All News articles – Page 1987
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NewsExpert Women training hits Salford
The second Expert Women training day, which has emerged from Broadcast’s Expert Women campaign, is takes place in Salford today.
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NewsIMG Sports Media finds new production home
IMG Sports Media has confirmed that it will move its sports production business to Stockley Park, near Heathrow, from July this year.
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NewsBBC names new Doctor Who producer
Former Torchwood producer Brian Minchin is to replace Caroline Skinner as the new executive producer of Doctor Who.
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NewsJamie Carragher signs with Sky Sports
Sky Sports has hired Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher to become a pundit for its coverage of the Premier League next season.
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NewsSix Nations producer compromised sponsorship rules
An email from a BBC Sport producer outlining how Accenture match data graphics should have been used in its Six Nations Rugby coverage compromised the corporation’s sponsorship guidelines, according to a report.
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NewsYahoo! hires former ITV multiplatform exec
Yahoo! has hired former ITV director of multiplatform programmes Richard Williams, to head up its UK media team.
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NewsMonty Halls explores hidden depths for C5
Channel 5 has commissioned a fact ent series from Tigress following explorer Monty Halls on a string of underwater adventures.
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NewsSpike returns to drama with Raw TV
US cable network Spike TV is aggressively moving back into scripted programming and is developing a mini-series about technological innovation with Raw TV.
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NewsITVS GE poaches NBCU scripted exec
Scripted director of NBC Universal International channels, Fraser Robinson, is joining ITV Studios Global Entertainment to focus on scripted acquisitions and co-productions.
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NewsABC orders Endemol talent format
US network ABC has ordered talent competition Sing Your Face Off, a remake of Endemol format Your Face Sounds Familiar.
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NewsFar Moor sets up US division
TV financier and indie producer Far Moor has opened an office in LA and hired industry veteran Louisa Spring as part of its expansion into the US.
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NewsBBC launches radio journalism apprenticeship
The BBC is launching a speech radio apprenticeship scheme aimed at giving people without a degree a break in the industry.
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NewsToday registers leap in number of female contributors
The Today programme has seen a dramatic improvement in its ratio of male to female experts, with the balance in favour of men reducing to a record-breaking 3:1 according to Broadcast’s latest figures.
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NewsBT Sport set for MotoGP deal
BT Sport is poised to snatch the rights to motorcycle racing competition MotoGP from the BBC and could give it the Formula 1 treatment.
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NewsBradby writing Great Fire of London drama for ITV
ITV News political editor Tom Bradby is writing a period drama for ITV based on the events of The Great Fire of London in 1666.
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NewsPinewood to build US studio facility
Pinewood Shepperton has announced its second joint venture deal this month, with an agreement to build a new facility in the US.
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NewsChancellor calls on producers to sell tax credits internationally
Chancellor George Osborne has called on producers to bang the drum internationally for UK creative industries tax credits, at the official launch event today.
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NewsBBC3 lines up new comedies
BBC3 has ordered a comedy show about the “world’s most irresponsible uncle” and will turn iPlayer pilot People Just Do Nothing into a full series.
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NewsC5 acquires FremantleMedia's Oz prison drama Wentworth
Channel 5 has acquired Australian women’s prison drama Wentworth from FremantleMedia International.
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NewsBanijay hires former Endemol boss Marco Bassetti as CEO
International producer and distributor Banijay has appointed former Endemol president Marco Bassetti as chief executive.