All articles by Catherine Neilan – Page 57
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RatingsMonte Carlo... fails to sparkle
THURSDAY: The first episode of ITV1’s celebrity road trip Monte Carlo or Bust failed to really excite audiences last night as Channel 4 did well with a doc on child geniuses.
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NewsE4 acquires US answer to Inbetweeners
E4 has acquired a new comedy series from the US that centres around college life in the 1980s, which the channel is angling as a successor to The Inbetweeners.
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RatingsMiners doc fails to excite for C4
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4’s documentary about the rescue of the Chilean Miners, Buried Alive, failed to extract viewers’ excitement last night, drawing an average 1.27m audience – less than three-quarters of the slot average.
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The Broadcast InterviewMade In… Shepherds Bush
Following a string of hits including In The Loop, Tamara Drewe and Made In Dagenham, BBC Films creative director Christine Langan is out to target younger audiences. Catherine Neilan reports
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NewsBBCW signs deal to provide in-flight channels for BA
British Airways passengers will be able to watch BBC shows on four branded channels from December following a deal with BBC Worldwide.
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NewsWorld Service faces overhaul
The director of BBC Global News, Peter Horrocks, has told World Service staff they must adopt “the most radical way of working in any international news operation in the world” to cope with cuts of £67m - to its current budget.
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NewsHim And Her returns for a second series on BBC3
BBC3 has commissioned a second series of comedy Him And Her - the most successful sitcom launched on the channel to date.
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NewsOfcom to publish full regional quota data
The details of public service broadcasters’ compliance with their out of London (OOL) quotas will be published in full for the first time next year, when Ofcom outlines an improved register of all programmes made outside the capital.
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NewsCPL hires Oakes to lead commercial content strategy
CPL Productions has appointed its first commercial director as it seeks to wring more value out of its content.
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NewsMore names emerge for top job at BBC3
The race to become the next BBC3 controller is heating up, with more names entering the frame ahead of a decision being made at the end of November.
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NewsIambic Media moves into fact ent with two new divisions
Iambic Media is to start creating factual entertainment programmes as part of an expansion drive through two new divisions.
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NewsS4C to cut 40 jobs, commissions budget by 10%
Some 40 positions will be cut at S4C over the next two years, and potentially “hundreds of jobs in the independent sector” could go as a result of the government-imposed cuts, the broadcaster has confirmed.
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NewsBBC orders online spin off of Being Human
The BBC’s Drama Multiplatform division has commissioned an online spin off of the BBC3 drama Being Human.
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NewsViewers urged to boycott licence fee over S4C
The Welsh Language Society (Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg) is urging viewers to boycott the licence fee in response to the government’s decision to bring national broadcaster S4C under the BBC’s remit.
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NewsBBC cuts will hit output, warns Damazer
Former Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer has warned that the impending cuts at the BBC are likely to affect the quality of its output, claiming it is “going to be harder” than previous cutbacks.
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NewsTop Gear escapes censure after special needs jibe
Top Gear has escaped censure from Ofcom after star presenter Jeremy Clarkson suggested a new Ferrari model looked as though it had “special needs”.
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NewsBBC magics up more Merlin
BBC1 has commissioned a fourth series of the family fantasy drama Merlin from Shine TV.
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NewsBBC cuts send out shockwaves
The BBC funding cuts may have been greeted with sighs of relief from the upper echelons of the corporation, but outsiders have responded with anger and dismay
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NewsBBC puts brave face on cuts
The whirlwind cuts to the BBC’s funding are the best it could have hoped for in a bad situation, corporation insiders are claiming.
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NewsCohen’s greatest challenge? Entertaining us
Danny Cohen’s biggest challenge running BBC1 will be freshening up its entertainment output, sources believe.