All News articles – Page 1641
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NewsFifty Fathoms boss hints at Fortitude return
Tiger Aspect indie Fifty Fathoms has begun talks with Sky Atlantic about a second series of big-budget drama series Fortitude.
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NewsProducers back campaign to halt kids TV 'crisis'
Kids’ television producers have thrown their weight behind a campaign to halt the “crisis” in original children’s content over the past 12 years.
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NewsMedia firms plan wage rises
More than half of media companies plan to increase wages in 2015, according to a Barclay’s Employers’ Survey.
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NewsTwofour's Happy Families heads to Denmark
TV2 Denmark is remaking Twofour’s fixed-rig documentary series Happy Families.
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NewsHistory sails off with US pirate drama
History has acquired the UK television rights to Michael Bay’s US pirate series Black Sails.
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NewsAvid to target “untapped” $2bn independent sector
Avid will turn its attention to the “untapped” independent creative sector with the launch of more subscription-based and free versions of its software applications.
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NewsUTV Ireland costs to hit £6m
UTV expects to invest £6m in fledgling channel UTV Ireland this year, as group revenues grew by 8% in 2014.
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NewsPat Younge co-founds Sugar Films
Former BBC chief creative officer Pat Younge and former Channel 4 executives Lucy Pilkington and Narinder Minhas have joined forces to launch London and Cardiff-based indie Sugar Films.
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NewsBen Stephenson issues rallying call as BBC wins 18 RTS Awards
The BBC walked away with 18 of 28 gongs at the RTS Awards, as well as a special recognition prize for Ben Stephenson, who called on the industry to get behind the corporation during charter renewal.
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NewsDame Janet Smith review due in May
Dame Janet Smith’s review into the culture and practices of the BBC at the time of the Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall scandals is due to report in May after more than two years of gathering evidence.
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NewsDrama kit: the most popular cameras and grading systems
Survey shows the kit used to shoot and post the 30 highest-rating dramas of the second half of 2014
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NewsDavid Cameron agrees to single leaders' debate
Prime minister David Cameron has agreed to participate in a single leaders’ debate with seven political parties, leaving question marks hanging over the future of the two other proposed broadcasts.
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NewsTrust to meet Thoday & Mulville over BBC3
Avalon and Hat Trick bosses Jon Thoday and Jimmy Mulville are preparing to canvas support from the indie community for their proposal to keep BBC3 as a linear channel ahead of a meeting with the BBC Trust.
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NewsTop Gear cleared over use of word ‘pikey’
The BBC Trust has rejected a complaint about the use of the word “pikey” in an episode of Top Gear in February last year.
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NewsBBC2 to share The Clare Balding Show
BBC2 has agreed a deal with BT Sport to share the latest series of The Clare Balding Show.
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NewsPlayground hires Film 4 executive
Colin Callender’s Playground Entertainment has continued its push into the UK with the hire of Film 4’s senior development editor.
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NewsSky ups investment in video start-up
Sky has ploughed an additional £3.4m into 1Mainstream, taking its total investment in the US video delivery platform to £4.8m.
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NewsDiscovery tracks 1000-mile runner across UK
Tuesday’s Child is to follow endurance athlete Sean Conway as he runs almost 1000 miles in six weeks for a Discovery documentary.
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NewsBBC develops 'smart' radio service
Director of radio Helen Boaden has warned the BBC risks damaging “our family silver” if it fails to innovate around its audio content and outlined plans to develop a “smart” digital radio service.
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NewsBetty founder Liz Warner to exit
Betty chief executive Liz Warner is to step down from the Discovery-owned indie she founded more than 13 years ago.