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NewsBurns warns on licence fee
Commercial broadcasters could be invited to bid for chunks of the TV licence fee in a bid to strengthen the BBC's accountability, the government-backed BBC Charter review panel has suggested.
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NewsSky spies gap for lifestyle channel launch
BSkyB is considering launching a lifestyle channel to increase its share of the multichannel audience.
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NewsIndies strike new BBC deal
Indies will be able to sell programmes originally commissioned for BBC1 and BBC2 to multichannel outlets just six months after they first air following a new deal announced by the BBC this week.
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NewsITV faces£70m hit as viewing slumps
Audiences for ITV's flagship reality show I'm a Celebrity? Get Me out of Here! have fallen by around 2 million an episode compared with the last series in January.
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Elstree seeks new bids after rent deal
The dispute between Elstree Film and Television Studios (EF&TVS) and the local council over rent payments has been settled, paving the way for fresh bids for the famous studios.
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China Blue MD takes control
China Blue managing director David Hamilton-Smith, who is also the chairman of audio association APRS, has regained a controlling share of the audio company after his sleeping partner, The Sound Company managing director Geoff Oliver, returned 41% of China Blue's shares.
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Audio Suite adds GFX
Birmingham-based The Audio Suite has opened a graphics (GFX) boutique, Eight Eyed Sea Bass, and is looking to expand further next year.
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Video Europe sells SW18 base for£5m
Video Europe is selling its base in Wandsworth to property developers and will make a profit of£3.5m.
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Lime Takes goacher
M2-backed CGI company Lime has poached another member from The Hive. Lightwave operator Julie Goacher is the fifth person to make the move from the VTR subsidiary. Goacher starts at the end of December after one month's gardening leave. The other members to join Lime from The Hive were Nathan ...
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Cut & Run Goes to NY
London and Los Angeles-based editing company Cut and Run is to open an office in New York's SoHo. The office will be led by Chuck Willis, formerly of Crew Cuts. It will offer creative services including graphics, visual effects and compositing. 'We are opening Cut and Run NY because we ...
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Pockett wins gold
Branding agency English & Pockett won gold at this year's Promax Asia in Singapore for its logo design and on-screen identity package for a channel in Thailand. English & Pockett created an 'Expect the Unexpected' theme with images that were 'at odds with conventional dimensions'.
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Bidders circle NTL
The future of NTL Broadcast is still unknown with a number of firms poised to buy the£1.2bn company. Companies bel...
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M2 Buys Root6 tool
M2, Nats, The Mill and Sanctuary Post have all recently bought workflow tool ContentAgent from Root6 Technology. ContentAgent is used in the capturing, converting and distributing of compressed digital files. Enteraction TV has taken a second copy for use on Thomas Cook TV.
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Sanctuary helps Band Aid single
Sanctuary Post has finished the HD post-production on the Band Aid 20 promo and documentary for Initial. Director Geoff Wonfor, Initial managing director Malcolm Gerrie and Sanctuary Post offline editor Andy Matthews, who collaborated on the original in 1984, were reunited to work on the ...
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Bottletop freezes Bernard's time
Bottletop, the Nottingham-based design company, has created titles and special effects for Granada's Bernard. The children's show focuses on Bernard , a boy who is able to freeze time with an antique pocket watch. Bottletop designers John Hunt, Dave ...
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Square Zero sets up The Heist
Square Zero has produced animated titles for The Heist for Five and Windfall Films. The programme follows five ex-cons as they attempt to plan and execute three perfect crimes. The first challenge is to steal a painting while it is being exhibited. Animator Olly Tyler ...
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The axe man cometh
As the BBC's review process draws to an end and staff wait to hear if 6,000 of them will be out of a job, Broadcast looks at where the axe is likely to fall, with news, factual and back-office staff expected to be among the worst hit.
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2012 for switch-off
Ofcom has said analogue switch-off should be completed by 31 December 2012 and that the country will undergo a phased switch-off with one ITV region going digital at a time. The regulator will set out the order in which the regions should be switched by April next year. The announcement ...
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Sci-Fi boss joins BT
Sci-Fi Channel head Dan Marks has quit to join BT's newly formed content division, BT Entertainment. He will join in the new year to oversee video-over-broadband services. BT is seeking to provide music, gaming, television and films over broadband into UK homes. New AC Nielsen figures show that more than ...
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Canter in venture
Andrew Canter, former head of broadcast at media agency Media Planning Group, has set up his own company, Contentworx, to work on advertiser-funded content. He said he had already secured three advertisers in the entertainment, music and household goods markets looking to back new TV shows.