All News articles – Page 1690
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NewsHunted director demands respect for freelancers
Production companies need to take greater care of freelance filmmakers and stop treating them as “guns for hire”, according to Grierson and Rory Peck Award-winning director Ben Steele.
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NewsHorse & Country gallops to Australia
Equestrian sports and lifestyle channel Horse & Country TV is preparing to launch in Australia next year and plans to develop a range of local programming.
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NewsNetflix orders Tina Fey comedy
Netflix has ordered 26 episodes of a comedy produced by 30 Rock’s Tina Fey to launch in the UK next year.
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NewsITV orders 100 hours of Judge Rinder
British barrister Judge Rinder is to return to ITV with a super-sized daytime order.
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NewsBafta crowns Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network edged past the BBC’s children’s channels to be crowned channel of the year at the British Academy Children’s Awards last night.
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NewsBear Grylls uncovers YouTube channel
Bear Grylls is to front a YouTube channel featuring a host of adventurous thrill-seekers produced by Barcroft Media.
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NewsLoveLive hires commercial chief
Multiplatform indie LoveLive has hired former Babelgum and BT Vision executive Mark Cranwell as chief commercial officer.
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NewsBBC America appoints new boss
BBC America has appointed Sundance TV chief Sarah Barnett as president and general manager, one month after Sundance parent firm AMC Networks acquired a stake in the US cable network.
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NewsWall to Wall to make Woman in Red for BBC2
The scandal surrounding 18th century aristocrat Lady Seymour Worsley is to be turned into a one-off factual drama produced by Wall to Wall for BBC2.
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NewsChalkboard TV wins first commission
Chalkboard TV will bring festive cheer to ITV2 with its first UK commission exploring office Christmas parties.
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NewsAll3Media boss urges BBC to tender flagship shows
The BBC must put some of its biggest shows, including EastEnders, out to tender once it drops its in-house quota system, according to All3Media boss Jane Turton.
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NewsDiscovery gravitates to Windfall space doc
Discovery has picked up Windfall Films’ science documentary series Strip The Cosmos in the UK.
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NewsKaty Thorogood to join Ricochet
Dinner Date commissioner Katy Thorogood is to leave ITV after five years to become a creative director for Ricochet Productions.
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NewsOfcom grants Birmingham local TV transfer
Ofcom has granted Birmingham’s local TV licence to a consortium headed up by former ATV presenter Mike Prince after original preferred bidder BLTV went bust in August.
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NewsKeo Films targets young viewers with launch of K2
Keo Films has launched a division that will inherit the Keo Digital slate and produce content aimed at a young demographic for TV and other platforms.
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NewsC4 searches for more Child Geniuses
Channel 4 has recommissioned Wall To Wall’s Child Genius for a third run in 2015.
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NewsSteve Morrison: give industry control of licence fee
All3Media chairman Steve Morrison has made an impassioned plea to safeguard the licence fee and set out a plan for it to be overseen by industry professionals and the public rather than politicians.
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NewsABC hunts UK reality formats
US network ABC has kicked off a hunt for non-scripted formats from the UK with a particular focus on variety shows and docu-soaps.
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NewsShiver secures six ITV shows
Come Dine With Me producer Shiver has won a raft of factual commissions from ITV with a number of one-offs and a three-part series about the Carry On… films.