All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 6
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NewsDarlow signs with shock doc firm
Darlow Smithson Productions has signed a first look deal with news company Barcroft Media in line with plans to broaden the company’s output.
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NewsCbeebies takes Small Potatoes
CBeebies has acquired Small Potatoes, a short-form animation from Little Airplane Productions, which has secured a flurry of international sales.
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NewsJoanna Shields quits Shine for Facebook
Joanna Shields has left Liz Murdoch’s Shine Group for Facebook, just six months after she joined.
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NewsBenbow named CBeebies controller
Kay Benbow has been named the new controller of CBeebies – confirming she will go to Salford after all.
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NewsBBC plans first Queen doc since Queengate scandal
The BBC is lining up its first major documentary series about the Queen since the Queengate scandal rocked the TV industry two-and-a-half years ago.
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NewsMaverick signs Super Sweet deal with MTV
MTV is extending its global My Super Sweet 16 franchise up to 21 year-olds, and has handed a major production contract to UK indie Maverick Television.
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NewsFox format leads ITV drama rejig
A UK remake of Fox’s paranormal US series The Oaks is among a trio of dramas being lined up by ITV in the wake of The Bill being axed.
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NewsBBC unveils FM&T shake-up
The BBC has radically restructured its Future Media and Technology division, creating a powerful new director, digital media post and seeing the departures of Nic Newman and Seetha Kumar.
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NewsBBC on brink of FM&T shake-up
The BBC is planning a major restructure of its Future Media and Technology division, described by insiders as “the night of the long knives”.
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NewsSyco names new chief exec
Simon Cowell has hired FirstGroup’s Ellis Watson as chief executive of Syco Entertainment.
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NewsTigress to track the story of an elephant’s carcass
Tigress Productions has won an order from Animal Planet US and Channel 4 for a doc about the scavengers that slowly demolish a dead elephant.
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NewsHope for Scarlet creditors as BBCW eyes deal
The BBC has asked BBC Worldwide to buy distribution rights to Scarlet Television’s back catalogue in a deal that could see up to £50,000 returned to the indie’s freelance creditors.
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NewsKlein: BBC4 will not become dry or dusty
BBC4 is to dramatise the beginnings of Coronation Street as controller Richard Klein attempts to prevent the channel becoming “a drier, dustier world” following the BBC Strategy Review.
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NewsSony stalls sale of its minority stake in Shine
Sony Pictures Entertainment is dragging its feet selling its 21% stake in Shine Group - but the deal is still expected to go ahead.
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NewsBBC Children’s departures hint at fears over careers
Senior BBC Children’s staff who had signed up to the Salford move are leaving the department amid concerns over career progression.
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NewsC4 to merge fact ent and features
Channel 4 is folding its factual entertainment commissioning team into features, and will hand head of features Sue Murphy control of the newly created super-division.
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NewsBBC's Goodchild takes IPTV role
Marc Goodchild, head of interactive and on-demand at BBC Children’s, is leaving the department to take up a new role in the IPTV team.
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NewsBBC diversity chief steps down
BBC Vision’s diversity chief Mary FitzPatrick has left the corporation and is joining the UK Film Council.
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NewsBBC's IT crowd votes for strike action
Siemens staff working at the BBC are set to strike unless the IT company caves on its pay freeze.
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RatingsBumper BBC1 ratings for Fake Britain
Fake Britain helped BBC1 to its highest 9.15am ratings since 2004 last week, when the Dom Littlewood series was stripped across a week.