All News articles – Page 4559
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PROGRAMMING - FIVE LINES UP ROD STEWART FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE.
Veteran rock star Rod Stewart is to take centre stage on Five on New Year's Eve
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Technology & facilities - Kanjee leaves TSI.
TSI Post-Production managing director Simon Kanjee has unexpectedly quit following disagreements over the 'direction in which the company is going', writes Will Strauss
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - MUSIC TALENT SEARCH.
Production music producer Extreme Music, in association with Broadcast, is launching a production music talent search
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News Special: Future of Commissioning Conference 28-29 Nov - Copy-cat docs must stop, says Channel 4.
Documentary commissioners called for a return to originality, warning producers to steer clear of pitching copy-cat ideas, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NEWS SPECIAL: FUTURE OF COMMISSIONING CONFERENCE 28-29 NOV - GARDAM RAPS TV'S 'CULTURAL DISCONNECTION'.
Channel 4 director of television Tim Gardam launched an attack on British television for failing to
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NEWS SPECIAL: FUTURE OF COMMISSIONING CONFERENCE 28-29 NOV - CITV NEEDS TO REVIEW INDIE LICENSING DEALS.
Children's ITV will need to renegotiate its licensing deals with independents if it is to prosper
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NEWS SPECIAL: FUTURE OF COMMISSIONING CONFERENCE 28-29 NOV - HEGGESSEY LOOKS TO DAYTIME TO FEED PEAKTIME.
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey said she was putting more cash into developing daytime shows which
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NEWS SPECIAL: FUTURE OF COMMISSIONING CONFERENCE 28-29 NOV - WILLIS: AVOID MULTI-PARTNER CO-PRODUCTIONS.
Programme-makers should limit international co-production partners to two or three to reduce conflicts in the production
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NEWS SPECIAL: FUTURE OF COMMISSIONING CONFERENCE 28-29 NOV - BIG STARS NO LONGER ENOUGH, SAYS TRANTER.
Pitching a drama with a premium star attached no longer guarantees a commission, BBC controller of
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Programming - BBC plans Sweeney gameshow.
The BBC is hoping a new game show based in Spain and hosted by Claire Sweeney will perk up its Saturday evening entertainment output, writes Leigh Holmwood and Georgina Lipscomb
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Programming - Lion to make'DIY burglary' series.
Lion TV has been commissioned to produce a six-part series of its controversial BBC pilot which
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Programming - CBBC orders internet radio drama.
Indie Darral MacQueen has been commissioned by the BBC to make a children's drama about an internet radio station, as part of CBBC controller Nigel Pickard's last slate, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Programming - Five orders raft of kids shows.
Five controller of children's programming Nick Wilson has made a range of commissions including an Australian drama, writes Jon Rogers
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News Special: Future of Commissioning Conference 28-29 Nov - Lush laments lack of ideas.
Indies are not putting forward enough quality entertainment ideas, casting doubt over how the BBC will fill the soon-to-be-vacant BBC 2 Simpsons slot, according to BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush, writes Leigh Holmwood
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News Special: Future of Commissioning Conference 28-29 Nov - Get to know multichannel, urges Opie.
Flextech channels executive vice-president Lisa Opie has criticised independent producers, claiming they need to be better informed about cable and satellite channels if they expect to get commissions, writes Paul Revoir
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News Special: Future of Commissioning Conference 28-29 Nov - Bazalgette: indies should diversify.
Independent producers have been urged to broaden their relationships with third parties and plough more cash
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£1M BBC ARTS STRAND.
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has pledged to pump£1m into a new 12-part arts strand,
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C4 orders The Regency House.
The flamboyant era of Byron, Nelson and Lady Hamilton is to be recreated in the latest instalment of Channel 4's successful ... House franchise, writes Leigh Holmwood
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VIRGIN REJIGS AM SLOT.
Virgin Radio is poised to shake up its breakfast show for the fourth time in 18
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BECTU DEFERS BALLOT.
Granada is still facing the prospect of industrial action after broadcasting union Bectu deferred a ballot