All articles by Robert Shepherd – Page 64
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NewsBBC and IBM sign tech partnership deal
The BBC has signed a joint projects deal with technology firm IBM that will kick off with state-of-the art image video search technology being applied to CBeebies and CBBC content.
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NewsBroadcasters launch mentoring scheme
Sky, ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC have joined forces to launch a new youth mentoring initiative that brings together media professionals and youngsters at risk of behaving anti-socially.
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NewsSky One axes Vorderman's Big Brain Game
Sky One has ditched sudoku show Vorderman's Big Brain Gameafter just one series.
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NewsMTV boss exits
MTV UK boss Michiel Bakker has become the latest high profile executive to leave the company.
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NewsVirgin Media: customers can cancel for free
Virgin Media will give its customers until the end of March to cancel their agreements because of the loss of the basic Sky channels - but insists that not offering those channels does not constitute a breach of contract.
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NewsVirgin welcomes NCC complaint threat
Virgin Media has welcomed the National Consumer Council's (NCC) threat to call on Ofcom or the Office of Fair Trading to investigate the loss of Sky's basic channels from the cable platform.
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NewsConsumer council calls for Virgin and Sky review
The National Consumer Council (NCC) is threatening to make a formal complaint about the digital TV market after BSkyB's basic channels dropped off the Virgin Media platform earlier this week.
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NewsBiography Channel to become BIO
The Biography Channel is undergoing a major rebranding and ditching its old logo in a bid to emphasise its new programming.
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NewsTurner Laing is new Sky entertainment boss
BSkyB has appointed Sophie Turner Laing as its new managing director, entertainment with immediate effect.
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NewsHeggessey: indies can earn more from rights
Talkback Thames chief executive Lorraine Heggessey has suggested an X-Factor broadband channel as an example of one of the ways indies can extract more value from the new terms of trade.
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NewsLiving links with Fireworks for Blood Ties
Living has struck a deal with distributor Fireworks International to acquire 22 x 60-minute Canadian supernatural crime thriller Blood Ties.
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NewsSMG abandons merger with UTV
SMG has abandoned its on-going merger talks with UTV and has appointed Rob Woodward as its new chief executive.
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NewsVirgin refuses to negotiate with Sky
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has failed in his bid to get his opposite number at Virgin Media, Steve Burch, to return to the negotiating table.
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NewsKupsky snares top Turner job
Turner has appointed Jeff Kupsky as its new president. In his new role he will oversee the broadcaster's business operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa including the Cartoon Network channel.
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NewsRapture continues crusade against EPG costs
Rapture TV has made a final submission to Ofcom claiming BSkyB overcharged the entertainment channel for a listing on its electronic programme guide (EPG).
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NewsVirgin Media makes Q4 progress
Virgin Media has revealed it managed a 7% increase in operating cash flow in the final quarter of 2006 ahead of tonight's carriage deal negotiation deadline with BSkyB.
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NewsBSkyB and Virgin squabbles continue
BSkyB has again refuted claims by Virgin Media that it will double the price of its basic channels. It has also told the cable operator to shut up and return to the negotiating table.
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NewsSky: Virgin claims are premature
BSkyB says Virgin Media's declaration that its basic channels will be pulled from the cable operator's platform at the end of the month are premature.
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TUC urges work to rule
Media workers have been urged to 'take a proper lunch break and leave work on time' today (Friday) after it emerged they work an average seven hours of unpaid overtime a week.
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NewsRDF poaches Granada's Tremayne
Super-indie RDF has swooped on Granada America, poaching its executive vice-president, Charles Tremayne, and appointing him group creative director.