Small MPU – Page 490
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NewsPitt makes move into indie sector
Former BBC creative director Ruth Pitt is to join indie Century Films as an executive producer.
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NewsDavie to take over from Abramsky
Tim Davie has been named the new director of BBC audio and music.
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Breakfast leads GMTV
BBC Breakfast has overtaken GMTV in the morning news ratings battle, in a further sign of viewers turning away from ITV1.
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NewsSky One and ITV2 struggle to retain share
Sky One and ITV2, two of the most popular multichannel entertainment brands, have suffered a decline in their fortunes so far this year.
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NewsSpanish victory boosts ITV1
Spain's Euro 2008 semi-final victory over Russia scored for ITV1 last night, with the match from 7.45pm averaging 7.2m viewers (32.8%).
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Swain tipped for factual super commissioner role
Specialist factual commissioning editor Emma Swain has become the surprise favourite to land the BBC's new factual super commissioner job.
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NewsMillionaire jobs safe, says buyer
The company poised to buy Who Wants to be a Millionaire?has reassured staff working on the hit quiz show there will be no major job losses.
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NewsAd slump sees C4 freeze budget
Channel 4 has effectively frozen its programme budget as the impact of a dire advertising market begins to bite.
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NewsITV Productions staff want sell-off
Leading figures within ITV Productions are pushing for the sale of ITV's in-house production arm, in a bid to turn the company into a super-indie.
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NewsLeader: Selling off the family silver won't help ITV
Broadcast editor Conor Dignam asks if selling ITV's production arm is a good thing
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NewsWhat's a VoD show worth?
How much will a downloaded episode of Green Wingor The F Wordbe worth to consumers? Less than the cost of a music video on iTunes, according to Channel 4.
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NewsPermira deal hands All3Media war chest
All3Media is expected to hit the acquisition trail by the end of the year after its£320m sale to its management and venture capitalist Permira gave it a massive war chest.
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NewsSony offers new releases to UK VoD customers
Sony Pictures Television International has become the latest major producer to enter the burgeoning UK video-on-demand market.
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NewsIzzard stars in Five kitchen drama
Five will bring comedian Eddie Izzard's serious side to the fore in an edgy new drama inspired by Anthony Bourdain's book Kitchen Confidential.
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NewsBattle begins over future of kids TV
Former BBC head of children's television Anna Home has set up an action group to campaign against the proposed regulatory changes that threaten the future of kids TV production in the UK.
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NewsBB delivers one in five of C4 16-34s
The Big Brotherfranchise accounts for almost a fifth of Channel 4's advertiser-friendly 16 to 34-year-old audience, new research has shown.
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Baraka opens offline editing facility Chop
Baraka Post Production has ploughed around£250,000 into a new dedicated offline editing division, Chop.
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BBC radio reporters file by mobile
BBC radio reporters will be able to send broadcast-quality content from a mobile phone-style device, following trials in Lincolnshire.
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Pinewood sees£5m of kit go up in 007 fire
More than£5m worth of rigging kit is thought to have been lost in the fire which engulfed the James Bond set at Pinewood Studios on Sunday. Although three crew members were understood to be in the process of dismantling the set - which included an underwater tank - when the ...
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Fracture gets Asbo Fever
Fracture has created the titles and bumpers for Folio Productions' Asbo Fever, a 3 x 60-minute series about people who receive Asbos. The brief was to make a light-hearted sequence featuring some of the people in the programmes. Fracture online editor Danny Davis created the ...