Sunset+Vine has appointed Peter Angell as Chief Executive. He joins the company on November 1st. Angell has operated as an independent sports media consultant since 2020 after 8 years in the role of SVP, Global Media Production at Lagardére Sports (now Sportfive) where he was overall responsible for global media operations and productions. Before that […]
Sky Media, the advertising arm of Sky, has announced digital financial services provider Remitly, and sleep specialists Simba, as co-sponsors of Channel 5’s daily highlights of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. The new partnership launches on October 5th and runs for the duration of the tournament to November 19th. The renowned and hotly […]
Sports producer Sunset+Vine has been announced as the production partner for all England games at the forthcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. Producing a total of 14 highlights shows, Sunset+Vine will deliver coverage for Channel 5 from the World Cup in India, including all of England’s nine group games. Additionally, the producer will cover the […]
Crackit Productions has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce a new hi-octane police series, Police 999: Clear & Present Danger (working title). The new 6 x 60 part series takes viewers into the heart of modern-day policing in Britain. With access to shocking bodycam footage, the series steps into the shoes of officers on the frontline to get a unique understanding of the most extreme incidents police officers face on the streets […]
Channel 5 has ordered a new 3 x 60’ part series which reveals the incredible way bodies work in Wonders of the Human Body, produced by Glasgow production company Storyboard Studios. The three-part series will be presented by health guru and science journalist Dr Michael Mosley as he sets out to decode the marvel of design and engineering […]
Channel 5 has announced a partnership with Sky to bring daily highlights of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 to free-to-air TV for fans across the UK. The event takes place from October 5th to November 19th in India where ten teams will battle is out across 47 games and England are set to […]
Following a period of consultation, Ofcom has announced that it will not remove the stricter TV advertising rules that apply only to commercially-funded public service broadcasters at this time. All UK broadcasters are subject to restrictions on the quantity and scheduling of advertising on their channels. But the commercial public service broadcasting (PSB) channels – […]
The UK’s public service broadcasters’ latest collaboration will see them develop a new free TV service designed to deliver live TV over broadband. For the first time for free, British viewers will be able easily to browse and watch live TV channels together with on-demand content streamed straight to their smart TV via the Internet. […]
Lion Television, the producer of specialist and factual content, has appointed Daniel Pearl as its new Creative Director. Pearl joins from Paramount where he was Commissioning Editor of Unscripted for Paramount+ and Channel 5. He has previously held a number of senior roles at the BBC and Channel 4. During his career Pearl has produced […]
Brighton and Newcastle based indie Middlechild Productions have appointed Gursharan Singh Nijjar as their new Head of Factual. Gursh was the series producer on Middlechild’s hit series Coastguard: Every Second Counts for Channel 5 which is set to return for series two early next year. Middlechild’s MD, David Sumnall said: “Despite all the challenges in the industry, we’ve had a really positive […]