Small MPU – Page 2012
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NewsChrysalis TV Group exec quits
Another senior executive from the Chrysalis TV Group has quit, a month after former Granada chief executive Steve Morrison and his management team took over the company, writes Colin Robertson.
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NewsFremantle buys Aussie indie
FremantleMedia has bought Australian TV production company Crackerjack to develop Antipodean versions of Talkback formats such as How Clean Is Your House?, writes Michael Rosser.
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NewsAllsop quits Granada
Granada controller of format sales and acquisitions Malcolm Allsop is leaving the company to work as an independent consult in the international arena, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsBaker takes Ramsden Sky One role
Sky One controller Sara Ramsden has quit only seven months after joining and Sky head of content and creative affairs James Baker is taking over, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Disney joins Freeview
Disney is set to launch a general entertainment channel on Freeview this winter targeting a family audience.
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News Corp backs Murdoch Jnr for Sky role
The positioning of Rupert Murdoch's youngest son James Murdoch for the top job at BSkyB has been given the resounding backing of the president of News Corporation, the pay-TV group's largest shareholder, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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News7.7m see ITV1's Henry VIII
ITV1's£6 million historical drama adaptation of the life of Henry VIII won over a secure 7.7 milllion (34%), writes Jon Rogers.
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Family (ITV) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
?Family is turning out to be a first-rate crime series, observed for a change from the standpoint of the Mafia-like...
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Teen Big Brother: The Experiment (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Big Brother is to Teen Big Brother what being shot by firing squad is to being killed by having pintacks nailed in...
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Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'In the past I've been cheerfully sniffy about BBC1's effortless attempts to Make History Fun. Annoyingly enough, t...
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Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death (BBC1) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
'Colosseum, scripted flatteringly in elementary Latin ('Victoria!'), was about those short-lived darlings of the ro...
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Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Colosseum - like its spectacular predecessor Pyramid - took 10 minutes' worth of information and made it fill an h...
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NewsBudget increase for ITV
ITV owners Carlton and Granada have agreed a rise in the broadcaster's programme budget, hiking it up to£849m next year, following the government's decision to allow the two companies to merge, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsDon Foster is Lib-Dem media spokesman
Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has appointed a party heavyweight as his media spokesman in the run-up to BBC Charter review, writes David Rose.
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NewsNews Corp threatens to sue BBC
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is considering suing the BBC over its decision to change satellites and un-encrypt its services, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsFive spotlights Mr Chelski
Five is to screen an investigation on the takeover of Chelsea football club by Russian oil magnate Roman Abramovich, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsDyke to deliver MipTV and Milia opening speech
BBC director general Greg Dyke will deliver the opening keynote on the future of broadcasting and TV programming on 30 March at the joint MipTV and Milia venture in 2004, writes Sam Matthews.
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RatingsColosseum builds up to 6.6m
BBC1's re-enactment of the life of a Roman gladiator won its bout amassing 6.6 million (29.3%) at 21.50, writes Jon Rogers.
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Doctors (BBC1) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'Doctors stands out as something that tries to be a little different.'...
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Real Crime: Lady Jane (ITV1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
?If the timing of Real Crime: Lady Jane was brazen, the programme itself proved resolutely (if understandably) timi...