All articles by Robert Shepherd – Page 58
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NewsBBC names London factual head
The BBC has named acting commissioning editor for BBC News and current affairs Karen O’Connor as the new head of London factual.
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NewsBBC Trust to review news output
The BBC Trust will conduct an impartiality review of the corporation’s news coverage across the UK following devolution.
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NewsITV sells MUTV stake to United
ITV has sold its one-third share in football channel Manchester United Television (MUTV) to the club itself for£3.3m
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NewsTiscali to show Setanta online
Tiscali UK has signed a deal to stream three of Setanta Sports flagship channels live on its website.
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NewsBBC apologises for doctored baby footage
The BBC has apologised for adding audio of babies crying to footage of the birth of quintuplets to a Russian woman in Oxford.
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NewsUKTV fact ent chief Ashton to stand down
UKTV director of factual and entertainment Charlotte Ashton will leave her role at the end of the year.
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Fireworks renews Emmy deal
Fireworks International has renewed its deal with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to handle international distribution of the Primetime Emmy Awards to 2010.
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Pinewood Studios
Pinewood Shepperton has announced plans to create the UK’s ‘live-work’ TV community in a proposed extension to its existing site.
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NewsCompany to make BBC1 criminal comedy series
Anthony Head and Warren Clarke will play two old-time crooks leaving Spain to move to a sleepy Devon fishing village in a comedy drama series for BBC1.
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FeaturesMaking a fashion statement
UKTV Style found a young and wealthy audience with its line-up of makeover programmes. Now it wants more channel-defining hits like The Clothes Show revival.
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NewsWaddington quits IMG to run his own consultancy
Alastair Waddington, the head of the UK’s biggest indie, is to leave IMG Media after 13 years.
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NewsFrost cold on heated interview style
Veteran presenter Sir David Frost has criticised the current trend for aggressive political interviews.
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FeaturesTalking to the world
As one of the most highly regarded interviewers in global news, eyebrows were raised when Sir David Frost joined a fledgling news channel. But a year on Al Jazeera English is making waves and challenging the likes of the BBC and CNN.
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NewsMediaCity:uk gets funding boost
The developer of Salford’s MediaCity:uk has secured a£360m funding package to pay for the first phase of the development.
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NewsRaw Cut appoints development head
Specialist factual indie Raw Cut Television has appointed ex-Initial showbiz editor Hayden Lee as its new head of development.
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NewsBBC Trust unsure over Gaelic service
The BBC’s plans for an£18m tri-media digital Gaelic language service are in doubt after the BBC Trust questioned its wider public value.
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NewsFuller in Google TV talks
Simon Fuller, the creator of Pop Idol, is understood to have had secret talks with Google over the past year regarding a TV-over-the-internet joint venture.
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NewsLyons raps BBC over presenter salaries
BBC Trust chief Sir Michael Lyons has criticised the corporation for “meekly” bowing to on-screen talent’s salary expectations to stop them defecting to rival broadcasters.
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NewsBSkyB adds 83,000 new customers
BSkyB added 83,000 net new customers to its pay-TV platform in the first quarter.
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NewsBSkyB sets repeats level on EPG
BSkyB has increased the minimum amount of new programming which must be broadcast by channels on its EPG.