All articles by Chris Curtis – Page 81
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NewsSmithsonian posts wish list
Smithsonian Channel programming boss David Royle has urged UK producers to bring him HD programming that offers “new ways of looking at the world”.
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NewsMerlin to return to BBC1
The BBC has ordered a second spell of Shine Television's family drama Merlin.
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NewsPedigree Dogs producer hails victory after BBC suspends Crufts coverage
The producer/director of Pedigree Dogs Exposed has hailed the BBC's decision to drop coverage of Crufts as a victory for public service broadcasting - and is planning a sequel to the film.
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NewsIndies back C4 in PSB review
Indies have rallied round Channel 4 in the final stages of the PSB review, urging Ofcom to find a funding solution that will allow the broadcaster to flourish.
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NewsShared iPlayer leads£120m BBC PSB partnership plans
The BBC has unveiled partnership proposals that it claims will be worth£120 million a year to its rival public service broadcasters, including sharing the iPlayer.
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NewsIndustry unites for online TV project
The BBC, ITV and BT are to work together to bring on-demand content delivered to TVs into the mainstream, via a new kind of set-top box.
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NewsShaps seeks indies for£5m investment slate
Simon Shaps is poised to invest around£5m in a raft of small to medium-sized indie producers, Broadcast can reveal.
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NewsDCD sells Haunted Homes
DCD Rights has sold Haunted Homes to NBC Universal Global Network's UK lifestyle channel Diva TV and to Fine Living Network in the US.
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NewsBSkyB hints at Tiscali broadband bid
BSkyB's chief financial officer Andrew Griffith has hinted that a bid for Tiscali UK's broadband operations could be in the offing.
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NewsBBC plans iPlayer open-day
The BBC will celebrate the one year anniversary of the iPlayer this Friday by lifting the lid on how the catch-up service works.
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NewsER bosses talk up prospects
Entertainment Rights' new chief executive and finance director have talked up the company's prospects following a deal with its bank that will safeguard it until next March.
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NewsER lands£13m lending and new boss
Entertainment Rights has secured£13m in facilities from HBOS to safeguard its future until the end of February and has appointed the boss of its US operations as its new chief executive.
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NewsSky News goes HD with Obama inauguration
Sky News will make its first HD broadcast for its coverage of Barack Obama's inauguration as US president on 20 January 2009.
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NewsCarter sends mixed messages on terms of trade
Communications, technology and broadcasting minister Lord Carter has sent out mixed messages over the future of the terms of trade - claiming they have been a great success but suggesting they may be re-evaluated as part of securing C4's future.
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NewsBBC children's looks at theme park spin-off
BBC children's controller Richard Deverell wants to take his young viewers on a roller-coaster ride - by considering the potential for a CBBC/CBeebies theme park.
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NewsPact slams ‘bully boy' ITV over terms of trade plan
Pact has slammed ITV's “bully-boy tactics” over its plans to circumvent the terms of trade and called on the broadcaster to look for a more creative solution to dealing with the advertising downturn.
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NewsEnt' Rights boss to leave
Nick Phillips, the chief executive of embattled kids company Entertainment Rights, is to leave the company in three days time.
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NewsJeff Anderson to report to Jermey
ITV controller of current affairs and documentaries Jeff Anderson will begin reporting to Michael Jermey as part of the commissioning shake up at ITV.
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NewsCohen: There's still life in Phoo Action
Media Festival: BBC3 controller Danny Cohen has said the corporation may revive canned drama format Phoo Action - but that he could not justify spending£3m on taking it to a full series in its current state.