All Commissioning articles – Page 480
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The Broadcast InterviewHBO: Nancy Abraham, SVP, documentary programming
With a factual slate of mostly feature-length documentaries, HBO aims to deliver something viewers won’t see anywhere else, its senior vice-president of documentary programming tells Maria Esposito.
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The Broadcast InterviewFactual Commissioning Report: US cable networks
To mark the publication of Broadcast’s Factual Commissioning Report, subscribers can sample extracts here that detail what US cable bosses are looking for, an overview of the market and an interview with a HBO documentary executive.
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The Broadcast InterviewFactual Commissioning: US market overview
Overview of the factual commissioning market in the US and the opportunities it holds for UK producers.
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The Broadcast InterviewSmithsonian: David Royle, EVP, programming and production
Jointly owned by the 164-year-old Smithsonian Institution and CBS’s Showtime Network, Smithsonian Channel delivers programmes that are entertaining and informative.
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The Broadcast InterviewTLC: Rita Mullin, VP development
TLC is one of Discovery Communications’ big three brands. A female-skewing network, it is in 99 million homes and is being rolled out aggressively around the world.
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The Broadcast InterviewSundance: Harold Gronenthal, SVP & GM, Rainbow Media
Harold Gronenthal, who heads the international side of the operation, provides an assessment of international opportunities, echoing the US channel’s positioning.
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NewsBBC3 has Good News for Russell Howard
Russell Howard’s Good News has been recommissioned by BBC3 for a further two series, on the back of a successful third run.
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NewsC4 unveils hotel docusoap details
Channel 4 has revealed further details of a new fly-on-the wall series based in a hotel that promises a marriage proposal, family tensions and difficult customers.
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NewsCowell to appear in hospice carol service on ITV1
Simon Cowell will feature in an ITV1 Christmas carol service as part of the broadcaster’s seasonal schedule.
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NewsSky1 to air Victoria Wood's stage return
Victoria Wood is set to return to the stage for the first time in 10 years for a live comedy show, Angina Monologues, to be broadcast on Sky 1.
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NewsSky 1 taps trend for buying businesses abroad
Sky 1 has ordered a fact-ent series that will see property and business expert Johnnie Irwin offer tips to families looking to emigrate to far-flung locations including Costa Blanca and Tenerife.
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NewsBBC3 applicants to learn fate before Christmas
The battle to become the controller of BBC3 is hotting up, with more than 30 candidates thought to have thrown their hats into the ring.
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NewsPolice from the UK and abroad join forces for BBC3
Four police officers from around the world will come to the UK to work with their British counterparts in a new series for BBC3 from the partnership behind Undercover Princes.
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NewsJamie Oliver recruits talent for C4 education series
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is back on the campaign trail for Channel 4 in a bid to get teens back in school and has Cherie Blair, Alastair Campbell and David Starkey lined up to help.
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NewsBoomerang to make food debut for C4’s Secret Supper Club
Saturday Kitchen wine expert Olly Smith is to front a Channel 4 daytime food series based in scenic settings across the country.
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NewsExperts advise teens on sex in Betty series for C4
Channel 4 is to offer teenagers expert advice on their sex lives in a specially created walk-in clinic.
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NewsBennett quits Channel 5 to rejoin Tiger Aspect
Bafta-nominated producer Matt Bennett has left Channel 5 and rejoined Tiger Aspect as an executive producer just 10 months after starting work at the broadcaster.
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NewsC4's Sarah Beeny series to return
Channel 4 series Help! My House is Falling Down is to return for a second run, as sales of the first batch are secured around the world.
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NewsPeaches Geldof to be ITV2 agony aunt
Peaches Geldof has bagged her own ITV2 series in which she will attempt to solve the public’s relationship issues.
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NewsC4 has fishy feeling with top chefs
C4 has recruited celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal and Jamie Oliver for a season of programmes aimed at highlighting the issue of overfishing.