Small MPU – Page 94
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Bazalgette: small indies need quota
Peter Bazalgette, the head of Big Brotherproducer Endemol, has called on the BBC to commission a set percentage of its output from small producers to prevent 'super-indies' like his putting them out of business.
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Watson does battle with ITV over doc length
Veteran documentary-maker Paul Watson has clashed with ITV over plans for a sequel to his award-winning documentary Malcolm and Barbara, A Love Story.
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Sky sets off on adventure
Sky One has commissioned a new travel show featuring celebrities attempting challenges such as climbing the highest mountain in the Arctic and retracing the 1941 Barbarossa invasion of the Soviet Union.
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NewsFriday Night Project back for second run
Channel 4 appears to have finally found a suitable Friday night format after recommissioning Princess Productions's The Friday Night Project.
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Winterbottom to direct Guantanamo Bay feature for C4
Film director Michael Winterbottom is making his first drama for Channel 4 with a feature-length piece on the three British prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay.
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Five makes film on conman
Five has commissioned Creative Touch Films to make a documentary based on bogus MI5 conman Robert Hendy-Freegard and has signed an exclusive contract with one of his victims.
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Ofcom allows ITV to double up
ITV is set to make further savings in regional programming after Ofcom agreed that it could show the same local programming in ITV West and ITV Westcountry.
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NewsShed cracks BBC with school drama
Shed Productions, the stock market-listed indie behind Footballers' Wives, has bagged its first BBC commission.
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NewsBBC to let local people file news stories
Broken paving stones, litter and parking problems could become the focus of BBC news bulletins under a new scheme to let local people moonlight as TV reporters.
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NewsBBC3 judged best entertainment channel
BBC3 won the Best General Entertainment Channel Award at the inaugural Broadcast Digital Channel Awards last night (Wednesday).
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NewsITV buoyant after fee cut
ITV has scored another major victory after Ofcom agreed to slash its annual licence fee payments by more than half, saving the company at least£135m a year.
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NewsC4 quiz channel to launch on Freeview
Channel 4 is stepping up its commercial activity with plans to launch a live quiz channel on Freeview before the end of the year.
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Feeling the heat at ITV
Claudia Rosencrantz admits to being under pressure at the helm of ITV entertainment after high-profile flops, celebrity overkill and the need to deliver new audiences. But, insists the unflappable entertainment boss, it was ever thus.
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Championing the role of titles
Broadcastgets inside the mindset of the designers as three programme branding pitches are put under the microscope, while below David Wood explains why the end credits have yet to go up on the title sequence market.
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A matter of course
Suzy Bashford discovers how IWC sees training as a vital investment for the future of the firm - and of TV.
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Taking on the news giants
Risk-taker, ambitious and self-confessed news junkie - new ITV News Channel editor Ben Rayner talks tough about the challenges for the future.
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Will film slump hit TV?
With unfavourable exchange rates and the removal of tax breaks hitting profitability, many studio and post businesses which do TV work will be hard hit by the drop in their film work. Michael Grade is no stranger to bad news these days - whether it's in his role as BBC ...
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Giving us a natural high
As the audiences for Andy Murray's Wimbledon run and the Champions League final show, sport still offers us the ultimate in drama and entertainment, writes Lawrence Duffy.
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Slow and steady wins
Is the promise of quick mega bucks behind a rash of commissions for sketch shows, asks Kenton Allen.
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BBC3 defies its critics
Subject to criticism from day one, BBC3 has fought back to fulfil its remit - and pick up a Broadcast Digital Channel Award.