All articles by Catherine Neilan – Page 22
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NewsBBC regains control over online spending
The BBC has sufficiently tightened up controls over how much it spends on its online division, the Trust has found.
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NewsITV4 cues Power Snooker deal
ITV4 has signed a three-year exclusive deal to air the Power Snooker Masters, which kick off later this month.
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Northern Upstart wins funding boost
Northern Upstart has won £75,000 funding from screen agency Northern Film & Media.
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Leopard USA signs first format deal
Argonon-owned indie Leopard Films USA has secured its first format deal to remake Spanish show The Imposter in the States.
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NewsUCL launches Twitter-led improv show
UCL’s School of Communication Arts is producing an improv comedy show where the stand ups will respond to comments made on Twitter as the audience watches.
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NewsX Factor's Frankie Cocozza sparks Ofcom probe
Controversial X Factor contestant Frankie Cocozza is giving ITV more to worry about than falling ratings – Ofcom is investigating three separate incidents that may have breached its code.
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NewsShine hires MTV exec for Asia Pacific
Shine Group has hired its first senior vice president of sales and distribution in Asia Pacific, market further expansion in the region.
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NewsOne Show avoids being collared by Ofcom
The One Show has been cleared by Ofcom following complaints from a pets’ manufacturing company.
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NewsIndie secures rights to Somali kidnap story
The true story of a British couple held hostage by Somali pirates for more than a year could be heading for our screens.
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NewsDebate to examine the future of BBC
Mark Damazer, Peter Bazalgette and Alex Connock will put forward their view on what the BBC should look like a decade from now as part of a Bafta debate later this month.
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NewsMad Men star joins BBC drama
Mad Men’s Elizabeth Moss will star in forthcoming BBC2 drama Top of the Lake, written and directed by Oscar winner Jane Campion.
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NewsBBC hopes to attract "rivals" to Cardiff
The BBC’s newly-completed drama village in Cardiff could be expanded to include other broadcasters and indies in a similar way to MediaCityUK, Mark Thompson has hinted.
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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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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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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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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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NewsNUJ calls for no confidence vote in Thompson
The NUJ is calling for a vote of no confidence in BBC director general Mark Thompson – a first in the corporation’s history – describing him as the “architect of [the BBC’s] butchery”.