All articles by Balihar Khalsa – Page 27
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NewsDCMS opens tax relief consultation
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is nailing down the criteria used to decide which programmes are eligible for the proposed drama tax relief for high-end TV.
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NewsHollyoaks series producer exits
Hollyoaks series producer Emma Smithwick is stepping down after 18 months on the soap this week.
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NewsDCD Media debt wiped out
DCD Media wiped out the majority of its debt after investors Timeweave increased its equity stake in the indie.
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NewsExposure to highlight story of Banaz and Savile expose
Documentary Banaz: A Love Story will be reversioned for ITV1’s investigative journalism strand, Exposure, along with a film investigating allegations of child abuse by broadcaster Jimmy Savile.
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RatingsBaggage sinks to 540k
Channel 4 dating show, Baggage, failed to spark a following with viewers, losing 164,000 viewers on its second date.
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RatingsHomefront recruits 3m
ITV1’s new military wives drama Homefront struggled on its debut - as the second part of Channel 4’s Drugs Live lost nearly half its audience on its second and final outing.
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NewsTwofour Rights and GroupM in distribution deal
Twofour Rights has partnered with GroupM in a joint distribution deal that will see the companies offering their slate of co-productions to the international market.
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NewsC4 hunts Britain’s brainiest kid
Channel 4 has teamed up with IQ society Mensa to find the UK’s brainiest child in a 9pm competitive format for 2013.
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NewsX Factor secures first ever PP deal
Samsung mobile phones and tablets will appear in the X Factor judges’ homes as part of the show’s first ever product placement deal.
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NewsRobin Pembrooke joins Rightster
Robin Pembrooke, former ITV managing director of online and on-demand, is joining digital content distributor Rightster.
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NewsITV plans regional news job cuts
ITV has confirmed a wave of redundancies affecting staff across its regional news rooms.
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NewsAll3Media takes Cash Cab direct to China
All3Media International has struck its first direct deal with a Chinese broadcaster, with Southern TV China ordering 65 episodes of Lion TV’s Cash Cab format.
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The Broadcast InterviewLiam Humphreys, C4
Channel 4’s head of factual entertainment has a clear mission in the post-Big Brother era: to create noise. But, he tells Balihar Khalsa, controversy will never be far behind.
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NewsC4 makes progress with indie schemes
Two Channel 4 schemes aimed at stimulating innovation and grassroots development in the indie sector have taken a step forward.
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NewsBBCW calls on indies to help fill 100 hours
BBC Worldwide is targeting UK indies with a view to commissioning 100 hours of original content for its global channel portfolio by the end of 2014.
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NewsDiscovery to air BFGW in Europe after Zodiak deal
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and spinoff Thelma’s Gypsy Girls have been picked up by Discovery Networks CEE as part of a deal brokered by Zodiak Rights.
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NewsC4 pays the price for Paralympics ad axe
Channel 4 may have lost up to £1.5m from deciding to drop ad breaks during the Paralympic opening ceremony after making an editorial decision and factoring in audience reaction on Twitter.
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NewsC4 News poaches Newsnight deputy editor
Deputy Newsnight editor Shaminder Nahal is moving to Channel 4 News to become new editor Ben de Pear’s first appointment.
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NewsJack Whitehall developing E4 and BBC ideas
Endemol companies Tiger Aspect and Zeppotron are co-producing an E4 Jack Whitehall music entertainment pilot.
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RatingsCuckoo and The Valleys debut to strong audiences
New BBC3 sitcom Cuckoo became the channel’s biggest ever comedy launch drawing an audience of over 1m – while MTV’s The Valleys smashed the slot average on its debut.