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NewsFive takes fishing to the extreme
Five is to tackle some of the world's wildest marine life in Extreme Fishing with Robson Green.
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NewsBBC2 lines up ‘19th century Entourage'
BBC2 is to lay bare the sex and drugs lifestyle of the Pre-Raphaelite artists, in a “rude gang drama” pitched as a 19th century Entourage.
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UKTV shuffles its station controllers
UKTV has appointed Adrian Wills as channel head of UKTV People and Richard Kingsbury as channel head of UKTV History in preparation for the network's 2009 rebrand.
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NewsBritish tech firms make strong Olympic showing
British technology and facilities companies are taking their expertise to Beijing to help provide broadcasters with unilateral coverage of the Olympics, which starts Friday 8 August.
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NewsBBC beds down HD facility for Beijing
BBC Sport and BBC Resources have constructed a 1,500sq m multiplatform HD production facility in Beijing to produce tele-vision and interactive coverage of the Olympics.
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NewsDVCPro HD records Games
Host broadcast feeds provided by Beijing Olympic Broadcasting (BOB) at the Games will be produced using Panasonic DVCPro P2 HD solid-state cameras and recorders.
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LDK 8300 on slo-mo team
At least 40 of the new LDK 8300 HD Super SloMo cameras from Thomson Grass Valley will be in use at the Olympic venues around Beijing.
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Avid workflow for NBC
Avid Technology has installed an end-to-end editing workflow for NBC's coverage of the Beijing Olympics.
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FOR-A supplies converters
HD frame-rate converters from FOR-A are part of the global delivery chain of the Olympic coverage with NBC, CBC and TSN all using FRC-7000 converters.
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TV critics 7 August ‘08
“Eye-popping, absorbing and at times even a little scary, this is wildlife film-making at its very best.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsProfits rise at Virgin Media as customers fall
Virgin Media beat market expectations for underlying profit in the second quarter despite losing 19,500 customers.
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NewsTrinny and Susannah stripped of viewers
ITV1's style gurus Trinny and Susannah look to be going out of fashion as last night's Undress the Nation only averaged 2.5m (11.9%), the show's lowest audience featuring the presenters since they moved to the commercial network.
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NewsBBC's Merlin heading Down Under
Australia's Network 10 has picked up the broadcast rights to the BBC1 fantasy drama Merlin from FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME).
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NewsSky One grabs JJ Abrams' Fringe
Sky One has secured the rights to the new US drama series from JJ Abrams, the producer behind Lost, Alias and the forthcoming Star Trek movie.
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NewsMarr to cover Big Bang for R4
BBC Radio 4 has been granted exclusive access to the CERN control room to cover physicists trying to recreate the aftermath of the Big Bang.
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NewsTV critics 8 August ‘08
“The Farrelly brothers are credited as co-executive producers. But the kings of grossout have lost their mucky crown here.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsGoldhawk Media launches childbirth channel
The indie that made ITV's Special Babies has launched an ad-funded internet television channel that it will use to launch most of its new programmes.
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NewsCricket scores for Five
Kevin Pietersen's first day as England captain got off on the right foot last night, as Five's coverage of the fourth Test averaged 969,000 (5.2%), the channel's second highest cricket audience so far this year.
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NewsITV2 pulls off a Mission: Impossible
ITV2's Hollywood blockbuster movie Mission: Impossible II pulled in its highest audience to date of 568,000 viewers (3.73%) last night at 9pm, despite having aired three times on the channel in the past.
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NewsClarkson and BBCW form joint venture
The BBC has formed a joint venture with Jeremy Clarkson and Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman that will see the pair take a cut from international sales of the show.