Large MPU – Page 727
-
News
Lola buys in HD kit for BBC doc
Special effects company Lola has spent over£200,000 on new kit to cater for the HD needs of BBC documentary Supervolcano, following in the footsteps of its previous success with Pompeii.
-
News
Machine room hires
The Machine Room has expanded its DVD operations, which now account for over 25% of its annual turnover, with the addition of five staff. Vicki Angus, former new media producer at Stream, joins alongside Kat Evans, who brings music and feature experience from Abbey Road and Technicolor. Paul Mills has ...
-
News
Morris lobbied
Minister for the arts Estelle Morris was last week urged to address training issues in the£1.4bn post-production industry to ensure that the UK maintains its position as a world leader. Colin Brown, head of Cinesite, said that Morris was fascinated by the way that training works in the industry during ...
-
News
PSB channel launch
Ascent Media Network Services Europe has helped launch Information TV, a free-to-air TV channel that is touting itself as 'a new approach to public service broadcasting'. The channel carries programmes from government departments, public bodies and other public service institutions. It aims to provide UK citizens with access to valuable ...
-
News
new tv sms system
The new sendto:Air picture messaging system from broadcast computer system specialist Cat and Mouse will be unveiled this Saturday on BBC1's new primetime show Johnny & Denise - Passport to Paradise. The system downloads picture and text messages from mobile phone networks and allows producers to quickly view and approve ...
-
News
Bow Tie recruits
Outside broadcasting company Bow Tie Television has appointed Duncan Smith - formerly facility director for Nats - as sales and marketing director. Tom Nash joins as head of sound from Visions.
-
NewsAirey rules herself out of C4 contest
Sky Networks managing director Dawn Airey has ruled herself out of the race for the Channel 4 chief executive role.
-
News
Ent Rights promotions
Basil Brush owner Entertainment Rights has promoted Chloe van den Berg to executive director of international.
-
NewsOfcom tightens rules on participation TV
Ofcom has unveiled proposals to toughen regulations for participation TV shows following the premium-rate phone-in scandals that were uncovered in 2007.
-
News
Capital losing out to Heart in breakfast slot
Capital Radio's Johnny Vaughan is being beaten in the battle of the London breakfast wars by Heart 106.2 rivals Jono Coleman and Harriet Scott, according to unofficial listening figures.
-
NewsKilroy TV co shuts
Former talkshow host Robert Kilroy-Silk is to shut down his television production company following the cancellation of his series and his election to the European Parliament. The Kilroy Television Company will be wound up by the end of July after BBC1 axed daytime show Kilroy ...
-
News
C4's séance cleared
Ofcom has rejected 244 complaints against Channel 4's controversial Derren Brown Séance , saying the programme did not breach its programme code. The show, which C4 said it also received 400 complaints about, became one of the most complained about programmes ever when it aired ...
-
Ratings
ITV1 wins in daytime
ITV1 won its first daytime ratings battle with BBC1 in four years last Wednesday (23 June). Between 09.25 and 18.00 ITV1 secured a share of 19.6% compared to BBC1's 18.9%. The commercial broadcaster performed particularly well in the morning, achieving a 31.3% share over BBC1's 21.4%. BBC1's audience was down ...
-
News
Wooding to Mentorn
Mentorn has poached the executive producer of the BBC's Million Pound Property Experiment , Paul Wooding, to join its Oxford team. Wooding, whose credits also include SAS Survival Secrets and Right Car Wrong Car , ...
-
News
Ex-Virgin DJ lauded
Axed Virgin Radio DJ Daryl Denham has picked up a gold award at the New York Festivals Radio Programming Awards. The former drivetime DJ, who presented a weekend show before being dropped, beat competition from around the world to win best comedy/humour personality for a network show. The UK performed ...
-
Ratings
Henman brings hope and ratings
The big summer of sport is continuing to attract viewers with Tim Henman's Wimbledon fourth round match gaining the highest audience of the tournament so far.
-
News
UKTV to recruit first head of acquisitions
UKTV is to appoint its first head of programme acquisitions in a bid to pre-empt a potential shortfall in BBC shows made by independent producers, who may now opt not to place their secondary rights with BBC Worldwide.
-
News
NUJ attacks Sky over Five News jobs
The 60 ITN staff working on Five News have been told they must reapply for their jobs or be made redundant when the contract moves to Sky at the end of the year.
-
News
Airey promotes Oelze
ITV has handed its top German executive the responsibility of setting up production operations in Europe and emerging markets.
-
News
Positive promises
The BBC this week launched its Charter review 'manifesto', Building Public Value , with the sort of presentation and promises one might expect from a political party seeking re-election after a particularly difficult term in office. There was something distinctly New Labour about the way ...