All News articles – Page 2876
-
News
Multiplatform briefs 6 March
News in briefs from Broadcast magazine dated 6 March featuring Burn After Listening, Crufts, Fireworks International, 4iP and BT Vision.
-
News
Medway enhances FCP-Avid transfer
Marquis Broadcast has come up with a new feature for its Medway transfer and format conversion software that allows editors to move an entire sequence between Final Cut Pro (FCP) and Avid Media Composer in a single drag-and-drop operation.
-
News
Vitec axes jobs despite profits
Vitec Group has made job cuts in its broadcast systems division despite pocketing a pre-tax profit of£35m last year, an increase of 17% on 2007.
-
News
Electra appoints new business head
Camera hire company Electra Film and Television has recruited Dominic Kipling as head of new business.
-
News
Economic downturn forces Mill to cut staff
The Mill is making 25 people redundant as part of a restructuring programme that will also see some central resources relocated to America.
-
News
Grade vows to 'spend better'
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has vowed viewers “won't notice” the£135m it will cut from its programming budget over the next three years - but has warned producers to expect more tough negotiations.
-
News
Snowball to invigorate expanding Reef
Reef Television has appointed Andrew Snowball to a newly created role as head of popular factual, as part of a rapid expansion.
-
News
RDF swells exec ranks in top-level staff reshuffle
RDF Media Group has appointed two senior executives and a raft of group directors as part of a top-level reorganisation.
-
News
Brook Lapping to uncover Skippy's story
Factual heavyweight Brook Lapping is making a BBC documentary on iconic Australian TV show Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.
-
News
Discovery to sell Quest overnight airtime
Discovery's Freeview channel Quest is set to air only from 10am to midnight when it launches in May, with the rest of the airtime likely to be sub-let to third parties.
-
News
C4's Duncan: TV won't bounce back for years
Channel 4 boss Andy Duncan has warned of the threat to the future of the industry posed by the economic downturn.
-
News
BBC bans talent from exec-producing shows
The BBC has banned on-screen talent from executive-producing their own shows in nearly all cases, as part of a compliance crackdown in the wake of Sachsgate.
-
News
ITV1 seeks Endemol magic with daytime quiz
ITV1 has ordered a long-running tea-time quiz show from the super-indie behind Goldenballs and Deal or No Deal, in which three strangers will work together for a share of a cash prize.
-
News
BBC1 tracks kids medical teams
BBC1 will follow the mobile intensive care teams that move critically ill children to specialist hospitals in a major prime-time series.
-
News
Toyboize transfers to TV as Dave picks up rights
Talkback Thames' web hit Toyboize will become the first made-for-online comedy to transfer to mainstream TV after Dave picked up the rights.
-
News
ITV share price hits record low
ITV shares slumped to a new record low today on the back of its annual results.
-
News
Confusion and gloom reign at ITV Yorkshire
Staff leaving the main ITV Yorkshire building in Leeds today (4 March) looked unsurprisingly glum - but while most were despondent, it was an air of confusion that was most prevalent.
-
News
Bectu: Grade must go
Bectu general secretary Gerry Morrissey has called on ITV chief executive Michael Grade to step down following the commercial broadcaster's annual results, claiming he has lost the confidence of viewers and staff.
-
News
ITV Consumer cuts 80 jobs
ITV1's long running late night show Bingo Night Live has effectively been axed as part of wide-ranging cuts across the commercial broadcasting business.