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NewsOfcom lifts free-to-air rule
Ofcom this week opened the door for more pay-TV services on the Digital Terrestrial TV platform. The regulator has decided to lift a requirement that all channels carried on the digital multiplexes B, C, and D are free to air.
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NewsITV beats C4 to snare new Bond
ITV has snapped up the exclusive terrestrial rights to new James Bond film Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig in his first outing as 007, beating stiff competition from Channel 4.
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NewsIndies court Kudos owners
Super-indies RDF Media, All3Media, Shed and TWI are circling Kudos as the Life on Mars producer weighs up its future options.
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NewsRights issue goes mobile
Mobile phone companies have used Ofcom's TV production sector review to demand clarity over rights to show content on phones.
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Show us their money
What do Dame Sue Street, a former senior civil servant, and Chris Moyles, the Radio 1 DJ, have in common? The answer is a. not much, and b. their salaries were disclosed by the national press in the past week.
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I want that one...
As delegates of the National Association of Broadcasting prepare for the 10-hour flight to Vegas this week, Adrian Penningtonfinds out what's on their shopping list
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Still a lot of Living to do
Claudia Rosencrantz has traded her top job at ITV for running Living TV. But how will the doyenne of entertainment handle life in the multichannel world?
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Is HDV the way ahead for docs?
HDV camcorders are fast becoming a must as a second or field camera on many factual productions. But camera operators have complained about the format's quality and, while it's been flagged as a pure HD technology, most HD broadcasters only accept up to 25% HDV material. ...
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Four into one makes...?
As the newly merged NTL/Telewest adds Virgin Mobile to its business, it's making plans to pioneer TV, telephony and broadband under one brand. Lucy Rouseasks whether the 'four-play' package will add up
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More money than sense?
When the BBC unveiled its bid for a new licence fee last October it enthusiastically clapped itself on the back for being prepared to do its sums in public. For BBC chairman Michael Grade it was yet another example of the secretive old BBC throwing open its doors to external ...
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Morgan exposes celeb sackings
Piers Morgan is returning to BBC1 to reveal the stories behind the high-profile sackings of celebrities including Linford Christie and Vinnie Jones.
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Sunset + Vine lays down pack of poker shows
Sunset + Vine has secured orders for five gaming series from Challenge in a deal understood to be worth more than£4m.
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Sky One makes explosive history
Sky One is tracing the history of all things explosive in a new documentary series presented by The Fast Show's Mark Williams (pictured). Made by Granite Films Production, Mark Williams' Big Bangs is a 4 x - 60-minute series in ...
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Sky Sports trials Arri super-slo-mo prototype
Sky Sports is trialling a prototype high-speed camera which captures 1,080 progressive images at 300 frames per second and could displace orders for next generation Sony and Grass Valley super-slow-motion cameras, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Resolution goes to Movies
Resolution has produced the titles and programme graphics for Diverse's Greatest Ever Movies, a 6 x 180-minute series about six genres of film - comedy, disaster, blockbuster, romantic, 1980s and horror - counting down the top 40. Creative director Darren Marshall designed, animated and composited ...
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Sumners fires up Shootout
Sumners has created the titles for Suburban Shootout, an 8 x 30-minute co-production from Five, Paramount Comedy, Feelgood Fiction and Oxygen. The series is a Desperate Housewives-style black comedy set in the home counties. Designers Alan O'Brien and Anthony Scott ...
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Vizrt signs BBC deal
Graphics specialist Vizrt has signed a four-year deal with the BBC to provide it with live rendered 3D graphics systems. The deal, worth between£1m and£2m, will enable the BBC to buy Vizrt graphics software at reduced rates. Networked news programmes and the larger national and regional stations are expected to ...
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Tigress stalks yeti for Animal Planet
Bristol-based factual indie Tigress Productions has secured a commission from Animal Planet US to produce a major new programme on the search to uncover the yeti.
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ID scores flurry of Landmark sales at MipTV
ID Distribution has secured a number of sales for regional indie Landmark Films on the back of MipTV.
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Fremantle brings back quiz classics
Fremantle Media wants to capitalise on its upcoming US version of ITV1's Gameshow Marathon for CBS by reviving other classic quiz formats from its extensive library.