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C4 wins court case
A controversial Channel 4 documentary about a woman with a severe multiple personality disorder is set to air after a high court ruling pronounced that it was not an abuse of human rights. The Steve Boulton Production, Being Pamela,which followed identity disorder sufferer Pamela Edwards for two ...
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NewsThe vital statistics for ITV's Love Island
On the vexed subject of Celebrity Love IslandITV's director of programmes, Nigel Pickard, stated in last week's Broadcast(27.5.05): 'These days it's rarely just about winning and losing, it's about the profile of the audience you're getting.'
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NewsBig Brother takes top spot with 4.6m
Big Brotherlooks to be a hit for Channel 4 once again as last night's show averaged 4.6 million (21.1%), making it the most watched show at 9pm.
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BBC Resources sale put on hold
The BBC's offer to put a sale of BBC Resources on hold for two years following last week's strike has been welcomed by the industry but has rekindled concerns over BBC sweeteners.
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Lime sees colour of M2's money in£750,000 set-up
M2 financial director John Tadros is pumping over£750,000 into vfx start-up Lime.
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BBC tapeless trials near final hurdle
The BBC has confirmed that the lucrative preferred solutions slots being battled over by Sony and Panasonic are still open to competition.
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BB producer award
Big Brothersenior producer Melissa Brown was among those honoured at the Broadcast Young Talent Awards at the National Film Theatre last week. Head of More4 Peter Dale presented Brown - who has been employed as a senior producer by Endemol on flagship shows such as Big ...
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EPGs to boost radio
The digital radio handheld market will change the way radio operates within three years and may bring subscription radio stations within five, said industry chiefs last week. Electronic programme guides (EPGs) similar to Sky+ will be available on handheld devices within 12 months and will open up new ways for ...
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Win free HD Day
Visitors to this week's Broadcast Production Show, which has pre-registered more than 20,000 delegates, can win a day's free equipment and crewing from kit supplier Infinite Vision. The company will be work with manufacturer Panasonic to produce high-definition footage at the show.
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Digidesign launch
Digidesign is launching the Icon D-Command console this Monday (6 June). The smaller format addition to Digidesign's Icon control surface family will be on show at the Courthouse Hotel, Great Marlborough Street, W1. The new version of ProTools, launched at NAB, will be shown for the first time in the ...
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Input footie win
Input Video has won the creative sports sequence of the year award for the Chelsea versus Arsenal game build-up that it produced for Granada Sport. The game, which was billed as 'London's biggest derby ever' saw the teams clash in the quarter finals
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Emap creates sexy look for FHM
Emap Performance Design along with creative agency UP has produced the identity package for the FHM music TV channel. The spots, which feature female models in suggestive poses while assuming male-centric jobs, were designed to fulfil FHM's core values: 'sexy, stylish and useful'. The promo was shot in a studio ...
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Sixfootsix produces ITVi promo
Sixfootsix has designed and produced a promo and branding package to push ITV's interactive games service. The newly created logo is used in each sequence tying itself in with the games that the red button service can provide, such as pool, darts and solitaire. Characters from the games also interact ...
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Aquarium dubs Beethoven
Aquarium has completed audio and online post on BBC documentary drama Beethoven. The 3 x 60-minute series, presented by conductor Charles Hazlewood, follows eyewitness accounts of Beethoven's life and legendary compositions. Audio recordings of Beethoven playing alongside an orchestra were made on set and passed on ...
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Target to distribute Imago output
Norwich-based indie Imago Productions has signed an exclusive three-year output deal with Target Entertainment.
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Five's supersize she gets US outing
Supersize She, Special Edition Films' documentary about female bodybuilding for Five, has been sold to TLC in the US as part of a series of sales tied up by RDF Rights. The indie has also shifted its BBC1 documentary series Windsor: The Queen's Castleto NRK Norway ...
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Worldwide sales for C4I disaster films
Channel 4 International has made a slew of international sales for Pioneer Productions' two disaster documentaries Krakatoaand The Wave That Shook the World. Krakatoa, a 60-minute film which aired on C4 in January, has been shifted to six ...
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Strawberry picks up real housewives
Distributor Strawberry Entertainment has picked up the international rights to Scarlet Television's Five show Real Life Desperate Housewives. The 60-minute show, which spotlights the lives of various 'privileged' British housewives, is set to air on Five next Thursday (9 June).
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Granada poaches senior BBC executive
Granada International has poached senior BBC acquisitions executive Helen Fox Gladwell to head its business affairs team. Currently BBC head of business and legal affairs programme acquisition, Fox Gladwell will report to Granada International chief Nadine Nohr. She will be joined by James Penny, who moves across from Granada's business ...
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Kudos wins first ITV work
Kudos, the indie behind BBC1 drama hits Spooksand Hustle, has secured its first ITV commission with a psychological thriller.