All articles by Kate McMahon – Page 6
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NewsWedding TV turns Maltese
Wedding TV is heading over the waters to Malta, after signing a deal with subscription based digital broadcaster Melita.
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RatingsPale proves interesting for BBC3
Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts proved pale was interesting last night, with a peak of 601,000 viewers for her BBC3 doc on the dangers of tanning.
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RatingsPrice is right for Alan Carr
Katie Price’s cagey appearance on the new series of Alan Carr: Chatty Man helped drive 1.7m to C4 last night – half a million more than the previous series launch.
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CommentMurder on the Lake / So You Think You Can Dance
Robin Parker and Kate McMahon pass judgement on a BBC4 Storyville doc and BBC1’s latest dance show.
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FeaturesExecs urge Crozier to focus on ITV growth
Top-level ITV execs are cautiously optimistic about the surprise choice of Adam Crozier as the company’s new chief executive, expressing hope that the “transformational leader” will increase in-house hits and revive the broadcaster’s digital ambitions.
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FeaturesCBB goes out with a bang
As confetti rained down on C4’s last ever Celebrity Big Brother, rumours were already sweeping the industry over whether another channel would look to pick up the rights from makers Endemol.
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FeaturesIt’s all singing and dancing
Julie Andrews famously once said that the younger generations “probably wouldn’t even know what a musical was like”, but if this week’s ratings are anything to go by, they’ve never been more in vogue.
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NewsNo AFP, no commission, frustrated indies claim
Indies have voiced frustration over broadcasters’ increasing demands for advertiser-funded programmes, claiming they are being forced to ‘buy their way’ into schedules.
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FeaturesWeekend warmth for ITV1
Entertainment showdown sees ITV1 triumph over BBC1’s So You Think You Can Dance hopeful.
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NewsDacre and Gutteridge join North East news bid
Former ITV News editor Nigel Dacre and Mentorn founder Tom Gutteridge have thrown their weight behind the North East News consortium bid from Ten Alps with Press Association and Trinity Mirror.
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NewsBrian Pern wins BBC recommission
Washed up rocker Brian Pern is set to return to bbc.com after ITV Studios won an order for another eight episodes of the online comedy.
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RatingsVampire Diaries writes off Caprica
The Vampire Diaries sunk its teeth into a meaty audience of 846,800 (3.5%) last night for ITV2, tearing strips off Sky 1’s new Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica.
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NewsSTV defends indie status bid
STV has defended its bid for indie status, with a leading exec at the broadcaster stating that the reclassification will not steal work from smaller Scottish indies.
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NewsScarlet TV placed in administration
Scarlet Television, the indie behind BBC2’s Delia Through the Decades, has been placed in administration.
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NewsTen Alps on hunt for SEO company
Ten Alps chief executive Alex Connock is looking to acquire a search optimisation company and is eyeing ‘low-key’ UK indies, after finalising the takeover of Singapore-based media company RBI Asia.
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RatingsCorrie baby feud peaks with 11.3m
Coronation Street delivered 11.3m viewers to ITV1 last night as Weatherfield’s star couple argued over keeping a baby.
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NewsITN to launch German showbiz channel
ITN has inked a deal with YouTube to produce a new German showbiz channel.
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NewsPact: STV indie status will harm Scotland
Pact has warned against granting STV’s production arm indie status, claiming that the reclassification will harm the Scottish indie sector with little benefit for the commercial broadcaster.
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RatingsMo and Murray score ratings magic
Julie Walters dramatic turn as Mo Mowlam and Andy Murray’s defeat in the final of the Australian Open helped drive a ratings bonanza for C4 and BBC1 yesterday.
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RatingsBBC1's Dance loses 1.2m partners
BBC1’s So You Think You Can Dance had trouble finding a dance partner on Saturday night, with its lowest audience of the series so far.