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Posted at 7:00pm Dec 31, 1969
C21 Media is an international publishing company specialising in worldwide television, media, and associated business information.
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| Sandberg conspires with Kring |
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Posted at 7:00pm Dec 31, 1969
THE C21 INTERVIEW: Christopher Sandberg, CEO of The Company P, talks to C21TV about how his work with Tim Kring on The Conspiracy For Good has spawned a new form of social multimedia entertainment designed to change the narrative form. Click through to view.
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| Lagardère Entertainment ups Candilis |
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Posted at 7:00pm Dec 31, 1969
France's Lagardère Entertainment has promoted senior VP of audiovisual production Takis Candilis to chairman and CEO, following the departure of Arnaud Molinié.
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| MTV UK poaches BBC's Brookman |
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Posted at 7:00pm Dec 31, 1969
MTV Networks UK and Ireland has hired BBC Vision head of fiction and children's Vanessa Brookman as VP of programming.
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| Virgin Media unwraps online VoD player |
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Posted at 7:00pm Dec 31, 1969
UK cable platform Virgin Media has unveiled its first online and mobile TV video-on-demand service, Virgin Media Player, which it is launching in beta today.
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| Sky strikes exclusive HBO output deal |
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Posted at 7:00pm Dec 31, 1969
BSkyB has acquired HBO's entire TV catalogue and is stepping up its commitment to original home-grown comedy as it reports a rise in annual revenue and profit.
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| NHNZ, Nat Geo dig Terracotta special |
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Posted at 7:00pm Dec 31, 1969
Kiwi prodco NHNZ has gained exclusive access to the Terracotta Warrior Museum Conservation Lab in Xian, China, for a new documentary coproduced with National Geographic Channels International.
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| Comedy Central heads to Israel |
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Posted at 7:00pm Dec 31, 1969
Viacom-owned MTV Networks International is launching Comedy Central in Israel, with the channel scheduled to hit screens on January 1, 2011.
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| S4C CEO exits as budget cut looms |
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Posted at 7:00pm Dec 31, 1969
S4C's CEO Iona Jones has left the troubled Welsh public broadcaster following a meeting with the network's governing body yesterday.
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| Kinetic, STV agree formats venture |
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Posted at 7:00pm Dec 31, 1969
STV Productions, the production arm of Scottish broadcaster STV Group, has signed a formats swap deal with US prodco Kinetic Content.
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Posted at 7:00pm Dec 31, 1969
ITV-owned UK children's diginet CiTV has commissioned local start-up Archie Productions to make a new studio-based magazine review show.
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| Nat Geo to explore Egypt, Britain |
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Posted at 7:00pm Dec 31, 1969
National Geographic Channel has commissioned two coproduction specials - a factual heist comedy set in ancient Egypt and a Tony Robinson-fronted history special about the formation of Britain.
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| C4, NBCU plan autumn Event |
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Posted at 7:00pm Dec 31, 1969
Channel 4 has acquired the UK premiere broadcast rights to US conspiracy drama series The Event from NBC Universal International Television Distribution.
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Posted at 7:00pm Dec 31, 1969
The tail end of 2010 will make for a fascinating scrap between the major platforms in the UK marketplace, with BSkyB having made its move into IPTV-delivered video-on-demand, Virgin Media reintroducing TiVo and Project Canvas appearing on the horizon, writes Jonathan Webdale.
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| RDA pins down wrestling sales |
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Posted at 7:00pm Dec 31, 1969
UK-based sports programming distributor RDA TV has sold a string of wrestling shows to broadcasters around the world.
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