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ITV1 idents get festive makeover
The Hive has created new graphics for the ITV1 festive season. The network logo's blue and yellow blocks transform to become animated 'fairy-light characters' that flick around the screen. The CGI images will be incorporated into all the channel's idents and break bumpers throughout the Christmas period. Creative director Phil ...
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Emap spoofs 1970s for Kerrang!
Emap TV Design, Up Creative and Conkerco have produced idents for the Kerrang! music channel. The 4 x 30-second spots are based on 1970s public information broadcast warnings in a style reminiscent of Little Britain. The threat of caravan fatalities and rabies are parodied ...
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The harder path
Mark Thompson's plans may make him unpopular but tough love is what is needed to secure the BBC's future.
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NewsRevolution at the BBC
Anger over 15% budget cut - Unions threaten strike action - Staff feel 'betrayed'
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NewsManchester move mired in uncertainty
The plans for the BBC's Manchester move had been so heavily leaked that there were few surprises for BBC staff - apart from a timetable that gives them five years to make a decision whether to go.
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NewsSelling off the silver
In what was probably the least surprising announcement made on Tuesday, Mark Thompson confirmed that BBC Broadcast is to be sold and partners sought for BBC Resources.
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NewsThe view on the ground
'I feel betrayed. There is a deep sense that we have been sold down the river to keep the government happy.'
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NewsITV plans gaming channel launch
An interactive gaming channel is set to be the fourth channel launch from ITV.
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NewsTown House names team for Five Trisha show
Town House Productions, the indie behind Trisha Goddard's new daytime show, has assembled the senior production team for her forthcoming Five series.
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BBC investigates richest Russians
BBC2 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a raft of documentaries and contemporary factual series from indies, including a hard-hitting look at the rise of the Russian oligarchs.
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NewsThompson wanted 600 factual cuts
BBC director general Mark Thompson planned to cut 600 jobs from the factual and learning department, but was convinced by its director John Willis that the consequences would have been 'disastrous'.
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NewsBBC1's Hungerford doc draws 5.9m
BBC1's chilling documentary The Hungerford Massacre pulled in the viewers from 9pm-10pm peaking at 5.9 million (27%) at the end.
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NewsUnions threaten action at BBC
All three unions at the BBC have threatened co-ordinated 'disruptive action' if any section of the corporation is threatened with compulsory redundancies.
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NewsDe Mol takes stake in Hit
Endemol founder John de Mol has taken a 5% stake in Hit Entertainment sparking renewed speculation over ownership of the children's indie.
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NewsAd revenue up at Jetix
Pan-European kids entertainment group Jetix Europe has posted a 12% rise in revenue thanks to a hike in advertising sales during 2004.
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NewsBBC staff consider their futures
BBC staff were this morning considering their futures following director general Mark Thompson's announcement yesterday that at least 2,900 of them will soon be out of a job and another 1,800 will have to re-locate from London to Manchester.
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NewsBBC's The Culture Show accused of titles rip-off
A German broadcaster has complained that the opening titles for BBC2's new The Culture Showare strikingly similar to that of its leading arts strand.
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NewsPEER POLL SPECIAL: BBC shake-up
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Will the BBC emerge stronger from the job cuts and measures being proposed by Mark Thompson?
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NewsI'm a Celebrity final gets 10.9m
The final of ITV1's reality show I'm a Celebrity? Get Me Out of Here! averaged 10.9 million, a fall of 3.2 million from the last series.