All News articles – Page 2552
-
NewsBoom named best TV mix facility at Conch Awards
Soho’s Boom was the big winner at last night’s Conch audio post-production awards, winning in three categories including best TV mix facility.
-
NewsRogerson joins Zig Zag as Paul takes on ent role
Zig Zag Productions has hired Sam Rogerson as its head of development and moved Ben Paul to the new position of head of entertainment.
-
NewsPassion drags RuPaul into new territories
Passion Distribution has secured several sales of RuPaul’s Drag Race after launching the third season of the US reality series at Mipcom in Cannes.
-
NewsITVS to merge ent development teams
ITV Studios is to centralise its entertainment development staff as part of efforts to co-ordinate and boost output in the genre.
-
NewsZodiak snares World's Youngest Daredevils
Zodiak Rights has snared a global distribution deal with Connected Pictures for documentary special The World’s Youngest Daredevils.
-
NewsCRR drags down programming budgets, says ITV
ITV has claimed that Contract Rights Renewal (CRR) is having an “unintended” and “damaging” impact on programming budgets across the industry.
-
NewsCineflix sells titles to Nordic broadcasters
Cineflix International Distribution has sold nearly 230 hours of programming, including Channel 5 doc Manson, to broadcasters across the Nordic region.
-
NewsITV boosts police line-up with crime novel drama
ITV is to bolster its slate of new detectives by turning Sophie Hannah’s crime novel The Point Of Rescue into a two-part drama, featuring a male and female investigative double act.
-
NewsBFI in pole position to land UKFC lottery funding role
The BBC and Channel 4 are out of the running to take over the UK Film Council’s (UKFC) lottery funding distribution role, with the British Film Institute emerging as the industry’s favoured solution.
-
NewsUncertainty as BBC strike saga reaches conclusion
Unions are split over whether their members will accept the BBC’s eleventh-hour pension proposals as a final vote on industrial action kicks off.
-
NewsBBC handed dossier on Ed Pol criticisms
The BBC has been presented with a 10-page dossier outlining criticisms of its compliance culture from leading film-makers, following months of growing scrutiny of the system.
-
NewsBBC Daytime to look at UK justice system
BBC Daytime has commissioned a drama and an ob-doc series that will be stripped over a week on BBC1 next spring, and will give viewers an insight into the British criminal justice system.
-
NewsLeopard hires Austin as creative chief
Leopard Films has appointed Todd Austin to the new position of chief creative officer as it staffs up to develop new formats and returning series.
-
NewsTwofour to make Territorial Army ob-doc for Watch
A series following 12 part-time Territorial Army (TA) soldiers serving in Afghanistan has been commissioned by UKTV channel Watch.
-
NewsESPN UK appoints senior director of programming
ESPN UK has appointed Steadfast TV managing director Simon Potter as senior director of programming.
-
NewsC5 trying to recoup cash from Shine
Channel 5 is trying to recoup some of the fee it agreed with Shine TV for Don’t Stop Believing, as part of its supplier crackdown.
-
NewsC4 Diversity team orders TV debut from playwright
Playwright Debbie Tucker Green is to make her TV directorial debut by adapting her own work, Random, for Channel 4.
-
NewsPresentable wins order for C4 cost-cutting series
Zodiak-owned indie Presentable TV has won a 20-part daytime commission from Channel 4 - the latest in a string of network shows for the Welsh producer.
-
NewsR2 signs French and Saunders for Christmas shows
Comedy double act Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are reuniting to become radio presenters for BBC Radio 2, hosting three Christmas and new year specials.
-
NewsAxing top execs cuts BBC pay bill by £1.2m
The BBC is to save £1.2m a year in staff remuneration after a radical restructure of its top executives this week.