Small MPU – Page 63
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Sky poaches Discovery exec for factual role
Sky One has poached Discovery Channel executive Emma Read to become commissioning editor for specialist factual.
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Smith to edit Watchdog
Sandy Smith, the BBC current affairs producer nominated for a Bafta for his film on the Brighton bomb at the 1984 Tory party conference, has been appointed editor of Watchdog.
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BBC creative director takes over at Community Channel
The Community Channel has hired the former creative director at BBC learning, Nick Ware, as its new channel controller.
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Five weighs up multichannel options
Five is looking to launch a crime channel or a female-skewed lifestyle channel, as it gears up to make its first step into multichannel television.
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Mason quits ITV Interactive
ITV Interactive commissioner Debbie Mason has unexpectedly quit the broadcaster with no job to go to after only seven months.
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New Tricks secures first ever BBC double
The BBC has handed an unprecedented double series commission to Wall to Wall's detective drama New Tricks, in what it claimed is a move to give more security to indies.
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NewsSky One kicks off sports doc series
Sky One is to inject more sports programming into its schedule with a new long-running documentary strand, which will include profiles of some of sport's biggest stars.
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NewsGoodwin to go it alone
Daisy Goodwin, who quit her role as Talkback editorial director this week, looks set to start her own independent production company after admitting she did not want to work for anyone else.
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NewsLygo is C4's top earner
Channel 4 director of television Kevin Lygo has emerged as the broadcaster's highest paid executive, pulling in£589,000 in 2004.
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NewsStrike forces Today and Newsnight off air
The BBC is preparing to pull its two flagship news programmes, Todayand Newsnight, off the air on Monday as thousands of staff walk out on strike.
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NewsUS buys again from UK
British producers strengthened their grip on US network schedules this week with the BBC, RDF Media, Ricochet and Granada all picking up recommissions.
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NewsC4 unveils£188m for buying spree
Channel 4 has amassed a war chest of£188m and plans to use the bulk of it to fund a buying spree of other companies.
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Man with a plan
Andy Duncan had his doubters when he took over as Channel 4 chief, but a year on he can point to groundbreaking programmes, a more ambitious multichannel strategy and greater profitability. But can he provide the kind of inspirational leadership that the likes of Isaacs and Grade could? By James ...
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Striking a blow for BBC staff
Union boss Gerry Morrissey knows the planned strikes at the BBC could be unpopular with the public, but he says that the future of the corporation is at stake.
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Breaking out of the box
As the phone operators eagerly await 3G's killer app, the opportunities to create content seem perfect for the current generation of digital-literate animators, writes Ruth Fielding
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Trash course
Forget university and highbrow art - you'll learn more by watching downmarket television, says Steven D Wright.
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ITV's ultimate tussle
ITV has been criticised for lacking clout in Westminster circles, but it is winning its battle with Ofcom to reduce its£200m a year fee for its analogue slot, which it describes as a
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The talent spotters
Next week, Broadcast and Skillset will unveil the winner of the company development award, which is given to the organisation that has done most to nurture new talent. Broadcast
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Bristol gets a grip on animation
How has Bristol managed to establish itself as an internationally recognised centre for both the production of and training in animation? By Michael Burns.
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Finding local solutions
Commercial radio needs to pool resources locally in order to challenge the national dominance of the BBC, says Paul Robinson