Most popular and commented – Page 511
-
NewsThe Rights Group moves into production
8am: The Rights Company (TRC), the rights exploitation business whose investors include former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson, is moving into production.
-
NewsEarly adopters uninspired by mobile TV
8am: There is dampened enthusiasm for mobile TV in the UK, suggesting even technology savvy consumers have little interest in watching live content on their phones, according to new research.
-
NewsBBC4 profiles Kenneth Williams
BBC4 is to profile the life and death of the legendary star of the Carry On... films, Kenneth Williams, in a drama for broadcast next spring.
-
NewsCollins to host Have I Got News For You
Hat Trick has lined up former Dynasty star Joan Collins as a guest presenter for Have I Got News For You in the run up to Christmas.
-
NewsSaddam Hussein trial available on TV over broadband
Court TV Extra, the US online subscription service that streams live TV over broadband from courtrooms, is to air the trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from Baghdad.
-
NewsBBC defends 'decapitated head'ad campaign
The BBC is defending its latest advertisements for digital TV featuring a giant morphed head, after viewers complained it made their 'skin crawl'.
-
NewsRantzen lined up for lifetimeachievement award
Former That's Life presenter Esther Rantzen is to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the 2005 Women in Film and Television (WFTV) Awards in December.
-
NewsMan Utd game supported by 6.5m
Manchester United's goalless draw against Villareal proved to be exciting enough for the fans as the match averaged 6.5 million (27%) from 7.45pm.
-
NewsBBC Worldwide applies for stake in Indian FM station
BBC Worldwide has applied to buy a stake in an Indian FM station, in the first foreign direct investment deal in the country's domestic FM radio industry.
-
NewsLittle Britain duo completes hat-trick of craft wins
Costume designer Annie Hardinge and make-up artist Lisa Cavalli-Green won their third consecutive RTS Craft and Design Awards last night.
-
NewsEx-Trinity Mirror chief joins Ofcom
Former Trinity Mirror chief executive Philip Graf has been appointed as the non-executive deputy chairman of Ofcom, effectively replacing Richard Hooper.
-
NewsEndemol exec calls for advertson TV over mobile
Endemol UK's director of digital media Peter Cowley has called for the introduction of an advertising model for TV over mobile.
-
NewsITV and 3 hook up for mobile deal
ITV and mobile operator 3 have signed a one year content partnership agreement covering shows including I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, Emmerdale and Coronation Street.
-
NewsBBC2 via broadband on the cards
BBC2 controller Roly Keating has unveiled plans to launch a broadband version of the channel, which would make it the first terrestrial channel to do so.
-
NewsRoobarb & Custard go mobile
Roobarb & Custard, the 1970s children's cartoon series recently relaunched on Five's Milkshake strand, is set to leap into the world of new media with its own mobile phone content deal.
-
NewsBBC series looks at convent life
BBC2 is to follow up its hit series The Monastery with a programme looking at women's progress in a convent.
-
News
Five to capture Pompeii dig live
Five is continuing its series of live historical outside broadcasts with a series of major excavations in the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, planned for next summer.
-
News
Success in the city
ITV chief executive Charles Allen risked sporting a kilt in the chilly winds of New York City on Monday night to pick up the broadcaster's International Emmy award.
-
NewsC4 has another art attack
Channel 4 has launched another major public art initiative, with a scheme to fund three 'Sci-Art' projects.
-
NewsBBC hires to ease factual
The BBC is to hire six additional factual commissioning executives amid producers' concerns that the current team is struggling to handle the volume of submissions.