Collinson Street
Thursday, November 26, 2009 by Graham Kibble-White · 3 Comments
ITV has announced former Doctor Who producer Phil Collinson is to become producer on Coronation Street. Read more
2009 – How was it for you?
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 by Graham Kibble-White · 5 Comments
Alongside planned end-of-the-decade business, OTT is hunkering down once again to prepare its review of the year’s television.
And, as always, we’d really like your contribution. Jack Kibble-White will be putting together the finished piece (and to see previous years, click here) so please email him your comments, essays, paeans and poison pen letters to him by Tuesday December 15 (erm, 2009).
Jack’s address is jack@tvcream.co.uk.
Psycho 2
Friday, November 20, 2009 by Graham Kibble-White · Comments Off
Psychoville is to return, according to a press release from the BBC. Read more
Be screening you
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 by Graham Kibble-White · 1 Comment
ITV1 launched its remake of The Prisoner to British press last night at the Odeon West End in London’s Leicester Square, screening the first two episodes to journalists.
Written by Bill Gallagher (Lark Rise to Candleford, Out of the Blue) and co-produced with America’s AMC, it’s a worthwhile undertaking indeed, despite the huge expectation the project provokes. In an era when US TV is big on puzzles and ellipitical plotting, The Prisoner fits in very well indeed. And what it really has in its favour is this version is a series, with a finite run (six episodes) and a definite end. So there’s no fear of a plot in flux, as showrunners consider the possibility of further seasons. We will get answers. Read more
Doctor Who
Sunday, November 15, 2009 by Jack Kibble-White · 3 Comments
What is Doctor Who without hope? Read more
Who goes there
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 by Ian Jones · 2 Comments
The BBC has done a deal with MSN to make various archive Dr Who stories available to watch online.
Now Three is Five
Sunday, November 1, 2009 by Graham Kibble-White · Comments Off
So it’s happy fifth birthday, today, to ITV3. And a tip of the hat to ITV4 which is also celebrating – four years of service.
By way of a tribute, one-man OTT-updating machine Dominic Small returns with a history of ITV’s digital strategy. From ONDigital, to ITV2, there have certainly been ups and downs. As Dominic reminds us, the network’s nascent dabbles in the digital market weren’t very successful…
“ITV regional operators did dip their toes into the satellite pool quite early on, with mixed results. Many of the ITV franchisees of the time worked together to launch a new UK-based satellite channel with Europe-wide broadcast, though this pioneering venture – Superchannel – was not as successful as had been hoped and later ended up in the hands of an Italian firm, and subsequently the American broadcaster NBC, who dumped much of the UK content for US-produced output.”
For more, Read the feature »