All News articles – Page 3678
-
News
Channels commit to docs.
Five, BBC3 and ITV1 are to launch new documentary strands in a bid to boost their
-
News
BBC bids to lure London indies up north.
Manchester indies have criticised a BBC plan to encourage London-based indies to set up in the
-
News
Comment - Channel 4's PR problem.
Big Brother is the main reason C4 faces an uphill struggle to convince policy-makers it can do the PSB thing, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.
-
News
Duncan reviews C4 International.
Channel 4 could pull out of the international rights distribution business following a review of the company's commercial activities, writes Maria Esposito.
-
News
Ross returns to top C4 drama role.
Channel 4 head of film Tessa Ross is poised to take back her old drama brief,
-
News
Injured Hell's Kitchen man gets $125,000.
Granada has paid out around $125,000 (£67,000) to the contestant on the US version of Hell's Kitchen who was injured after a scuffle with hot-tempered chef Gordon Ramsay, writes Paul Revoir.
-
NewsITV launches DVD rental service
ITV is moving into the online DVD rental market after tying up a deal with video hire firm Video Island.
-
NewsRebecca Loos joins Sky's Dream Team
Rebecca Loos has landed her first acting role after securing a part in Sky One's football drama Dream Team.
-
NewsPeaches Geldof fronts Sky One show
Bob Geldof's 15-year-old daughter Peaches is to follow in the footsteps of her late mother Paula Yates by taking to the small screen to front a new documentary for Sky One.
-
NewsSky adds 62,000 subs
BSkyB today confirmed that set-top box sales has slowed down - but announced better than expected figures with 62,000 people signing up over the last quarter.
-
NewsPEER POLL: BBC governors
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Will moving the BBC governors to Marylebone establish their independence from management?
-
News
Rumble in ITV's jungle
There was a certain irony to ITV executives making their way to Newcastle upon Tyne last Friday to attend the memorial service for ITV producer Andrea Wonfor.
-
News
Machine Takes MTI
The Machine Room has spent£200,000 on a digital restoration suite from MTI. The VTR Media Services company, which specialises in film treatment, will be able to work up to 4K. The company is believed to have several projects lined up.
-
News
Living to hunt for UK's top model
Flextech lifestyle channel Living TV is to make another UK version of one its US acquisitions.
-
News
Sky's Roberts goes to LA
Sky One commissioning editor Jamie Roberts is to take a new permanent job in Los Angeles to source American content for Sky's network of channels.
-
News
Radio giants vie for Manchester
The UK's biggest radio groups are to turn their attention to Manchester in a bid to win a lucrative new FM licence worth an estimated£5m a year in advertising revenue.
-
News
Prospect wins orders for Gay Mates
Indie Prospect Pictures's dating show Straight Dates by Gay Mates has been commissioned for a second series in both Israel and Italy. Production on the shows - which features two gay men choosing dates for single girls - is due to begin in January. The ...
-
News
Set regions free with local TV
As the winds of change blow through the regions, this week's nations and regions conference asks who should be the true regional champion. Not ITV, says panellist Steve Hewlett, who offers a more radical solution
-
News
VTR profits surge following investment in K-Post
Facilities group VTR has revealed a 72% increase in profits to£901,554 for the year ending September 2004.
-
News
Format Focus: Kept
Another take on the dating format merges romance and celebrity, with Jerry Hall searching for a toy boy.