Features – Page 433
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FeaturesInternational formats bolster ITV weekend
A few weeks ago I was enjoying a coffee in the Roma café in Cannes when a van went past displaying one of the most amusing posters of the MIP TV market: “40 Days Without Sex - the most talked about show in the Netherlands”, it read.
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FeaturesCreative Review - It's Not What You Know
Graphics and titles created by Post at TLS for a new Chris Tarrant gameshow on Challenge TV.
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FeaturesCreative Review - Derren Brown Trick or Treat
Titles and stings created by Nuts at The Joint for a Derren Brown fronted series.
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FeaturesCreative Review - All Star Mr and Mrs
Post production work done by Suite on a revitalised ITV1 gameshow fronted by Phil and Fern.
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FeaturesEureka!: A masterclass in rudeness
Damon Beesley and Iain Morris drew on their teen years to write E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners.
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FeaturesInterview: radio content must become more visual, says BBC radio boss
One of the biggest challenges facing radio is television, claims BBC Radio 1 head of programmes Ben Cooper.
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FeaturesFormat Focus: Samurai 5
A new gameshow from Japan challenges players not just to win cash but to keep hold of it.
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FeaturesContent Focus: Vuze
High-quality content site Vuze is proving a hit in the newly competitive on-demand market.
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FeaturesBehind the news: Science-fiction comeback
It's hard to move these days for shows about space, time-travel and superpowers as sci-fi enjoys a full-throttle comeback after years in the wilderness. How did it happen?
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FeaturesSports technology: Beijing 2008
The latest streaming technology will deliver the most comprehensive online coverage of the Olympics to date.
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FeaturesWhat TV thinks of PSB proposals
The debate over what PSB is and who should pay for it rages on, according to Broadcast's survey, with the future of kids and regional news arousing the strongest feelings.
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FeaturesOn location: Amazon Heartbeat
Producer/director Irini Vachlioti had to dodge terrorists and landslides to deliver a boat and a TV series.
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FeaturesCreative Review - Crime Museum: New Scotland Yard
A title sequence, created by Component Graphics, for a new series about crime artefacts.
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FeaturesCreative Review - The Invisibles
A title sequence created by Liquid TV for a BBC1/Company Pictures crime show.
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FeaturesContent Focus: Central vision
Amid ongoing cuts in regional television, a community partnership is offering local news and community programming to the West Midlands.
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FeaturesDigital Focus: Electronic Programme Guide
If, as consultancy group Accenture suggests, viewers are choosing to watch programmes rather than channels and will switch to new channels to see their chosen programmes, then finding that channel on the EPG is increasingly important.
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FeaturesViewer choice is business model of the future
“Consumers of all ages say there is a lot they dislike about live TV,” according to an international survey of TV viewing tastes published by consultancy group Accenture last week. In this case live TV means scheduled, linear TV. So what turns viewers off? In the UK, 65% cited “commercials,” ...
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FeaturesGavin & Stacey draws tidy figures for BBC3
BBC3's comedy drama Gavin & Stacey not only picked up two Baftas to go with the reams of critical praise, it has also been a huge hit for the channel.
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FeaturesFormat Focus: El Sexometro
The sexual habits of the nation are revealed in a new entertainment format from Spain.
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FeaturesEureka!: the story behind an idea
Executive producer Nell Butler on taking daytime sleeper hit Come Dine with Me into primetime.