All News articles – Page 2569
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NewsKidsCo may launch in UK next year
KidsCo is edging closer to launching a UK channel, with global managing director Paul Robinson earmarking the start of 2011 as a possible date.
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NewsEvolutions and Prime Focus deal falls through
Talks between Prime Focus and Evolutions about an acquisition that would have resulted in the creation of a £25m London postproduction giant have ended.
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NewsBack2Back dogs series adds to C5’s AFP slate
Channel 5 has secured another advertiser-funded programme for its schedule, this time based around dogs.
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NewsSpotify snaps up ex 6 Music DJs for daily radio show
On-demand music service Spotify has signed up former 6 Music presenters George Lamb and Marc Hughes to front a daily, fourweek radio show produced by indie Somethin’ Else.
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NewsITV to launch Corrie social network game
Coronation Street viewers will be able to build and populate their own version of Weatherfield as part of a new ITV social networking game.
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NewsMercury asks fans to fund Man U doc
Distributor Mercury Media plans to used an innovative funding model to move into production for the first time, with a film about Manchester United.
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NewsMitchell & Webb form indie
Comedians David Mitchell and Robert Webb are to launch their own indie in a bid to secure greater creative control over future projects.
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NewsMentoring scheme to tackle TV gender gap
As many as 40 top TV execs are set to participate in a mentoring scheme to rebalance the industry’s worsening gender divide.
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NewsGeater favourite to replace Heggessey at Talkback Thames
Interim boss Sara Geater is in pole position to become the permanent chief executive of Talkback Thames.
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NewsRoberts to pick takeover targets for Endemol UK
Endemol UK has promoted Alastair Roberts to the new role of commercial director, with responsibility for identifying takeover targets.
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NewsJobs at risk as Living integrates with Sky
Almost half of Living TV Group (LTG) staff could lose their jobs as part of its integration with new owner BSkyB. The satellite broadcaster is also scrapping the Bravo and Channel One brands and will boost Living’s budget by 25%.
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NewsBectu hits out at BBC’s ‘worse’ pensions proposal
The BBC’s reworked proposal to overhaul its pension scheme is a worse option than its original suggestion for most Bectu members, the union’s leader has claimed.
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NewsPower Corp put in administration and up for sale
The sale of producer and distributor Power Corp International is on the cards after the business was placed into administration last week.
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NewsC4 orders Deal Or No Deal-style collectibles series
Channel 4 has commissioned an Antiques Roadshow-meets-Deal Or No Deal format based around quirky collectibles.
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NewsBBC and C4 look at taking over UK Film Council role
The government has asked the BBC and Channel 4 to draw up proposals that would see them take over the responsibilities of the UK Film Council.
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NewsBBC licence fee to be frozen
The BBC Trust is proposing to freeze the licence fee at £145.50 over the next two years, resulting in a £144m cut to the BBC’s budget.
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NewsHunt and C4: an odd match?
You only have to spend five minutes in Jay Hunt’s company to appreciate how much she lives up to her reputation for being dynamic, enthusiastic and persuasive, so it’s no surprise she has made such an impression within the upper echelons of Channel 4.
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News‘Feisty’ Hunt to offer C4 vision
Jay Hunt’s ability to face down her critics and deliver a clear vision to producers won her the role of Channel 4 chief creative officer.
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NewsBravo and Channel One scrapped by Sky
Sky is to scrap Bravo and Channel One and boost spend on Living by 25% by the end of the year following its acquisition of Living TV Group.
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NewsBBC2 set to order more Rev
BBC2 is on the cusp of recommissioning Rev - the suprise hit comedy of the summer.