US-based channel operator Scripps Networks Interactive is to acquire Travel Channel International Limited (TCI), a UK-based company that distributes the Travel Channel Int’l across EMEA and Asia Pacific.
Kimberly-Clark’s Huggies nappy brand is back on TV with its biggest advertising campaign in four years.
Channel 4 has appointed the BBC’s Damian Kavanagh as Head of Features and Factual Formats.
In a speech to the Royal Television Society last week, BBC DG Mark Thompson confirmed plans for an iTunes-style download service that will allow viewers to buy programmes after they’ve aired on TV.
There is optimism this week that the UK Chancellor George Osborne is going to unveil tax breaks for British drama productions in his budget (Wednesday March 21).
Following a successful pilot project last year, Film4 has again linked up with screen agency Northern Film & Media and Skillset behind Film4ward, a scheme that will give emerging filmmakers the chance to take part in a 12 week creative & commercial mentoring programme.
Following the success of Stargazing and Lambing Live, BBC Two has announced Volcano Live, a four-part series presented by Kate Humble and Professor Iain Stewart.
Disney’s John Carter hasn’t had a very good reception at box office or among critics. But that shouldn’t detract from the achievement of Cinesite, which completed 800 visual effects shots and converted 87 minutes into 3D.
Series five of acclaimed US drama Mad Men launches next week on Sky Atlantic. And to celebrate, Sky has come up with a neat promotion that will see breaks during the debut transmission of the show only run 1960s ads.
BBC3 has unveiled a new business-based show called Be Your Own Boss. Commissioned by BBC3 controller Zai Bennett and Alan Tyler, Executive Editor Entertainment Commissioning, from TwoFour, the show is about finding groups of friends with killer ideas, hungry for major investment.
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