All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 62
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NewsExecs: timid broadcasters are ‘watering down' PSB shows
Broadcasters are “watering down” public service content by being too risk-averse, leading producers have claimed.
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NewsRuggie Media ceases trading
Ruggie Media, the indie behind Sky One hit Nothing but the Truth, is understood to have ceased trading.
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NewsLee Collins in line to host ITV2 chat show
ITV2 is eyeing Justin Lee Collins as the host of his own Sunday-night chat show.
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NewsThurman to star in BBC2 drama
Uma Thurman is to play a recovering alcoholic adulteress in one of two celebrity-packed BBC2 play adaptations being co-produced with HBO.
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BBC3's Cohen savages Lily Allen critics
BBC3 controller Danny Cohen has launched a robust attack on critics of Lily Allen and Friends, arguing that the show is exactly in line with the channel's efforts to bring on new talent.
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Five plays Top Trumps with super machines
Five is planning a series based on the classic card game Top Trumps, which will pitch the world's super-machines against each other in a battle of credentials.
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Darlow probes The Brain for History US
Darlow Smithson Productions US is to examine whether people are born evil in a two-hour special about the mind for the History Channel US.
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NewsAndrew Neil consortium buys PFD for£4m
Update: A consortium led by journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil has acquired PFD for£4m - the same sum as its rebel agents reportedly offered last year in a blocked management buyout.
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NewsBBC regional newsrooms holding back best stories
The BBC's news teams in the nations and regions are holding back the best stories for their local bulletins instead of handing them to the national network, director general Mark Thompson has said.
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NewsSeven Stones wins Eden order
Cornwall-based indie Seven Stones Media is to challenge local people to build their own gardens at the Eden Project, in one of two new series for ITV's regional services.
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NewsDetective drama in the pipeline at ITVP
ITV Productions is developing a new detective drama set in Brighton, led by a police sergeant obsessed with the disappearance of his own wife.
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NewsRussell T awarded OBE
Russell T Davies, the show runner who breathed new life into Doctor Who for the BBC, has won an OBE for his services to drama in the Queen's Birthday honours.
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NewsEdmonds tackling 'broken Britain' for Sky One
Sky One has signed Noel Edmonds to revive the feeling of Noel's House Party in a new format pitched as an antidote to “broken Britain”.
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NewsFilmOn signs Cirque deal
FilmOn.com, the video on demand service backed by entrepreneur Alki David, has signed an exclusive deal to showcase the full back catalogue of Cirque de Soleil.
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NewsBoomerang acquires Derek
Turner Broadcasting has acquired a fourth series of the live-action comedy Life with Derek, to broadcast on Boomerang in 2009.
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NewsBBC to launch next generation iPlayer
The BBC is preparing to launch an “all new iPlayer” that will include radio and television content on a single interface and a personalised recommendation feature.
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NewsBBCW launches ‘unbranded' networking site
BBC Worldwide is launching a new social networking application for teens that plays down the BBC brand.
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NewsProspect wins£3m of factual
Prospect Pictures has won£3m of serious factual business since the arrival of Todd Austin, the Bafta-winning former BBC One Life strand editor, seven months ago.
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NewsTigress makes ‘biog' of Titus the gorilla
Tigress Productions is to tell the story of an extraordinary Rwandan mountain gorilla in a special “animal biography” for BBC2's Natural World strand and US broadcaster WNET.
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NewsBBC criticised over news coverage of the regions
The BBC's news coverage of the nations and region is lacking in “clarity, precision and balance”, the BBC Trust has found.