Small MPU – Page 267
-
News
Entertainment Rights bags Dr Otter
BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE - Entertainment Rights has secured exclusive worldwide TV and video rights to animated children's series Dr Otter, created by Red Balloo Productions and produced by Ealing Animation, writes
-
News
Priory retains mid-week slot
BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE- Instead of using Ginger Television's The Priory as a replacement for TFI Friday, Channel 4 head of entertainment Kevin Lygo is understood to have opted to keep the
-
News
White paper set to allow single ITV
A final hurdle to total consolidation of ITV is set to tumble as the forthcoming communications white paper recommends abandoning the 15 per cent limit on viewing share, Broadcast can reveal.The
-
News
Gem loses in Endemol rejig
Endemol Entertainment UK is considering restructuring its operations and is likely to rename its commercial exploitation arm, Gem, as part of a move by Dutch parent Endemol to rebrand its sales
-
News
Lux makes first entertainment appointments
New BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Danielle Lux has made her first key appointments, hiring new senior commissioning executives, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
-
News
Modern Times loses to one-offs
BBC 2 controller Jane Root is axing the channel's acclaimed Modern Times strand and replacing it with a new single documentary slot, writes Colin Robertson.
-
News
Antelope to make special on Russian missile system
London-based indie Antelope has started production on a 1 x 60-minute special on Russian missiles (working title Russian Missiles), to which BBC 2 foreign affairs strand Correspondent has bought the UK
-
News
The slot to air Imago Series about film moments
Imago Productions is making a 4 x 3-minute series for Channel 4's The Slot called Real Life Moments. The short films are about people revealing their close relationship with scenes from
-
News
The priory to keep its mid-week slot
Instead of using Planet 24's The Priory as a replacement for TFI Friday, Channel 4 head of entertainment Kevin Lygo is understood to have opted to keep the Zoe Ball and
-
News
Radio 2 commissions Cuban music series
Cambridge and Manchester-based radio indie Smooth Operations has been commissioned by BBC Radio 2 to produce an 8 x 30-minute series on Cuban music. Commissioned by R2 managing editor Lesley Douglas
-
News
Carlton Food Network to air slimming series
A Carlton Food Network (CFN) series featuring diet and fitness expert Rosemary Conley called Eat Yourself Slim has gone into production. The 52 x 30-minute series is Conley's first for Carlton
-
News
The cops not coming back for a fourth series
BBC 2 controller Jane Root is not commissioning a fourth series of BBC 2 drama The Cops, produced by Tony Garnett's production company, World Productions. Garnett had said he did not
-
News
Granada to make race drama for ITV
New Granada Media controller of drama and comedy Andy Harries is putting together a production team to work on 6 x 60-minute courtroom thriller The Jury for ITV.The commission is the
-
News
C4 poaches ITV doc
Channel 4 head of documentaries Peter Dale has ordered two major documentary projects from Granada Television to run as part of the channel's True Stories strand, writes Colin Robertson.
-
News
New TOTP awards launched
BBC Manchester is further developing the Top of the Pops brand, launching the first annual TOTP Awards, to be aired on BBC 1 next year, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
-
News
Sci-Fi set to splash out for birthday
The Sci-Fi channel has commissioned its biggest chunk of original programming to date as part of a week-long celebration of its fifth birthday next month, writes Simon Ellery.
-
News
Overnight Ratings - Is the party over for the BBC 1 schedule?
The BBC/ITV news schedule ratings battle intensified this week as ITV regained lost ground, writes Jon Rogers.
-
News
BBC lines up Romaine for new role
BBC director of production Michele Romaine is to take on the newly created post of BBC director of production modernisation, writes Georgina Lipscomb.