All articles by Catherine Neilan – Page 27
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NewsDone and Dusted brand leaves DCD
Live events indie Done and Dusted is leaving parent company DCD Media as part of a deal in which no money will change hands.
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NewsBBC3 axes Doctor Who Confidential
Zai Bennett has axed spin off show Doctor Who Confidential as part of his move to focus finances on the 9pm and 10:30pm slots.
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NewsBBC Trust considers proposals to leave Birmingham
Proposals for the BBC’s network productions to quit Birmingham have been put forward to the Trust, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsBBC facing strikes in Wales
The BBC is facing a 24 hour strike by staff in Cardiff and Bangor, who are taking action in protest against compulsory redundancies.
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NewsTiger Aspect producer and presenter Nigel Farrell dies
Producer, presenter and journalist Nigel Farrell has died following a battle against pancreatic cancer.
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NewsShine partners with EMI
Super-indie Shine Group has secured a new agreement with EMI that will see the record company represent music from hit formats such as MasterChef.
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NewsThompson: Don't create 'a single lever' regulator
The head of the BBC has warned against a single press regulator across all media, claiming it would give the state “a single lever” to control news.
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NewsRoary races to Argentina/Italy
Target Entertainment has struck a number of international deals for kids TV shows, including Chapman’s Roary the Racing Car and Raa Raa The Noisy Lion.
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NewsBBC and ITV discuss Love Life
Drama executives at the BBC and ITV are in talks after it was discovered that the broadcasters have ordered a series by the same name.
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NewsChorion sells Beatrix Potter and Octonauts rights
Children’s media rights business Chorion has sold its first two properties to its former chairman Waheed Alli.
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NewsGovernment set to drop kids TV reform
The government is set to drop a major reform of rules governing children appearing on TV that has been on the cards for more than two years, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsBennett-Jones: reveal extent of schedulers' influence
The founder of Tiger Aspect has called for broadcasters to shed light on the “huge and single minded influence” of schedulers within the commissioning process.
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NewsApproval ratings record for BBC1
Audience approval for BBC1 has hit an all time high but BBC4 has dropped across both internal metrics produced by the corporation.
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NewsITV may gamble on more Red or Black?
RTS CAMBRIDGE: Simon Cowell’s big money game show Red or Black? may return to ITV1, with the broadcaster’s chief executive noting there would be changes made to the format.
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NewsAll3 boss: reduce BBC in-house production
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The Communications Act should not tamper with nations and regions quotas – but the BBC should reduce its commitment to in house production, Steve Morrison has said.
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NewsSorrell: TV industry as “vulnerable” as newspapers
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The business model for free to air TV is as precarious as that of newspapers, Sir Martin Sorrell has claimed.
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NewsNAO wins full access to BBC accounts
The National Audit Office is to have access to any part of the BBC’s books it chooses, under new arrangements laid out by the government.
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NewsRTL rejected Hulu ad deal
RTS CAMBRIDGE: Google TV and other online TV services will fail to strike deals with mainstream broadcasters until they stop demanding control over adverts, the chief executive of RTL has claimed.
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NewsPatten: BBC entertainment will suffer cuts
RTS CAMBRIDGE: BBC’s entertainment output will be hit harder than other genres by the corporation’s budget cuts, Trust chairman Chris Patten has confirmed.
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NewsDiscovery chief urges light touch regulation
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The boss of global broadcaster Discovery has urged Jeremy Hunt to retain the “level playing field” for rights regulation within the new Communications Act.