, Joe Pasquale and SAS soldier- turned-author Chris Ryan to survive alone in locations including Belize, Botswana and Guyana
-
NewsPBS sets UK launch date
US broadcaster PBS has unveiled its launch date in the UK, with general manager Richard Kingsbury promising “broadsheet TV”.
-
FeaturesYouTube: opportunity or hindrance?
Ahead of chief executive Eric Schmidt’s MacTaggart Lecture at Edinburgh, Alex Farber examines the TV industry’s evolving relationship with Google and its video site YouTube.
-
NewsTV news teams rise to riots challenge
BBC News Channel controller Kevin Bakhurst has described last night’s riots in London as “one of the most difficult stories we have had to cover”.
-
NewsAl Jazeera docs to investigate 9/11 and slavery
Al Jazeera English has ordered five new documentary series including one on the myths around 9/11 and focus on human trafficking presented by Rageh Omaar.
-
NewsITV Player breaks 1m downloads on mobile
ITV has seen more than a million downloads of its ITV Player in just five weeks.
-
NewsElisabeth Murdoch delays move to News Corp board
Shine Group’s chief executive Elisabeth Murdoch will not join the News Corporation board at the current time because she feels it would be “inappropriate”.
-
NewsBBC unveils iPlayer TV revamp
A new version of iPlayer that will appear on Youview has been unveiled by the BBC as it overhauls its VoD app for connected TVs.
-
NewsLion developing record-breaking kids show
Guinness World Records has partnered with Lion Television to create a global kids entertainment show.
-
NewsRadio listening hits record high
RAJAR: Overall radio listening is at an all-time high with 91.7% of the population tuning into a station every week, according to the latest Rajar figures.
-
NewsMoyles loses 100,000 listeners
RAJAR: Radio 1 breakfast show host Chris Moyles, who recently signed a two-year contract with the broadcaster, saw a 100,000 drop-off in his audience over the quarter.
-
NewsTrio firm up micropayment plans
Micropayment strategies are emerging for UKTV, MTV and ITV as they develop ways to monetise content ranging from South Park to archive titles that could include the likes of Inspector Morse.
-
NewsUKTV signs triple NBC deal
NBC Universal’s fairy-tale drama Grimm has been snapped up by Watch as part of a UKTV triple deal that also includes the first move into scripted content for Really.
-
NewsVirgin reveals shift away from EPG on Tivo service
Virgin Media has revealed that 25% of linear TV viewing on its recently launched Tivo service comes from the ‘discovery’ bar rather than via the EPG.
-
NewsLiving adds to ‘bridezilla’ slate with Dragonfly series
Sky Living is seeking to build on the success of Four Weddings with a series from Dragonfly that asks two brides-to-be to share their wedding day.
-
NewsOnline listening down 5 million since Radioplayer launch
RAJAR: Online radio listening has dropped by 5 million hours since the launch of Radioplayer - but is up on the same period last year.
-
NewsSky Arts to put O'Grady and Tate in the frame
Paul O’Grady, Catherine Tate and Tamsin Greig are among six celebrities who will pose as a key character from a famous portrait for a second series of Sky Arts’ Fame In The Frame.
-
NewsDrobynk heads to US Lifetime Networks
UKTV’s former interim controller Christian Drobnyk has been named as the senior vice president of scheduling and acquisitions for US broadcaster Lifetime Networks.
-
NewsTwenty Twenty hires head of production
Twenty Twenty, the indie behind Garrow’s Law, has appointed a dedicated head of production for the first time.