All articles by Robin Parker – Page 120
-
NewsReporter's family call for answers from BBC
The family of murdered BBC journalist Kate Peyton will next week call on the BBC to end what they claim is a “distressing and confusing” silence over the circumstances that led to her death.
-
NewsWeb pioneers benefit from growing budgets
Endemol UK, Conker Media and film production company Big Balls have emerged as the early market leaders in online comedy, drama and entertainment, according to the first attempt to offer a snapshot of the sector.
-
News
Men to undergo Beauty treatment on C4
Channel 4 is to transform overweight slobs into Adonises in the latest factual entertainment format from the makers of Supersize vs Superskinny.
-
NewsBBC snaps up croc doc
Picture special: BBC2's Natural World will travel to India to meet a rare breed of crocodile and search for an unidentified species of cat in two films from indie Icon Films.
-
NewsC4 hunts second Family
Channel 4 is hunting for a new family willing to subject their homes to TV surveillance in a second series of The Family.
-
NewsITV signs up to TV product placement code
ITV is the first broadcaster to sign up to Pact's proposed voluntary code of conduct on product placement.
-
NewsYouTube's Walker joins myvideorights board
YouTube's partnerships director Patrick Walker is to fight online copyright issues after being appointed to the board of myvideorights.com.
-
NewsC4 legal boss quits
Channel 4's controller of legal and compliance Jan Tomalin, who fought for the broadcast of the most controversial shows in the channel's history, is to stand down after 20 years.
-
NewsThe Fallen wins Doc/Fest
BBC2's three-hour tribute to soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq, The Fallen, has won the top prize at this year's Sheffield Doc Fest.
-
CommentBroadcast's Off Cuts: 13 Nov
This week's Off Cuts takes a look at the gossip and gaffs from the Sheffield Doc/Fest.
-
NewsC4 ramps up First Cut doc strand
Squirrels and female soldiers will feature in the next run of Channel 4's documentary strand First Cut, which will expand to 30 episodes next year in order to strengthen its springboard for factual film-makers.
-
NewsBroadcasters cast wider for factual presenters
Broadcasters are continuing to look for celebrity-led documentary formats in the mould of Ross Kemp on Gangs and Stephen Fry in America but are determined to broaden the talent pool beyond predominantly white middle-aged men.
-
NewsRound-up: C4 winter schedule
Overview of Broadcastnow's coverage of C4's line-up of programming for winter 2008.
-
NewsBlair to examine Christianity for C4
Michael Portillo, Ann Widdecombe and Cherie Blair will offer their personal takes on Christianity's rich history in Channel 4's forthcoming new religious strand.
-
NewsJamie, Gordon and Hugh continue C4 Food Fight
Channel 4 is to tackle the welfare of pigs and chickens in another campaigning food season, a year on from January's Big Food Fight season of programmes.
-
NewsC4 unveils new doc line-up
Channel 4 has pledged to continue to air the equivalent of one new documentary film in peak every weekday into next year despite restoring Celebrity Big Brother to its primetime schedules in January.
-
NewsPeter Kay's Geraldine to return to C4
Channel 4 is planning a follow-up to Peter Kay's ratings-busting talent show spoof Britain's Got the Pop Factor and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice.
-
NewsMoyles to host C4 quiz show
Chris Moyles is to get his own TV show for the first time in eight years with a quiz show in which the Radio 1 DJ competes against three celebrities.
-
NewsMTV orders first UK comedy shot on mobile
MTV1 has commissioned indie Brown Eyed Boy to make a comedy shot entirely on mobile phones.
-
NewsTranter warns of drama budget crisis
Outgoing BBC Fiction controller Jane Tranter has warned that UK TV drama budgets have been stretched as far as they can go.