All News articles – Page 2739
-
NewsBBC's Comedy College wins first commission
The BBC’s Comedy College has won its first commission – a sitcom pilot by John Warburton for BBC3.
-
NewsBBC: No plans to reveal all senior salaries
The BBC will not publish the salary and expenses details of all its senior managers despite protestations that nearly 300 senior figures earning more than £100k were kept out of last Thursday’s disclosures.
-
NewsReaction: ITV chairman appointment
Leading figures from the broadcast industry share their thoughts on the appointment of Archie Norman as the new chairman of ITV.
-
NewsCall for realistic hospital shows
TV hospital dramas are filled with poor conduct from staff and breaches of patient confidentiality, it has been claimed.
-
NewsDisability champions celebrated in new awards scheme
CBeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell, war correspondent Frank Gardner and Channel 4 commissioner Alison Walsh received awards in an inaugural scheme to celebrate success in the on-screen depiction of disabilities.
-
NewsArgosy gets Belden cables
UK-based distributor Argosy will now be supplying a range of cables, connectors and other transmission devices from Belden.
-
NewsStudy predicts the future media trends
Video visors and contact lenses will enhance everyday life into a three dimensional wrap-around experience, predict Oracle and The Future Laboratory.
-
NewsPixar vote Digital Vision
Digital Vision’s colour grading Film Master system has been given a major vote of confidence by Up producer Pixar Animation which has bought two units for installation at its Californian HQ. The systems were chosen to support the studio’s plans to build a non-linear workflow.
-
NewsDarwin sails with Avid
Dutch public broadcaster VPRO is retracing Charles Darwin’s voyage on the HMS Beagle for a 35-part documentary.
-
NewsMuppits comes to town
Collaborative production project MUPPITS, which aims to enable facilities to buy and sell resources, is gearing up for its first public demonstration.
-
NewsNEP Visions fly Fox to Bagram
NEP Visions have completed a run of flypack operations which culminated in a visit to Bagram Airforce base in Afghanistan.
-
NewsCast offs goes Red
There’s a widespread perception that any savings made by hiring a Red camera can be negated by complications in post. Not if you do your homework, says Eleven Film producer Joel Wilson.
-
NewsPie Factory gets Toasted
Toasted Productions has to set up home in The Pie Factory, owned by Peel Media and part of the MediaCityUK development.
-
NewsOutnumbered up for Comedy Awards
Five nominations for this year’s British Comedy Awards has put the BBC’s family comedy Outnumbered high on the list of top TV shows.
-
NewsArchie Norman named ITV chairman
Former Asda chief executive Archie Norman is to replace Michael Grade as the chairman of ITV in January.
-
NewsITV Studios to undergo radical restructure
ITV Studios is to initiate a major overhaul of its editorial and production teams, putting an estimated 15 jobs under threat and consolidating its entertainment and factual entertainment units.
-
NewsBBC Trust blocks atheists on Thought for the Day
Thought for the Day will remain closed to atheists and humanists, after the BBC Trust rejected accusations that the Radio 4 programme is in breach of editorial guidelines.
-
NewsElectric Sky acquires conjoined twins doc
Electric Sky has picked up a new documentary about two-year-old conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna, who were today separated in a 32-hour operation.
-
NewsPrivate equity investors eye media as 2010 target
The media industry will attract more private equity investment in 2010 – but indies are still struggling to fund productions, financial advisory firm Grant Thornton has claimed.
-
NewsOfcom recommends relaxing media ownership rules
Ofcom has called for a radical shake-up of media ownership rules which would open the door for a new spate of consolidation.