All News articles – Page 2793
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NewsBebo orders Twenty Twenty fashion show
Social networking site Bebo has ordered a 17-week run of a fashion magazine show from Twenty Twenty Television.
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NewsBBC to air new Beatles recordings
BBC2 and BBC4 are to screen a joint “Beatles Week” featuring previously unaired outtakes of the group’s “studio chat”.
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NewsFury at BBC ban on funeral flowers
BBC staff have reacted furiously to a ban on sending flowers to the funerals of staff who have died in service.
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NewsVirgin Media signs Disney exec to lead TV strategy
Disney’s interactive chief Cindy Rose is to join Virgin Media to oversee the operator’s TV strategy.
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NewsMSN builds on-demand audience
Microsoft’s on-demand web video player has attracted almost 170,000 views of archive TV shows in its first 11 days.
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NewsBBCW hires Nigella brand guru to spearhead licensing push
BBC Worldwide has hired Nigella Lawson’s brand guru William Miller to launch new retail ranges for its major on-screen talent.
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NewsTracy Beaker team launches teen web drama
Two of the team behind CBBC shows Young Dracula and Tracy Beaker have created a dark teen thriller that will debut online.
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NewsESPN signs Tiscali deal
ESPN has secured a deal to offer Premier League football to Tiscali TV customers in the UK.
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NewsSky Arts picks up HBO's In Treatment
Sky Arts has picked up the rights to HBO’s therapy drama In Treatment, featuring Miller’s Crossing star Gabriel Byrne.
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NewsDerren Brown goes interactive for C4
Illusionist Derren Brown is to stage his first interactive stunts in his forthcoming series of specials for Channel 4.
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NewsSky slams BBC Trust's handling of Canvas
BSkyB has written to the BBC Trust expressing “serious concerns” about the handling of its plans to create internet-connect TV service Project Canvas.
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NewsAndre lands solo ITV2 reality series
Reality star and singer Peter Andre has landed a solo reality television show for ITV2 this autumn.
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NewsRed Bee’s Clennell to join MediaCityUK
Peel Media has appointed Red Bee Media programme director Paul Clennell as the chief technology officer for MediaCityUK in Salford.
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NewsBBC3 recommissions The Real Hustle
BBC3 has ordered a ninth run of factual entertainment format The Real Hustle.
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NewsThorp takes reins at Nat Geo
Fox International Channels has made two senior level changes to its UK business, with managing director of FIC UK Jason Thorp adding National Geographic Channels UK to his remit.
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NewsLast Night of the Proms goes global
BBC Worldwide is to beam The Last Night of the Proms live into cinemas around the world.
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NewsNewton appointed as This Morning editor
Loose Women executive producer Karl Newton has been appointed as the new editor of This Morning as key part of the show’s revamp.
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NewsVirgin Media cuts customer service jobs
Virgin Media has cut around 250 jobs from its Dudley customer services centre after a consultation with at-risk staff came to an end.
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NewsC4 to air first Urdu drama
Channel 4 is to broadcast its first Urdu-language commission at the end of this month.
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NewsBBCW hires Endemol exec to grow brands
BBC Worldwide has appointed Endemol exec Jacob de Boer as commercial director working across global brands such as Doctor Who and Top Gear.