All articles by Robin Parker – Page 113

  • News

    Dougray Scott to battle Triffids

    2009-02-11T10:05:12Z

    Desperate Housewives actor Dougray Scott is to take the lead role in BBC1's new adaptation of The Day of the Triffids.

  • News

    Peter Dale joins research think tank

    2009-02-11T08:01:00Z

    Former More4 head Peter Dale is to advise think tank The Institute for Public Policy Research on how its work can be used in TV documentaries.

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    Credit crunch claims Gecko Productions

    2009-02-10T14:13:28Z

    Documentary-maker Viv McGrath has closed her factual indie Gecko Productions, blaming the economic slowdown for putting unsustainable pressure on the business.

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    Oz gets a head with CBBC

    2009-02-10T11:16:54Z

    Nickelodeon Australia has become a co-producer on CBBC children's sketch show Sorry, I've Got No Head.

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    Vorderman: No regrets about quitting Countdown

    2009-02-09T11:25:16Z

    Carol Vorderman has said she had no regrets about refusing a 90% cut to her£900,000 salary for presenting Countdown.

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    Five to shake-up news

    2009-02-09T09:44:11Z

    Five is planning to scrap its 7pm half-hour news bulletin in favour of an hour-long news and current affairs magazine.

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    John Sergeant turns tourist guide

    2009-02-06T10:53:19Z

    Strictly Come Dancing star John Sergeant is to try his hand at being a tourist guide for a three-part ITV series.

  • News

    Doctor Who goes HD

    2009-02-05T10:36:15Z

    Doctor Who has made the move to high definition (HD), a year earlier than originally envisaged by executive producer Russell T Davies.

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    Hunt defends Thatcher sacking

    2009-02-05T10:25:13Z

    BBC1 controller Jay Hunt has defended sacking Carol Thatcher from The One Show for refusing to apologise for her use of “completely inappropriate and racist” language.

  • News

    Counting the cost of Kangaroo

    2009-02-05T09:20:27Z

    BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV have spent two years and at least£25m on Project Kangaroo - but hopes for a one-stop-shop for on-demand TV are now dead in the water.

  • News

    News Q&A: Stephen Carter

    2009-02-04T17:22:53Z

    The communications minister talks to Broadcast about TV and the internet, how plans for a second PSB will become a reality and why the terms of trade are successful.

  • Features

    Eureka: Killer in a Small Town

    2009-02-04T16:49:40Z

    Producer/director Louise Osmond on persuading Ipswich to talk about its gruesome past.

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    Why Kangaroo stalled

    2009-02-04T12:48:24Z

    The Project Kangaroo partners failed to convince the Competition Commission that their last-minute proposal for ITV and Channel 4 to sell catch-up rights separately would give third parties a fair chance to buy shows at a fair price.

  • News

    Timeline: Project Kangaroo

    2009-02-04T08:25:51Z

    The life of Project Kangaroo from the first announcement in November 2007 to its demise in February 2009.

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    Response from the Kangaroo partners

    2009-02-04T08:21:25Z

    The scrapping of Project Kangaroo was 'a missed opportunity' to provide choice for British viewers, the joint venture partners have said.

  • News

    Competition Commission blocks Project Kangaroo

    2009-02-04T08:16:59Z

    BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 have failed in their bid to launch a joint video-on-demand service after the Competition Commission blocked their joint Project Kangaroo proposal.

  • News

    Kangaroo decision tomorrow

    2009-02-03T15:04:45Z

    Broadcasters will learn tomorrow morning whether they will get the go-ahead for the joint video-on-demand service developed as Project Kangaroo.

  • News

    AP adds iconic images to archive

    2009-02-03T11:01:51Z

    The Associated Press has added more than a century's worth of photo stills to its online video archive for international broadcasters.

  • News

    Ramsay sets swearing record

    2009-02-02T11:00:33Z

    Gordon Ramsay has set a new record - for the most swear words in a TV show.

  • News

    £50,000 up for grabs in online Dragons' Den

    2009-02-02T10:44:39Z

    The BBC has launched a web spin-off of Dragons' Den in which wannabe entrepreneurs will face two new Dragons.