Small MPU – Page 127

  • News

    Brown gets control of 4Learning

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 deputy director of programmes Karen Brown is giving up direct responsibility for most of her commissioning departments, after being offered a more dedicated job in charge of 4Learning, writes Ashley Davies.

  • News

    UDEN PREPARES SEX FIVE-PARTER FOR LIVING

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    TV indie Uden Associates has been commissioned by Flextech's Living Channel to produce a 5 x 60-minute series Women Talk Sex (working title). Commissioned by Flextech vice-president, channel programming Lisa Opie,

  • News

    T4 TO TRANSMIT 100TH EDITION FROM BIG BROTHER HOUSE

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 Sunday morning youth strand T4 is to broadcast its 100th edition live from the east London Big Brother house this Sunday (17.9.00). During the show, items from the Bazal

  • News

    C4 orders late-night dramas

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Attaboy TV is producing a new 5 x 30-minute drama/factual crossover project for Channel 4 deputy commissioning editor, night-time Zizi Durrance, writes Ashley Davies.

  • Ratings

    ITV Murders BBC's Children on Sunday

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    ITV's decision to pull two-part thriller Where There's Smoke on Sunday night (10 September) proved to be a wise move, as replacement Midsomer Murders beat new BBC 1 drama Other People's Children, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

  • News

    Pressure mounts on ITV's new autumn schedule

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    ITV's hopes of hitting its self-imposed peaktime target by the end of the year all but evaporated this week, following news that it now needs to achieve an unprecedented 43 per cent share for the rest of the year, writes Colin Robertson.

  • News

    Neal christens new indie

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Outgoing Channel 4 head of drama Gub Neal's new indie will be christened Box TV Productions, and is developing three new dramas with leading writers for the channel, writes Ashley Davies.

  • News

    Beat 106 md goes to Scottish Media Group

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Beat 106 managing director Bobby Hain is leaving the Scottish radio station to become Scottish Media Group (SMG) business development director of its radio division, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

  • News

    VOTE ON GRANADA/UNITED

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Granada Media and United News & Media this week confirmed that they would be holding their respective extraordinary general meetings (EGM) regarding the proposed merger of their television assets on Wednesday

  • News

    UK GOLD BEATS SKY ONE

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    UK Gold claims that its viewing share for weekdays in August has beaten Sky One's for the first time. The channel said that during the month it has secured a weekday

  • News

    JAILBREAK DOUBLES SHARE

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5's new prison-based gameshow Jailbreak clocked up 1.04 million viewers (4.9 per cent share) on its first night (Tuesday 12 September) at 19.00. This is double the average share C5

  • News

    UBC IN JOINT-VENTURE

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    UBC Media Group is making its second move as a digital radio operator by creating joint-venture company UBC Digital to provide content for digital data services. It will join radio consortium

  • News

    CASTAWAYS WANT TO STAY

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Some of the castaways on the island of Taransay taking part in Castaway 2000 have made enquiries about staying on after the lease taken by indie Lion Television expires at the

  • News

    Static allots£5m to original content

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Interactive TV outfit Static 2358 has unveiled a new£5m fund to commission original content for its interactive 24-hour TV channel PlayJam.Static, which expects to launch on Sky Digital at the

  • News

    BBC picks 2nd creative chief

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    BBC events unit executive editor Nick Vaughan-Barrat has been named as the second creative director in the new BBC factual and learning division, with a brief to head events and food, writes Tara Conlan.

  • News

    Einstein ready for UK liftoff in January 2001

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    The Einstein Channel has announced that its new UK launch date will be January 2000 and has started its hunt for programming ideas, writes Simon Ellery.

  • News

    BRUCE GYNGELL

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Bruce Gyngell, who died last week after a long illness, was unquestionably one of the most colourful characters ever to work in the British TV industry.His career was also one of

  • News

    THOROGOOD REPLACES O'BRIEN AT HOME AND LEISURE

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Discovery has named former BBC Choice programming executive Katy Thorogood (right) as the new programming chief for Discovery Home & Leisure. Thorogood, currently series producer for EastEnders, joins the channel in

  • News

    CARLTON APPOINTS LAZARUS AS BUSINESS CONTROLLER

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Carlton Television has appointed WEA Records director of business affairs Steve Lazarus as controller of legal and business affairs, strategy and development within Carlton Productions.He will report to Carlton Productions managing

  • News

    CAPITAL BRINGS CENTURY TO LONDON DIGITAL MULTIPLEX

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Capital Radio is bringing its newly acquired Century Radio brand into the London market by launching it on the CE Digital Multiplex. Century London is the final service to be announced