All News articles – Page 5195
-
News
Sky in election row.
BSkyB is expected to call for an independent commission to look into the proposition of a televised debate between the principal party leaders in the run-up to a general election.The move
-
News
OFF THE RECORD - Edward, prince of pornography.
Channel 4 has unwittingly played a part in Prince Edward being named Hero of the Month by that bastion of freedom of speech, Hustler. In a recent edition, the porno mag
-
News
MULTICHANNEL FILMS - Drowning by numbers.
New film channels on non-terrestrial television are launching all the time, yet even established players such as Sky Premier and Moviemax are reaching less than half a per cent of viewers in multichannel homes and Channel 4 's FilmFour, with a large marke
-
News
GRANADA FILMING RICKY TOMLINSON DRAMA.
Granada's factual drama department has gone into production with two ITV projects. Comfort Zone, starring Ricky Tomlinson and Paul Reiser (Mad about You), is a 120-minute drama co-production with Showtime Networks
-
News
Sunset + Vine forms new division in factual drive.
Sports specialist Sunset + Vine is widening its scope, forming a new division as part of a factual entertainment production drive, writes Rebecca Evans.
-
News
Tell-Tale to diversify Tweenies product.
Elstree-based Tell-Tale Productions is in talks with BBC children's controller Nigel Pickard about producing spin-off shows from children's hit Tweenies, writes Tara Conlan.
-
News
Diverse loses Haymarket web project.
Diverse Production is thought to have had to pull out of a significant new media project amid rumours the company would not have been able to deliver to the original brief, writes Lucy Rouse.
-
News
DISCOVERY RESTRUCTURES.
Discovery Networks Europe has restructured into four divisions and is hunting for a new content chief, following the departure of UK general manager Nick Comer-Calder in December (Broadcast, 15.12.00). The four
-
News
US sticks with its own digital TV system.
The US has again turned its back on the European-designed digital TV system that is being adopted worldwide, in favour of its own system that is widely believed to be inferior, writes Nick Radlo.
-
News
Mortimer's 'sweetheart' deal.
BBC deputy controller of documentaries and investigations, David Mortimer, has been given a 'sweetheart' deal, including commissioning powers in a bid to keep him at the corporation, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
-
News
RADIO FIRST SIGNS DIGITAL DEAL WITH DERBY FC.
Digital radio broadcast company Radio First has signed a joint-venture agreement with Derby County football club to launch a digital radio station.Radio First and the club will each hold 50 per
-
News
DAVIES' SPORTING ROLE.
London-based TV sports specialist Sportsworld Europe has named former At It Productions head of production Lesley Davies as European head of production. Davies, whose credits include Pozzitive TV's Dinner-ladies and At
-
News
Coup for SMG Production.
SMG's ailing production department has finally secured a new drama head, plus four new drama and factual executives, writes Colin Robertson.
-
News
NEWS COMPLAINT REJECTED.
BBC governors have rejected ITN's complaint about supplying BBC News online content to Yahoo! and BT Openworld. The governors' quarterly Fair Trading Bulletin claimed this week the BBC is not in
-
News
Play TV editor quits to focus on comedy.
Play UK channel editor Myfanwy Moore has left the Flextech and BBC joint-venture channel to concentrate on her other role as BBC new comedy and entertainment editor, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
-
News
RAJ IN COLOUR.
TWI and Carlton have teamed up again for a new instalment of their award-winning ... in Colour strand - a three-part series for ITV on the British Empire, writes Colin Robertson.
-
News
CHEAPER DIGIBETA.
Digital Video Systems (DVS) has developed a high-end computer that emulates a DigiBeta recorder at a third of the price. Offering up to 1.5 hours uncompressed storage, the DigiEmulator is compatible
-
News
Virgin dumps chart for older music.
Virgin Radio has banned girl and boy bands from its play list in an attempt to refocus on 'musically disenfranchised' 30 to 40 year-olds and clearly distinguish itself from other stations, writes Katy Elliott.
-
News
SHACKLETON CASH DEAL.
US cable channel A&E has agreed to co-finance Shackleton, a Channel 4 drama about the British explorer, with C4 International. C4I also said that, as predicted in Broadcast (21.7.00), Kenneth Branagh
-
News
GOVT CALLS WITNESSES.
The Commons media select committee began its investigation into the communications white paper on Thursday (25 January). Chaired by Gerald Kaufman, its first witnesses were the National Consumer Council, British Telecom