All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 16
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NewsBBC scraps plans to air ‘horny priests’ ballet
The BBC has dropped plans to air a ballet inspired by impresario Sergei Diaghilev this Christmas – after discovering that it features a deformed Pope who rapes nuns.
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NewsUK animators fight for tax breaks
The struggling UK animation sector is launching a last-ditch bid to get tax breaks from the government after losing another long-standing player – Triffic Films.
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NewsSnap buy boosts Endemol UK
Endemol UK has become the country’s biggest indie after completing a whirlwind deal to buy Tiger Aspect and Darlow Smithson Productions for around £30m.
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NewsEndemol buys Tiger and Darlow
Global production giant Endemol has bought Tiger Aspect and Darlow Smithson Productions for around £30m, ending the indies’ turbulent relationship with former parent IMG Media.
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NewsHuggers: Canvas may be delayed until 2011
MEDIA FESTIVAL: Project Canvas will be delayed until 2011 unless the BBC Trust gives interim approval before the end of the year, BBC director of future media and technology Erik Huggers has revealed.
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NewsC4 plans to charge for web previews
MEDIA FESTIVAL: Channel 4 is considering charging for online views of new programmes - before it airs them on television.
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NewsGive Ofcom the "off switch", says Gaunt
MEDIA FESTIVAL: Shock jock Jon Gaunt has launched a blistering attack on the level of censorship in radio - claiming it will “kill” the medium and calling for Ofcom to be scrapped.
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NewsMajor reform of TV regulation under Tories, says Hunt
MEDIA FESTIVAL: The Tories have pledged a “massive reform” of television regulation, which would go “considerably further” than the light-touch approach in the US.
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NewsAhoy! RDF to make ABC Family pirate drama
RDF Media is developing a “swashbuckling” pirate drama for ABC Family, targeted at the Merlin demographic.
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NewsNHU head Jackson makes mark with key exec changes
The BBC has named Life executive producer Mike Gunton the first creative director of the Natural History Unit, one of a number of changes by new NHU head Andrew Jackson.
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NewsGodwin: Blue Peter ‘100% safe’ on BBC
New director of BBC Children’s Joe Godwin has vowed to safeguard Blue Peter and reintroduce Saturday morning magazine programmes as a major feature of the CBBC schedule.
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NewsRagdoll uses ‘handmade’ animation in new series
Ragdoll Productions has developed a “breakthrough” animation technique for its first preschool project since In The Night Garden.
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NewsBBC/Ofcom play down Dogs furore
BBC and Ofcom officials moved to distance the organisations from the Pedigree Dogs Exposed furore yesterday after Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards telephoned director general Mark Thompson to discuss a series of damning leaks.
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CommentMiranda / Strictly Come Dancing
Katherine Rushton and David Constable share their views on the latest TV shows.
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NewsMaverick to check into children’s ward for ITV
Maverick Television has won its first ITV1 primetime commission with a look at life in Europe’s largest children’s hospital.
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NewsKidsCo picks up DangerMouse in FME detail
KidsCo is to air DangerMouse, Count Duckula and other children’s classics after striking a deal with FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME).
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NewsBBC creates fund for northern indies
BBC Children’s has ring-fenced £500,000 of its multiplatform budget exclusively for northern indies.
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NewsBBC axes Silver Street
The BBC is to axe Asian Network soap Silver Street after five years on air – a move heavily criticised by the Writer’s Guild
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NewsBBC's Comedy College wins first commission
The BBC’s Comedy College has won its first commission – a sitcom pilot by John Warburton for BBC3.
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NewsBBC: No plans to reveal all senior salaries
The BBC will not publish the salary and expenses details of all its senior managers despite protestations that nearly 300 senior figures earning more than £100k were kept out of last Thursday’s disclosures.