All Neal Street articles – Page 7
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FeaturesSky: the top suppliers
Sky has followed through with its promise to spend £600m a year on British content by the end of 2014.
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FeaturesThe rise of the mega-indie
All3Media’s sale to Discovery and Liberty Global and the merger of Endemol and Shine have transformed the indie sector. Prospero Strategy’s Tabitha Elwes assesses the year’s key trends.
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NewsPenny Dreadful scores five Bafta Craft nominations
Sky Atlantic’s gothic thriller Penny Dreadful has received five nominations in this year’s British Academy Television Craft Awards.
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RatingsThe Casual Vacancy and Indian Summers lose viewers
SUNDAY: BBC1’s The Casual Vacancy and Channel 4’s Indian Summers shipped viewers as last week’s highs failed to be repeated.
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FeaturesBest Drama Series: Happy Valley
Such was the impact of Happy Valley when it aired in April 2014, it was used as one of Charlotte Moore’s ripostes to criticism of BBC One.
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NewsThe global trends for 2015
Broadcast international editor Peter White looks ahead at what to expect in the next 12 months
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Features2014 Review: Deals round-up
From the sales of All3Media and Channel 5 to the merger of Shine, Endemol and Core, deals worth a record £3.5bn were completed in 2014.
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NewsC4 and BBC1 lead battle for Broadcast Awards
Channel 4 and BBC1 lead the nominations for the Broadcast Awards 2015 after being shortlisted in multiple categories, including Channel of the Year.
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NewsNeal Street seeks £40m sale
Call the Midwife and Penny Dreadful producer Neal Street Productions has put itself up for sale for more than £40m.
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NewsCall The Midwife to return for fifth outing
BBC1 has re-commissioned Heidi Thomas’ Bafta winning drama Call the Midwife for a fifth series, as filming for the fourth run draws to a close.
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NewsCall The Midwife creator plans frontier nurses drama
Call The Midwife creator Heidi Thomas is developing a US-based drama about nurses working in the Appalachian Mountains in the 1920s.
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NewsHospital Club's hClub100 revealed
The Hospital Club has revealed its hClub100 list of the most innovative and inspirational people working across the creative industries, including 10 names from the TV sector.
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NewsCarnival appoints senior execs
Downton Abbey indie Carnival Films has appointed two new senior executives to aid its international production drive.
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NewsSky Atlantic returns to Penny Dreadful
Sky has recommissioned horror drama Penny Dreadful for a second series as it continues to strike increasing numbers of international co-production deals.
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CommentCasting the net wider
Directors UK’s report into female directors was troubling, but producers can always do more to grow the talent pool, says Neal Street co-founder Pippa Harris
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NewsBBC and ITV aim to resolve pay row
The BBC and ITV will attempt to resolve a long-running pay dispute with specialist drama production crew after Bectu threatened to disrupt work on some of the UK’s biggest shows.
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NewsMajor TV dramas face disruption in pay dispute
Bectu has threatened to derail production on dramas including Call the Midwife and Doctor Who if a long-running pay dispute is not resolved.
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FeaturesRoom for manoeuvre
It’s glass half full, glass half empty at the UK’s studios as tax rebates put a squeeze on space
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NewsBaby Cow, Big Talk and Shed break into US
Baby Cow, Big Talk and Shed Media have secured series from a range of cable networks as UK indies continue to make substantial gains in the US.
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NewsDrama set for return to BBC4
BBC4 is to return to drama with a series of theatrical two-handers produced by Mammoth Screen, as part of the corporation’s ambitious arts push.