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NewsGravedigger commission for Bristol indie
Bristol-based indie Available Light has won its biggest commission from the BBC to date, a 10 x 30-minute BBC2 series on a West Country gravedigger. Johnny's Kingdom - A Year on Exmoor, looks at the National Park through the eyes of gravedigger turned film-maker Kingdom. ...
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Time Team to excavate royal gardens
Channel 4 has commissioned indies Wildfire Television and Videotext to produce a Time Teamspecial to mark the Queen's 80th birthday in August. Producers of Time Team: Big Royal Dighave secured unprecedented access to excavate gardens at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle ...
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Sixties shown through eyes of Beatles
UKTV History is to explore British society in the sixties through the music and lives of the Beatles. Each episode of the 5 x 60-minute documentary series called The Beatles Decade, will take a particular era in the band's history, looking at the various themes ...
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NewsWho is the most creative of all?
Broadcastunveils its creative report identifying the most acclaimed programmes, channels and production companies
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NewsPEER POLL: Creativity
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is BBC1 Britain's most creative channel?
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NewsTop Gear speeds off with 6.1m
BBC2's popular motoring show Top Gear was back in the fast lane last night as 6.1m (23.3%) tuned in at 8pm for the new series, more than the start of the previous run.
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NewsDamazer rejects C4 criticism
BBC4 Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer has rejected Channel 4's claim that the station is too focussed on older, middle class listeners and has accused C4 of exploiting the “myth” for commercial purposes.
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NewsBBC presents radical plan to share resources
The BBC has made an unprecedented offer to share some of its resources with its commercial rivals in its submission to Ofcom for the regulator's report into the future of PSB in the UK.
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NewsOfcom: EastEnders gave kids sleepless nights
Ofcom has slammed the BBC for giving children sleepless nights following the Easter weekend episodes of EastEnders that featured character Max Branning being buried alive.
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NewsRichard & Judy to appear at Edinburgh
Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan will discuss their move from Channel 4 to UKTV with Nick Ferrari at this year's MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsBBC NI to create marriage bootcamp
Green Inc Film & Television will attempt to cure husbands of their bad habits by sending them to a “marriage bootcamp” for a BBC Northern Ireland show.
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NewsTV critics 23 June '08
'... which, in its current incarnation I cannot bring myself to love.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsRussian victory brings success for ITV1
Russia's convincing 3-1 victory over The Netherlands in Euro 2008 gave ITV1 an average audience of 7.6m viewers (37.9%) for the actual match at 7.45pm.
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NewsS4C launches kids service
Welsh broadcaster S4C launched its new service for preschool viewers this morning and we have the opening minutes to view here.
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NewsThompson resists BBCW profit share with C4
BBC director general Mark Thompson has sent out his clearest signal yet that the corporation will try and resist any deal to siphon off a percentage of profits from BBC Worldwide to Channel 4.
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NewsBBC proposals may change economics of broadcasting
The BBC could “transform the economics of the entire [broadcasting] sector” with a raft of new proposals, director general Mark Thompson has claimed
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NewsBBC in discussion to set IPTV standard
The BBC is in talks with other public service broadcasters to agree a standard technology that would make IPTV content available on traditional television sets.
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NewsITV planning pay channel in Asia
ITV plans to launch a pan-Asian pay TV channel and is previewing the offering to broadcasters in the region.
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NewsDigital radio switchover by 2020
The radio industry could see all services migrated to digital by 2020, according to Digital Radio Working Group (DRWG).