More News – Page 4878

  • News

    Open... to close

    2001-05-04T09:31:00Z

    BSkyB is set to confirm the closure of its interactive shopping platform next week after disappointing sales

  • News

    Open to close

    2001-05-04T09:29:00Z

    BSkyB is set to confirm the closure of its interactive shopping platform next week after disappointing sales

  • News

    LNN to expand sports archive division

    2001-05-04T08:49:00Z

    Merger of ONdigital sports programming and ITV Sport rights expected to see leap in demand for sports archives

  • News

    Miller quits Condé Nast for Nigella's indie

    2001-05-04T08:49:00Z

    Former Uden Associates chief to take new role at MYC

  • News

    Bryant quits TWG to pursue licences

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    The Wireless Group's (TWG) managing director, development Jason Bryant is leaving the company to set up his own radio venture.His departure, expected at the end of the summer or in early

  • News

    Ali producer starts indie

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Award-winning film-maker Vikram Jayanti has set up a long-form documentary production outfit, writes Simon Ellery.

  • News

    Radio chief calls for end to regulation 'nonsense'

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    The commercial radio sector feels 'undermined' by the Radio Authority and its relationship with the body is 'strained', according to Commercial Radio Companies' Association (CRCA) chief executive Paul Brown, writes Leigh Holmwood.

  • News

    BBC may lose Coogan show to C4

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    In a scenario which could have been plucked straight from one of Alan Partridge's wildest dreams, the BBC and Channel 4 are engaged in a tug of love over a new comedy from Steve Coogan, writes Lucy Rouse.

  • News

    ITV outfits seek compensation

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Minority ITV shareholders Ulster and Channel have joined battle with SMG to extract compensation from Carlton and Granada, following the pair's decision last week to rebrand their On Digital joint-venture as ITV Digital, writes Steve Aston.

  • News

    C5 targets Springer to front its coverage

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Commercial broadcasters will rely on big names and interactivity to boost their coverage of the forthcoming election, write Broadcast reporters.

  • News

    Sky takes six clunes films

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Buffalo Pictures, the indie owned by Men Behaving Badly star Martin Clunes, is to make six stand-alone TV movies for Sky Pictures, writes Simon Ellery. Each 90-minute film will star Clunes

  • News

    C4 hits back at criticism

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson has hit back at industry criticism over the channel's programming and commercial strategy, following a spate of attacks over the past week.Answering charges from key

  • News

    BBC plans autumn hand-over

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is expected to make a smooth hand-over between outgoing chairman Sir Christopher Bland and his expected replacement vice-chairman Gavyn Davies by the end of September, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

  • News

    BBC unveils web commission aid

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    BBC director of TV Mark Thompson this week attempted to simplify the corporation's much-criticised commissioning process with the introduction of a TV commissioning website, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

  • News

    LNN sport archive boost

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    London News Network (LNN) is to radically expand its ITV Sports Archive (ISA) division following the merger of ITV Sport and On Digital's sports programming, writes Steve Aston.

  • News

    Miller joins Nigella team

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Former Uden Associates managing director William Miller has quit his job as Conde Nast director of new media and is joining cookery writer Nigella Lawson's indie, MYC, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

  • News

    Pearson shake-up follows departures

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Pearson Television is to overhaul its distribution business after confirming the departures of international chief executive Brian Harris and president Joe Abrams, as revealed in Broadcast last month.Pearson had held a

  • News

    Liddiment lecture

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    ITV director of channels David Liddiment is to deliver the 26th MacTaggart lecture at this year's Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.His lecture will take place in the evening on the opening

  • News

    Sky takeover is on

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB chairman Rupert Murdoch's bid to take control of US satellite outfit DirectTV took a step forward after owner General Motors gave the go-ahead to new talks. GM subsidiary Hughes Electronics

  • News

    Radio First post

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Radio First has appointed Ray Arthur as its new group programme director.Arthur, 43, joins the company after spending most of his career in the Australian radio industry, where he most recently