All articles by Robin Parker – Page 72
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NewsEndemol makes promise on digital progress
Endemol UK has vowed to push digital ideas through more quickly after dropping its head of digital role in favour of a central board, in what it says is “the most serious digital move we have ever made”.
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NewsGalloway plans web radio station
Outspoken MP George Galloway has vowed to take his radio show online following TalkSport’s decision to axe it.
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RatingsHeston's Feast ties with hospital doc
BBC2 and Channel 4 were neck and neck at 9pm last night, with the return of Heston’s Feasts and a look inside Great Ormond Street tied with 2.4m (9.8%).
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NewsMore than 1,000 complain over C4 Islam probe
Ofcom is looking into criticisms of Dispatches programme Britain’s Islamic Republic, which has attracted more than 1,000 complaints to the regulator and Channel 4.
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NewsC4's cinema legacy to be scrutinised
Channel 4’s contribution to British cinema is to be documented in a major academic study and industry conference.
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RatingsFrost ends with 8.3m
Long-running ITV1 crime drama A Touch of Frost bowed out with 8.3m (34%) last night, its best audience in more than three years.
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RatingsCanoe Man makes a splash on BBC4
BBC4 drama Canoe Man drew more than 800,000 viewers last night, more than three times the average audience for the channel’s midweek 9pm slot.
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NewsBBC3 launches magic site
BBC3 has given magician duo Barry and Stuart their own website and is lining up what it claims is the first magic trick to use Twitter.
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NewsRoary races onto iPhone
Children’s shows Roary the Racing Car and Fifi and the Flowertots are to get their own games for the iPhone and Nintendo Wii consoles.
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RatingsCougar Town snares half a million
Courteney Cox’s new comedy Cougar Town debuted on Living with 584,300 (2.4%) last night, helping the channel to beat all of the main digital competitors bar ITV2.
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RatingsC4 maternity series delivers 3.1m
Channel 4 documentary series One Born Every Minute ended its eight-part run with 3.1m (12.8%) last night.
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The Broadcast InterviewDanny Fenton, Zig Zag
With the might of Banijay behind him, Zig Zag’s MD says the Clerkenwell indie is primed to go global.
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NewsC4 appoints Lygo to arts board as budget rises
Channel 4 has doubled its core channel’s annual arts budget to £6m and has created a dedicated arts board headed by director of television and content Kevin Lygo.
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NewsBBC2 re-orders The Thick of It
BBC2 has commissioned a new series of political comedy The Thick of It.
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NewsRobert Popper joins South Park
Former Peep Show producer and Look Around You co-creator Robert Popper has joined the writing team of US animated comedy South Park.
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NewsIndie mergers and acquisitions to reach three-year high
Mergers and acquisitions in the indie sector will reach their greatest value for three years in 2010, building on a pick-up in the market in 2009, according to new research.
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The Broadcast InterviewKevin Sutcliffe, Dispatches
After a year dominated by foreign issues, C4’s Dispatches commissioning editor says it’s time to return to the domestic agenda, but the strand will be no less hard-hitting.
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NewsSinnerton swaps Quicksilver for C4 current affairs
Quicksilver Media producer Siobhan Sinnerton has joined Channel 4 as news and current affairs commissioning editor - as predecessor Ed Braman returns to the Unreported World indie.
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NewsKids in TV review proposes new rules
Constructed factual shows that feature children, such as Boys and Girls Alone, will require the same licensing as talent shows, comedy and drama, under government plans.
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CommentDoctor Who: the verdict
Doctor Who’s new stars and lead writer will rightly be praised for rebooting the show, but praise is also due for two unsung heroes, writes Robin Parker.