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Ad slump forces C4 to cut back its staff
Channel 4's interactive department will bear the brunt of around 80 job losses announced by the channel last week in response to the downturn in TV ad revenues.C4 Interactive, which produces
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TV Corp reshuffle reaches Sunset
Independent producer Sunset & Vine director of programmes John Leach has been promoted to managing director in response to a number of changes at parent company TV Corporation, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Call for right to film real-life courtroom drama
BBC Scotland controller John McCormick has called for cameras to be allowed into criminal courts in the light of CNN's permission to film the Harold Shipman inquiry in Manchester, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Former ITV 2 boss joins video group
Former ITV 2 director of broadcasting Joan Lofts has resurfaced at video distribution outfit Contender Entertainment Group (CEG), writes Steve Aston.
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ITN TWIN TOWERS COVERAGE 'INAPPROPRIATE'
ITN's decision to end a 12 September news special with a two-minute musical montage of footage of the collapse of the World Trade Centre towers in New York has been deemed
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HERALD TRIBUNE BULLETINS TO AIR ON EURONEWS
ITN-owned European news channel Euronews has signed a deal with Fact Based Communications (FBC) for pan-European carriage of a new weekly eight-minute programme Economia Review, the business news magazine programme of
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RAJAR EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH RESEARCHER
Radio Joint Audience Research (Rajar) has extended its contract with research contractor Ipsos-RSL for a further two years until December 2004 and thereafter on a rolling annual deal. The company was
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THOMAS COOK SIGNS DIGITAL TV CHANNEL DEAL
Travel outfit Thomas Cook has struck a deal with digital TV outfit Enteraction TV to produce a 24-hour standalone channel featuring content from the tour operators it represents. Initially available free
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WIRELESS GROUP KEEPS STOCKPORT FM LICENCE
The Radio Authority has reawarded the local radio licence in Stockport to The Wireless Group for a further eight years. The extension of the new licence, for Imagine FM, runs from
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AL-JAZEERA TO LAUNCH ENGLISH SERVICE
Al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based TV station, is to begin broadcasting an English version next year. The TV station broadcasts in Arabic to around 15 million viewers across the Middle East and central
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DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY WINS RADIO AWARD
Leicester-based De Montfort University's Demon FM has been named station of the year at the annual student radio awards. As part of the prize, the station will get to broadcast a
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WORLD SERVICE GOES DIGITAL IN NORTH AMERICA
BBC World Service North America business development manager Brian Jarman has signed a deal with US-based XM Satellite Radio network to enable the World Service to air as a digital radio
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NewsR4 orders fresh Adams adaptation
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned Above the Title to make an 18 x 30-minute adaptation of Douglas Adams' Dirk Gentlybooks following the indie's successful production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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ITC gives nod to regional plans
Independent Television Commission (ITC) chief executive Patricia Hodgson has given her tacit approval to the rationalisation of ITV's regional output after suggesting that the key test for regionality is quality and
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First licence for Bryant
Jason Bryant, the former The Wireless Group (TWG) managing director of development, who quit the company earlier this year to set up Town & Country Broadcasting, has won his first radio licence, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Brookie Review
Channel 4 is conducting a review of Brookside, which has suffered a drop in average weekly ratings from 2.5 million (11.2 per cent share) in 2000 to 2.1 million (9.9 per cent) this year, writes Penny Hughes.
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Silver River has BBC3 Pulling power
Pulling, the dark BBC3 comedy made by Silver River Productions, has been commissioned for a second series.
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Flashback to set up Bristol office
Flashback TV, the independent producer behind Channel 4 cookery show Nigella Bites, is setting up a production office in Bristol in a bid to develop more regional programming, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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C4 backs more history series
Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam has strengthened his commitment to history series with two major war series set to air as part of the channel's winter schedule, writes Penny Hughes.
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Wark Clements heads CBBC winter
Scottish Indie Wark Clements' new children's division has scored its first two commissions with a drama and puppet show for the BBC as part of CBBC's winter slate.Commissioned by kids controller