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Yentob spearheads BBC 1 health check
BBC Broadcast director of television Alan Yentob has been charged with leading a review of the entire BBC 1 schedule, following concerns that the main channel is straying from its public
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Politicians applaud governors' U-turn as Yesterday in Parliament returns to Today
BBC governors are today (Thursday 24 June) expected to bow to the demands of politicians and restore Yesterday in Parliament (YIP) as part of BBC Radio 4's Today programme on FM, writes John Lewis.
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NewsVirgin Media mulls own news channel
Virgin Media is considering launching a news channel to rival Sky News with ITN as its content supplier.
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ITV network makes plans for Tonight
The ITV network is considering proposals to change the format of new current affairs flagship show Tonight - with Trevor McDonald, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Editors blast last-minute changes to TV schedules
Editors of leading TV titles were in crunch talks with the terrestrial channels as Broadcast went to press on Wednesday (23 June) about last-minute schedule changes they say are costing the magazines money, writes Lucy Rouse.
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Sky One to uncover Tenerife in the Autumn
The fifth series in Sky One's popular ... Uncovered strand (Ibiza Uncovered, left) has been commissioned for the channel's autumn schedule, in the form of Tenerife Uncovered. The new 8 x
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Festival adapts Cookson novel for ITV
Festival Film & TV has been commissioned by ITV to make its fourteenth Catherine Cookson adaptation, The Secret. The three-hour mini-series is due to go into production at the end of
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MTV base kicks off with Station Zero animation
MTV UK has bought a new animation from MTV in America to premiere on new digital dance channel MTV Base. MTV digital vice-president, programming and production Peter Good has acquired 20
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Sci-Fi signs deal to show classic movies and series
Universal Networks-owned cable and satellite channel Sci-Fi revealed this week it has clinched a deal with Twentieth Century Fox to buy more than 200 hours of programming. The acquisition gives the
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Straight wins raft of commissions for Granada and C4
Manchester independent Straight TV has picked up a string of new commissions from Granada TV and Channel 4. Granada has booked two regional shows.The first - with a working title of
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NewsOFT to launch CRR review
ITV has moved a step closer to getting Contract Rights Renewal relaxed after the Office of Fair Trading said it would launch a review of the advertising rate formula. [ALL]
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Radio 3 to support new generations of musicians
BBC Radio 3 is to broadcast a new strand designed to support young musicians, New Generations, from 20 September. Produced by BBC classical music, the initiative follows on from the Young
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Discovery Home & Leisure orders cookery show
Zenith Media has netted a commission from Discovery Home & Leisure to make a fourth series of Cookabout with Greg & Max. The new 15 x 30-minute run, Cookabout Route 66,
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Happiness dissected in new Radio 4 series
BBC religion is producing a four-part series based on the annual Happiness Lecture held at the University of Birmingham for BBC Radio 4. The lecture, which features prominent individuals discussing what
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Chegwin signs to present entertainment show for Live
Cable-exclusive channel Live TV has struck a deal with Keith Chegwin to present a new entertainment show. The new programme, which is scheduled to go out in the autumn, is described
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C4 up for parole in Century Films doc
Channel 4's documentary department has greenlit a major series about the Parole Board and a hybrid docu-drama set on a Leeds council estate.Century Films has gained wide access to the board,
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Scots tabby to air on kids' ITV
ITV controller of children's and youth programmes Nigel Pickard has commissioned children's animation series Meeow from Siriol Productions and Scottish Television Enterprises (STE), writes Jason Deans.
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ITV orders second series of Granada A & E drama
Granada Television medical drama Always and Everyone has been recommissioned for a longer second run by ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott, while the first is still on air, writes Jason Deans.
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NewsO'Connell agrees new Virgin contract
Virgin Radio breakfast DJ Christian O'Connell has signed a new two year contract that will keep him at the station until the end of 2009. [ALL]
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Saturday morning kids' show scores second run
Zenith Entertainment has had Saturday morning Ant and Dec vehicles SMTV:Live and CD:UK reordered for a further year, writes Jason Deans.