Small MPU – Page 460
-
News
BBC airs Aerial Britain
The BBC is to examine the workings of the country from the air in Britain from Above, a 3 x 60-minute documentary series for BBC1 now in production at Lion TV.
-
News
C4 counts the cost of counterfeits
Documentary director Nick Hornby is to follow up Return to Jamie’s School Dinners with a two-part Channel 4 series tracing the human cost of the global trade in fake goods.
-
NewsBBC3 signs 'angelic' Ellison
BBC3 has lined-up Jennifer Ellison to play an angel in a contemporary version of the Christmas story.
-
News
Sky Real Lives follows brain op family
Sky Real Lives is to tell the poignant story of a man’s battle to receive life-saving treatment for a potentially fatal brain condition.
-
NewsAnimal Planet tells birth stories
Animal Planet International will screen the rare birth of a giant panda cub on “panda-cam” CCTV as part of a five-part series on baby animals from Parthenon Entertainment.
-
NewsVirgin strand grapples with boobs
Virgin 1 is building on the success of its one-off documentary Penis Envy with a strand centred on the theme of envy.
-
NewsSky One opts for big drama events
Sky One has abandoned its search for a replacement for long-running football drama Dream Team and is now looking for “noisy, glorious” drama events.
-
News
Secret Millionaire returns
The Secret Millionaire will return for a third series on Channel 4 next year.
-
News
Discovery for older viewers
Discovery Networks UK is looking to bolster its historical programming in a bid to win back loyalty from older viewers.
-
NewsC4I buy not the last for DRG
The Digital Rights Group (DRG) is in talks to buy at least two more companies and has its sights set on expanding to the US following its long-expected acquisition of Channel 4 International.
-
NewsSimply plans TV and film moves
Simply Media has earmarked film and urban music as new business areas and is targeting channels squeezed out of BSkyB’s platform for online launches.
-
NewsVerve signs first-look distribution deal
C4I has signed a first-look deal with new factual indie Verve Productions.
-
NewsWeDig aims for heart with gameshow
Web-based interactive quiz show network WeDigTV has devised an online gameshow set inside the human body.
-
NewsBBCW sells People's Quiz around Europe
BBC Worldwide has sold the Fever Media format The People’s Quiz to broadcasters in Spain and Belgium.
-
News
C4 puts content online
Channel 4 has launched TV Clips, a website featuring more than 1,000 clips of shows from linear TV, 4oD and DVD.
-
News
Transmission goes mobile
Channel 4 has extended its music series Transmission with T-Mobile across mobile phones.
-
News
Joost loses comedy boss
Joost head of comedy Tony Orsten is to leave the peer-to-peer online TV service this week after 15 months.
-
News
Food for thought for BT
UK distributor Electric Sky is offering more than 60 hours of international programming to BT Vision.
-
NewsTarget signs V Good deal
Target Entertainment has signed a development deal with V Good Films for all its fictional output.