All articles by Kate McMahon – Page 25
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NewsScots content boosts refreshed STV Player
STV’s newly revamped catch-up service, STV Player, will host archive shows such as Rebus plus behind-the-scenes content in a bid to inject more home grown Scottish content into the platform.
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ITV's Cole joins ITN's Diagonal View
ITN’s quirky video clips channel Diagonal View has appointed ITV’s former online sales director Gary Cole to the newly created position of commercial director.
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NewsHMV and Apple execs in race to be next ITV CEO
HMV chief executive Simon Fox and Apple’s most senior executive in Europe, Pascal Cagni, are understood to be frontrunners in the race to become the next chief executive of ITV.
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NewsITV3's Ladies of Letters to return
ITV3’s first original comedy drama, Ladies of Letters, will be returning for a second series.
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NewsX Factor boot camp to be filmed with live audience
X Factor bosses at Talkback Thames and Syco will be shaking up the format further, by holding the “boot-camp” in front of a live audience.
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NewsAnt and Dec developing new variety show
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly’s indie Gallowgate is developing a new Saturday night variety show aimed at ITV1.
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NewsJohn Sergeant to front ITV1 travel show
ITV1 AUTUMN LAUNCH: John Sergeant will star on ITV1 this autumn, travelling to England’s tourism hotspots to uncover the “gems and eccentricities” of the UK for a new factual series.
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NewsITV orders monthly Web Corrie content
Coronation Street is to get an online boost with a monthly order for 100 minutes of new web content that is set to be distributed globally.
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NewsNorth East’s £3m injection
Indies are to be invited to pitch for up to £3m in development and production grants from a new content fund to encourage long-term sustainable productions in the North East.
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NewsSugar cleared to continue Apprentice
The BBC Trust has given Sir Alan Sugar the greenlight to continue his role in The Apprentice after taking a government position but criticised his publicity stunt with Ed Balls.
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Below the Radar to profile recession and assassination
Northern Irish indie Below the Radar will profile the assassination of a Royal and recession hit Citizens Advice Bureaus in Northern Ireland in two new programmes.
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NewsBBC Wales may be 'only news option' by 2010
Welsh MPs have warned the government that viewers in the nation may have no alternative choice of English-language news by next year.
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NewsBBC should lose licence fee, says report
The BBC should lose its hold on the licence fee and sell off BBC1 and BBC3, a new report has said.
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CommentWill STV share fans joy for The Bill's Scottish salvation?
Scottish fans of The Bill will be over the moon when they hear they will not have to bid farewell to Sun Hill, but STV may not be so thrilled by ITV’s benevolence, writes Kate McMahon.
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NewsThe Bill saved in Scotland
Viewers in Scotland will be able to watch the new 9pm version of The Bill, despite ITV licence holder STV deciding to opt out of network programming at that time.
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NewsITV calls for more football on protected TV list
ITV is pushing the government to add all World Cup and European Championship qualifying games involving home nations to be added to the list of sporting events protected for free-to-air television.
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CommentBroadcast on... Wuthering Heights
Broadcast was invited to a sneak preview of ITV’s big budget bonnet bonanza Wuthering Heights and met the team who faced the production challenges head on.
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NewsThe Bill pulled from STV schedules
STV chiefs have confirmed that The Bill will be pulled from its schedule after 25 years, to make way for more of its own programmes.
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NewsOccupation writer pens BBC1 Morecambe and Wise biopic
The BBC is planning to transfer its BBC4 comedy biopic formula to BBC1 with a 90-minute drama on the early years of Morecambe and Wise.
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NewsITVS scores Italian buyer for The Colour of Money
ITV Studios has made the first international sale of gameshow format The Colour of Money, selling a 60 x 30-minute run to Italy’s Italia 1.