All News articles – Page 1938
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NewsBBC moves Coast to Cardiff
The BBC is planning to move Coast to Cardiff in 2014 – little more than a year after the programme was relocated to Bristol.
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NewsSundog online shorts to highlight energy poverty
Sundog Pictures is to produce a series of online shorts about energy poverty as part of a wider branded documentary commission from global wind-energy firm Vestas.
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NewsHayley Valentine joins Mentorn as director of current affairs
Mentorn Media is beefi ng up its current affairs programming with the appointment of BBC Scotland’s Question Time executive editor Hayley Valentine.
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NewsBritespark wins first commission with crime series
Britespark Films, the Argonon backed indie set up by former Cineflix head of documentaries Nick Godwin, has scored its first commission.
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NewsWoolcock examines dog-fighting for C4
Channel 4 has green-lit a Cutting Edge documentary about illegal dog-fighting in the UK from One Mile Away director Penny Woolcock.
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NewsRoom to improve on the road
Women are more visible in the studio - but on location it’s a different story, says Lis Howell
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NewsC4 under nations pressure
Channel 4 is facing mounting pressure from the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments to significantly ramp up the amount of programming it commissions from the nations.
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NewsBattle begins for Broadcast Awards 2014
Indies Big Talk Productions and Twofour lead the nominations for the Broadcast Awards 2014 after being shortlisted in multiple categories, including Best Independent Production Company.
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NewsLondon Live strikes first deals with major indies
London Live has commissioned its first factual entertainment shows from established UK indies, including a food series from Fresh One and a Facebook-influenced gameshow from Nerd TV.
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NewsJonathan Munro to leave ITV News
ITV News’ deputy editor Jonathan Munro is to leave ITN after 26 years amid speculation he is to become the BBC’s head of newsgathering.
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NewsHall in the dark about Scottish independence plans
BBC director general Tony Hall has admitted he was unaware until yesterday of the Scottish government’s plans to break up the BBC if it wins independence.
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NewsHall: BBC must be ‘more aggressive’ in explaining value
Tony Hall has argued that the BBC must be “more aggressive” in explaining its value to audiences amid increasing hostility towards the licence fee.
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NewsLeopard execs form Brown Bob indie
Leopard Films execs Jacqueline Hewer and Nicki Gottlieb have left the business to set up their own indie, Brown Bob Productions.
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NewsTern visits Pet Hospital for C4
Channel 4 has ordered a daytime series set in a pet hospital from Tern Television fronted by John Barrowman.
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NewsBrian Cox heads BBC science orders
Professor Brian Cox is to explore humans’ place in the universe while Dragonfly has secured access to an Australian wildfire-fighting service, as part of a raft of BBC2 and BBC4 science orders.
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NewsRising stars honoured at Young Talent Awards
Telegraph Hill picked up two awards at last night’s inaugral Broadcast TECH Young Talent Awards, with James Emtage winning in the Producer category and Geraint Abbott scooping the Editor award.
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NewsComux kicks off local TV
Comux has launched its Birmingham-based local TV Network Operations Centre (NOC) to provide the infrastructure for local television companies to broadcast on Freeview.
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NewsPost firms set to take charge of QC process
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has confirmed that it wants production companies and their post production partners to take responsibility for QC checks.
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NewsLime Pictures recruits Boyle
Lime Pictures has recruited former ITV Studios director of post production David Boyle.