All articles by Robin Parker – Page 49
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NewsUKTV makes indie pledge in commissioning rethink
UKTV is pledging to provide a full response to indies’ pitches within two weeks of submission as part of a wide-ranging overhaul of commissioning.
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NewsSyco chief executive steps down
Syco Entertainment chief executive Charles Garland is to leave the company after three years.
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NewsBBC axes The Review Show
The BBC has axed its 20-year old arts round-up The Review Show less than 12 months after switching it to a monthly BBC4 format.
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NewsBBC and C4 vie for corruption reporting award
BBC1’s Panorama and Channel 4’s Unreported World are to square off in the inaugural award for corruption reporting at this year’s One World Media Awards.
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NewsVirgin eyes Amazon streaming app
Virgin Media has entered talks with Amazon over adding streaming video service Amazon Prime Instant Video to the TiVo platform.
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NewsIndies blame broadcasters over diversity
The indie sector believes that broadcasters’ refusal to take risks on new production staff and onscreen talent is holding back diversity in the TV industry.
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NewsBBC3 budget cut in half by move online
BBC3’s programme budget will be cut in half, and £30m of it will be redirected into BBC1 drama, when the youth channel moves online in autumn 2015.
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NewsiPlayer drama slate revealed
BBC director general Tony Hall’s vision of making iPlayer the “front door of the BBC” will move a step closer next month with the release of three web-only dramas.
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NewsBBC1 signs Red Planet Motown series
BBC1 has picked up Tony Jordan’s large-scale Motown ‘jukebox musical’ and is developing a series of smaller studio plays with the writer’s indie Red Planet Pictures.
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FeaturesTony Jordan, Red Planet Pictures
The team discuss stepping into the big league with five new drama commissions
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NewsRed Planet calls for tax credit reform
Red Planet Pictures is lobbying to relax tax credit rules to allow for more flexible episode length in high-end drama.
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The Broadcast InterviewGreg Berlanti, Berlanti Productions
The Tomorrow People and Arrow showrunner discusses genre-hopping
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NewsIrish radio group buys Global stations
Global Radio has sold eight Real, Capital and Smooth-branded local radio stations to Irish radio group Communicorp.
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RatingsInside No. 9 debuts with 1.1m
BBC2’s new comedy series Inside No. 9 launched to a solid 1.1m viewers last night but the channel found greater success with documentary Royal Cousins At War.
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NewsBBC Brit unveiled by Worldwide
Male-skewing factual entertainment programmes including Top Gear are to feature on a new BBC Worldwide international channel, BBC Brit.
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NewsC4 to split third series of Black Mirror
Channel 4’s darkly comic series Black Mirror is returning for a third outing - but the dramas will be split rather than run consecutively creator Charlie Brooker has revealed.
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The Broadcast InterviewNick Fraser & Kate Townsend, Storyville
From football in South Sudan to a chimpanzee’s court case, Nick Fraser and Kat Townsend challenge how we view the world
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NewsStoryville to examine nuclear close shaves
BBC4 plans to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb with a “visceral” study of the history of nuclear near-misses.
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RatingsGreat Train Robbery makes solid start
BBC1’s The Great Train Robbery got off to a rattling start on Wednesday, grabbing almost twice as many viewers as ITV’s Lucan in the battle of the fact-based dramas.
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NewsToast to return to C4
Channel 4 comedy Toast of London is returning for a second series next year despite recording low ratings for its first run.