All News articles – Page 2003
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NewsC5 teams up with Wonga for adventure series
Channel 5 Productions is making a 4 x 60-minute adventure series funded and co-developed by controversial loan company Wonga.
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NewsHarman calls for more action on older women
Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman is calling on broadcasters to agree a methodology for accurately measuring the number of older women working in the media and has suggested targets are the only answer to achieving equality.
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NewsDNI Lat Am scouts UK indies
Discovery Networks International’s (DNI) Latin American commissioning hub has placed several orders with UK-based producers and its boss plans to come to the UK to scope out further opportunities.
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NewsNGCI orders Blast! Kennedy doc
National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has ordered a two-hour documentary about former US president John F Kennedy from UK indie Blast! Films to run alongside its forthcoming scripted drama Killing Kennedy.
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NewsChannel 4 ratings tumble 10%
Channel 5 outperformed Channel 4 last week for the first time – but its triumph is based on a wider trend of decline at the latter rather than significant growth for the Northern & Shell-owned broadcaster.
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NewsStudio Lambert to find Britain’s top interior designer for BBC2
BBC2 is set to hunt for Britain’s best amateur interior designer in a major early-peak format from Studio Lambert.
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NewsVoD opportunities set to grow
US digital streaming services Hulu and Netflix are ramping up their plans to produce original programming and British indies are expected to be the next major beneficiaries of the maturing VoD market.
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NewsJamie Oliver slams TV for failing to land talent
Jamie Oliver has condemned the lack of fresh thinking in TV commissioning and predicted original content could be funded through crowd-sourcing within 18 months.
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NewsFremantle eyes digital future
Fremantle Media is focusing on a digital future and searching for long-term replacements for its bigticket entertainment formats as it moves on from the departure of international boss David Ellender.
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News‘Big picture’ needs women
Al Jazeera and CNN show that females can cover more than lifestyle issues, says Lis Howell
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NewsBBC Production’s Younge quits for ‘fresh challenge’
Pat Younge is stepping down from his role as chief creative officer of BBC in-house production.
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NewsBBC raises diversity targets
The BBC has set itself “stretching” new diversity targets and will ramp up the pressure on individual divisions to hit them, after falling short of its goals for 2012.
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NewsBase79 appoints content chief to lead expansion
Online video network Base79 will focus on international expansion, managing growth and brand relationships following YouTube executive Patrick Walker’s appointment as chief content officer.
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NewsCore Media stalks Scandi super-indie
Core Media, the owner of American Idol-producer 19 Entertainment, has joined the race to buy Scandinavian super-indie Nice Entertainment Group.
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NewsFreesat grows by 145,000 homes
Free-to-air satellite TV platform Freesat has added 145,000 customers in the last 12 months to take its total base to 1.8m homes.
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NewsNUJ slams ITV regional news cuts
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has launched a scathing attack on ITV’s plans to cut its regional news coverage - branding the move a “major blow to public broadcasting”.
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NewsCall The Midwife exec develops ABC drama
Call The Midwife producer Tara Cook has teamed up with Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes to develop a legal drama for US network ABC.
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NewsBBCW takes Prince Harry to China
Prince Harry is headed to China after Twofour Rights struck a deal with BBC Worldwide for Harry’s Mountain Heroes.
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NewsTalkTalk adds 160k YouView homes
TalkTalk has added 160,000 subscribers to its YouView service, taking its total TV base to just under 400,000.
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NewsYouTube revives Knightmare
Classic CITV show Knightmare is returning for a one-off online special as part of YouTube’s Geek Week.