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NewsPEER POLL: Parkinson
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Was ITV right to poach Parkinson?
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NewsLook familiar to you?
Ofcom last week claimed viewers are weary of copycat programming and identikit schedules, but is it the regulator's problem or up to the broadcasters to put their own houses in order, says Peter Keighron.
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10 Years Younger (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
?The whole process is like taking a sound but dirty car, washing it, knocking out the dents, polishing it so it shi...
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10 Years Younger (C4) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'I disliked Hambleton-Jones who has one of those grating South African accents that set my teeth on edge.'...
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10 Years Younger (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'The programme gave its message of hope to women everywhere: You too can look years younger - all you need is to be...
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10 Years Younger (C4) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian
'The whole thing has been a miserable failure.?...
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Charlotte Church - Spreading her Wings (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
?Chris Terrill makes his films as an ?embed?, getting so close to his subjects that they start to address the camer...
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BSkyB explores tapeless future
BSkyB has taken a significant step towards becoming a tapeless broadcaster with the purchase of Sony's XDCam disk-based production equipment and its automated robotic playout system, writes Rick Dacey.
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China Blue adds£250,000 ProTools HD studio
Audio post house China Blue is investing nearly£250,000 in constructing a 5.1 ProTools HD studio with the aim of bolstering client retention, writes Rick Dacey
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The Station hires Avid op
Avid DS operator Carl Greep has joined The Station. Greep, who has previously worked at Red and Red Square, is joining the graphics department headed by chief designer Sharon Spencer. The appointment topped off a period of significant expansion for the D'Arblay Street facility, which has opened a second office ...
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Royal approval
Software developer Curious and wireless camera innovator Link Research have each been rewarded for business innovation with the Queen's Award for Enterprise. Curious, an eight-person software company based in London, received its award for its World Map software, which enables users to create broadcast quality still and animated maps. Link ...
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Sky buys pinnacles
BSkyB has bought two Pinnacle DekoCasts to create 'automated interstitials' during ad breaks on the international feed of Sky News. The new machines will take info from Sky News data streams
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BBC buys final cut
BBC Technology has added Apple's Final Cut Pro HD editing software to the workflow for its Colledia production product. Colledia - which enables production staff to access electronically stored tapeless material on a shared IT platform - will be rolled out across the BBC over the next five to 10 ...
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DGP adds dvd site
Soho facility DGP is adding a second site to allow it to do more DVD work at its current premises. Last year, the company produced masters for over 60 million DVDs. The company is the only Warner Bros DVD affiliate in the UK and uses its recommended Toshiba authoring kit. ...
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Tips for directors
The tips section in last week's feature 'Crews take aim' (Broadcast, 23.4.04) should have been credited to Ian Sands. For more information on 'Keeping crews happy', see www.iansands.co.uk/links/crew.
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Heggessey tests Saturday shows
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has commissioned three entertainment shows from BBC Scotland as part of a drive to boost the channel's Saturday night performance.
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Tony Martin set to appear in C4 film
Tony Martin, the Norfolk farmer who was jailed for killing a 16-year-old burglar, is to take part in a Channel 4 documentary, which looks at the downside of life in the country, writes Glen Mutel.
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Discovery delves into fertility
Discovery Health has commissioned two 'tear-jerker' shows examining fertility issues, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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ITV1 doc boasts abba exclusives
Reclusive Abba star Agnetha Faltskog has given her first major interview since the break-up of the band in 1981 in a major ITV1 documentary. The 90-minute Super Troupers - 30 Years of Abba, made by indie Iambic, will also feature fellow band member Frida Lyngstad singing Dancing Queen for the ...
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Five commissions Russ meyer doc
Brian Waddell Productions is to look at the career of controversial film-maker Russ Meyer (above) in an hour-long documentary for Five. The working-titled Russ Meyer: the King of Sexploitation which will air later this year, will feature mixture of archive footage and interviews with both celebrity admirers of Meyer's work ...