All Indies articles – Page 711
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NewsITV axes The Bill; 90 jobs to go
Around 90 jobs are set to go at Talkback Thames as a result of ITV axing The Bill.
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NewsFive plunges into the red
RTL Group has cut the value of Five by €22m (£20m) after the broadcaster reported a total loss of €41m (£37m) for 2009.
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NewsITV tries comedy trio for primetime slots
ITV is trialling three comedy entertainment shows across the network as part of a new push to find primetimeformats.
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NewsBBC4 to explore Britain’s relationship with the sea
The Choir frontman Gareth Malone and actor Timothy Spall are to turn their attention to the sea in a major BBC4 season about Britain’s status as an island nation.
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NewsMSN strikes raft of content deals
MSN is moving its long-form MSN Video player out of beta and ramping up the amount of content it features to 1,000 hours following a string of fresh deals with indies.
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NewsBBC3 lines up stunt dating show
BBC3 has commissioned a pilot of a dating format from Shed Media’s Twenty Twenty that gives jilted lovers a chance to win back their ex-partners.
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The Broadcast InterviewRichard Holloway, Talkback Thames
Talkback Thames head of entertainment Richard Holloway has been at the top of his game for 40 years, but that hasn’t quelled his appetite to be the best, writes Lisa Campbell
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NewsThe X Factor team mulls key format changes
The X Factor executive producer Richard Holloway has revealed that major changes to the show are under consideration at a powwow in LA in a fortnight.
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NewsTalkback chief urges regulatory rethink to safeguard indies
Talkback Thames chief executive Lorraine Heggessey has called for a widespread review of broadcasting red tape, claiming the rules on everything from CRR to product placement need to be “loosened up”.
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NewsCyrte takes stock of UK deals
Cyrte Investments, the low-profile Dutch private equity house, is pulling the strings in a fresh round of consolidation in the UK indie sector.
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NewsITV greenlights Trevor Eve drama
Trevor Eve is to star as an international hostage negotiator in new ITV1 drama Kidnap and Ransom.
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RatingsTake Me Out tops 5m
ITV1 dating show Take Me Out topped 5 million viewers for the first time on Saturday night, while BBC1’s dance show So You Think You Can Dance inched forward from its performance last week.
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NewsSeeSaw tests hunger for indie VoD content
Talkback Thames and Shed Media are planning a phased launch on VoD platform SeeSaw using flagship shows that have not previously been available on any ‘long-tail’ catch-up service.
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NewsShed upbeat over start to 2010
Shed Media has already had more than half of its production revenue target commissioned for 2010 – but has kept quiet about discussions of an MBO.
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NewsSeeSaw signs broadcaster and indie deals
Broadcasters Channel 4 and Five, plus indies Talkback Thames and Shed Media, have joined Arqiva’s video-on-demand service SeeSaw.
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NewsSecond generation Going Back to their roots on C4
Channel 4 is to take three second-generation immigrant families back to their forefathers’ homelands to see if life is better there than in recession-hit Britain.
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NewsTalkback launches web opera spoof
The comedy team behind spoof boyband Toyboize has launched a second pop parody, this time pastiching pop-opera groups such as G4 and Il Divo.
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NewsX Factor put epileptics at risk
Laser lighting effects used in Westlife’s performance on this year’s The X Factor put epileptics at risk by flashing five times faster than permitted, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsHeggessey distances herself from C4 role
Talkback Thames boss Lorraine Heggessey moved to distance herself from the C4 chief executive role a day ahead of David Abraham’s appointment to the job, telling senior staff she was never part of the recruitment process.
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NewsSuBo is YouTube's star of 2009
Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle was officially the biggest star on YouTube this year with more than 120 million views worldwide.