All News articles – Page 2730
-
NewsSky plans ‘muscular’ new Treasure Island
Sky is lining up a major adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic pirate novel, Treasure Island, and is eyeing Eddie Izzard to play Long John Silver.
-
NewsShameless run extended
Shameless will be extended from 16 episodes to 22 when it returns for an eighth series in 2011.
-
NewsSTV planning co-production deal for Taggart
STV is in the final throes of negotiating a ground-breaking deal with ITV which could secure the future of Taggart on the Channel 3 network.
-
NewsRadio indies to get online content store
Former Radio Independents Group chairman Neil Gardner is leading an initiative to create a dedicated online portal to sell audio content made by the UK indie sector.
-
NewsITV orders Dickinson chatshow
Real Deal host David Dickinson has been lined up as ITV’s next chatshow host.
-
NewsOutright ready to splash cash on first-look deals
Outright Distribution has ringfenced a “significant” investment fund that it will plough into firstlook deals with UK and US indies from early 2010.
-
NewsBBC to run fresh TV fakery course
Key daytime suppliers will be hauled into the BBC for yet another lesson on avoiding TV fakery following the Reef Television scandal over Sun, Sea And Bargain Spotting and other shows.
-
NewsDisney bids to treble European animation output
Disney is to treble its animation output from Europe “over the next few years” as part of its strategy to complement the live-action shows coming out of the US.
-
NewsPower raises funding against value of IP
Power, the producer of The Day Of The Triffids, has struck an innovative £10.8m financing deal partly based on the value of its intellectual property.
-
NewsC4 bids to slash budgets for returning shows
Channel 4 shows River Cottage and 8 Out Of 10 Cats are set to be produced on almost half their 2009 budget when they return next year.
-
NewsSky issues 3D TV call to arms
Sky has outlined its 3D strategy for the first time and is calling on UK production companies to support its ambitious plans.
-
NewsGMTV staff fearful as ITV looks to cut costs in 2010
GMTV staff are heading into Christmas fearing that swingeing cuts will be made across the business in the new year.
-
NewsBBC2 to pilot Talkback’s The Rob Brydon Show
BBC2 is piloting a new entertainment show fronted by Rob Brydon and produced by Talkback Thames.
-
NewsITV2 lines up factual strand showing celebrity family challenges
ITV director of digital channels Zai Bennett has commissioned a new celebrity-led factual strand which will see famous faces, including Gavin & Stacey actor Larry Lamb, paired with their children to undertake mammoth challenges.
-
NewsSilverback serves up Danish Hell’s Kitchen for TV2
A new version of ITV format Hell’s Kitchen is to be served up to viewers in Denmark.
-
NewsE1 to co-produce Skins US pilot
E1 Entertainment, the company behind the Twilight movies, has joined forces with Shameless indie Company Pictures to co-produce the US pilot for Skins.
-
NewsJane Root indie signs with BBCW
Jane Root’s production company, Nutopia, has signed a two-year, first-look distribution deal with BBC Worldwide.
-
NewsGarvie: business as usual under new BBCW rules
New limits on BBC Worldwide imposed by the BBC Trust last week will not change the behaviour of the business or stop it taking stakes in indies, managing director of content and production Wayne Garvie has claimed.
-
NewsGrade: push through digital economy bill
Outgoing ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has urged the government to push through the digital economy bill before the “guillotine” of a general election, in order to create a “level playing field” for commercial broadcasters in the UK.
-
NewsBBC4 unveils love and sex season
BBC4 is to dramatise DH Lawrence’s controversial novels The Rainbow and Women in Love in a new season about love and sexuality in 20th century literature.