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NewsPEER POLL: 'corporate cringe'
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Does the BBC's journalism suffer from 'corporate cringe'?
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When his luck ran out
Steve Hewlett says Greg Dyke's autobiography shows how personally he took the BBC's feud with Labour, but crucial errors left him vulnerable when the governors turned against him
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Bullen and Target unable to reach deal
Target Entertainment has gone back to the drawing board over the management strategy for its new production arm, after failing to agree terms with former Carlton executive Nick Bullen, who had been lined up to run it.
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Ulster TV on the up
Ulster Television has revealed that it expects to keep up double-digit growth ad sales for the rest of the year, following the release of its interim results. The broadcaster said that its TV ad revenues would increase by around 14% in the third quarter, well above the ITV network average ...
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VMI purchase
Soho-based VMI has bought a high-definition DLA-HD2K projector from JVC. The addition of the projector will provide a state-of-the-art HD cinema for clients to view rushes and HD final edits. The HD-2K projector has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 with a total of 6.3 million pixels, and a contrast ...
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Sky Puts the reality slot on Limos
Sky One has commissioned a reality series following the lives of limousine drivers in the UK. Made by Landmark Films, the 6 x 6-minute Limo Fever will spotlight the owners of limousine companies and their clients. Series produced by Rod Parker and directed by Jon ...
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Kirkegaard move
Sean Kirkegaard, the former head of Fremantle Media format shop Ignition, has joined Australian indie Beyond Productions. He has been made vice-president, development, entertainment and reality and will be based in Sydney. He is also a consultant to Nation 217.
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Investment plans
Presteigne Broadcast Hire has bought high-definition equipment to satisfy an upsurge in demand for the format. The recent purchase of four Sony HDC-950C2 high-def cameras and two HDCam recorders brings Presteigne's HD investment to more than£2.2m this year. One of the HD cameras was dry hired by the BBC for ...
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MD post for Graves
General manager Rupert Graves has been promoted to managing director of TSI TX. The position has been created for Graves and will see his responsibilities expand as he takes a seat on the TSI TX board of directors, a place that he deserves, according to TSI managing director Simon Peach, ...
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UK Post to go on tour of regions
Post-production trade body UK Post is to embark on a nationwide roadshow in order to boost regional membership and address the concerns of regional members.
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Fremantle in Japanese joint-venture
Fremantle Media has set up a joint-venture in Japan with Vogue Planet. Fremantle Media Japan will look to secure new production and ancillary rights opportunities in the region and is currently producing Mirai Model for commercial broadcaster TV Tokyo.
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Football League sues solicitors
The Football League is suing legal advisers over the ITV Digital fiasco. High Court proceedings have been initiated against Hammonds Solicitors (previously known as Edge Ellison), which helped put together a three-season live rights deal worth£315m in 2000. The League's proceedings claim that 'during the negotiation and completion of the ...
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Five opts for IMS
Five has signed up access service provider Independent Media Support Group (IMS) to continue supplying its subtitling services until December 2009. IMS has supplied subtitling for Five since 2001 and also supplies subtitling for BSkyB. Ofcom announced in July that all channels that have greater than 0.05% of market ...
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Filmlight kit sale
Soho post-production facilities Molinare and Framestore CFC have both bought Filmlight's new Baselight 8 grading system. The kit, which costs from Eu130,000 (£88,568), has been designed to be used as a 'hero suite' for high-end film grading.
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Scottish TV orders feel-good quiz shows
Formats house Ludus has teamed up with SMG TV Productions to create two new feel-good quiz shows for Scottish TV.
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Joseph quits Pinewood for Farm Group
Pinewood Shepperton Studios director of television Rachel Joseph has quit the company after just nine months in order to take up a new management role at
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Farm Group goes to the farm
The Farm Group is providing the on-location editing facilities for Five's new factual series The Farm , and has graded all its on-air promotional material. The Endemol reality show drags celebrities from their urban lives to work on a farm. Eighteen editors will work round ...
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Rajar goes early
Rajar has agreed to move forward the time it releases it quarterly audience data in a bid to stem concerns over insider trading. The Rajar board will now give figures to its subscribers a day earlier at 5.30pm, embargoed for release at 7am the next day - the time the ...
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Sky One grabs US firefighter drama series
Sky One has bolstered its roster of US drama with the acquisition of new firefighter show Rescue Me.
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Wise exits RDF to lead indie division
The series producer of RDF's hit Channel 4 show Wife Swap has quit to join the indie behind C4 opera The Death of Klinghoffer.