All News articles – Page 3905
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Murphy's Law to go to US.
BBC1 detective drama Murphy's Law is the latest British drama series to be picked up for a US remake, writes Maria Esposito.
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Street-Porter to star in second reality show.
She may have branded it 'brain-rotting' television, but Janet Street-Porter is to appear in yet another reality TV series - this time with Five, writes Michael Rosser.
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All3Media launches German TV offshoot.
All3Media is to further expand its international clout by launching a TV production company in Germany, writes Paul Revoir.
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Bazalgette gains global brief.
Endemol UK chairman Peter Bazalgette has become the indie's global head of creative operations as part of a move by Spanish owner Telefónica to shift power from the Big Brother creator's Dutch base to Britain, writes Maria Esposito.
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Comment - Best in the world.
Despite the soul-searching, we'll all be misty-eyed about the current era of British television in a few years' time, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.
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Duncan bids for licence fee.
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has called for direct access to the licence fee and
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Heggessey bullish over Young drama.
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has defended a controversial decision to allow drama chief Mal Young to take a major new series he was working on with him to 19TV, which he joins in January, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Sony Pictures looks at stake in Shine.
Sony Pictures Television International has held informal talks with Elisabeth Murdoch's indie, Shine, about buying a stake in the indie, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC set to cut 250 jobs with factual merger.
The BBC's specialist factual and documentaries and contemporary factual departments - homes to shows such as Pompeii and What Not to Wear - are set to merge, in a move that could cost at least 250 jobs, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Off the record - Spoof Mark Thompson email.
This is the spoof email doing the rounds at the BBC purporting to be from the
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Five gets£17m boost to budget.
Five director of programmes Dan Chambers has been handed a£17m budget boost to strengthen the
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ITV launches 'Strictly Ice-Skating' show.
ITV is to take on the BBC with its own ice-skating show and has signed the king and queen of the ice rink, Torvill and Dean, to front it, writes Paul Revoir.
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Race for the PSP prize
It's interesting to speculate what Ofcom's proposed public service publisher (PSP) could look like. Perhaps it might be an offshoot of Channel 4, with a brand name of E5 and run by Roly Keating out of Birmingham. Perhaps a mobile phone giant could run it. Perhaps its proposed budget of£300m ...
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ITV1 looks at ?changing' stars
ITV has commissioned RDF Media to make a series that will attempt to uncover which celebrities have had cosmetic surgery.
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Auctionworld folds with debts of£14m
Teleshopping channel Auctionworld has gone into administration with debts of around£14m. The station went off air on Friday (19 November) after Ofcom last week ordered it to cough up£450,000 after repeatedly failing to suspend misleading price guides and for poor customer service. Around 300 staff are thought to have lost ...
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£400m bill to switch over-75s to digital
Financial assistance should be given to the over-75s and the vulnerable during the switchover to digital TV, Ofcom has said. In a recommendation that could cost up to£400m, the regulator said during switchover those eligible for TV licence exemptions should be helped to meet the cost of new equipment and ...
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BBC2 follows house-building couple
BBC2 controller Roly Keating has commissioned an 8 x 30-minute series that will follow a couple as they attempt to build their own home. The House that Dick Built will feature Dick Strawbridge and his wife as they construct a self-sufficient and environmentally friendly house. ...
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Map Man gets a second series on BBC2
Indie Tern Television is to make a second series of BBC2 factual series Map Man. BBC2 commissioner Nicola Moody has ordered an 8 x 30-minute series, presented by cartography expert Nicolas Crane. Each episode explores 'ingenious and revolutionary' British maps. A delivery date has ...
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3rd Rock finds permanent home on ITV2
ITV2 has exclusively acquired the entire catalogue of US series 3rd Rock from the Sun in the UK, which it will air from January, writes Paul Revoir.
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C4 to air more one-off drama
Channel 4 plans to increase its single drama output by screening one feature-length special each month.