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Globecast goes HD
Satellite service provider GlobeCast is planning to kit out all its satellite newsgathering trucks for high-definition broadcasting. GlobeCast has one of the largest fleets in Europe, with more than 40 newsgathering vehicles, and the largest fleet in France. GlobeCast is a subsidiary of France Telecom.
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New Lion Scot head
Colin Cameron, who quit as the BBC's head of network development for nations and regions last month, is to head Lion Television's Scottish division. Cameron, who had been at the BBC for over 30 years, will take up his new role at the All3Media-owned indie on 1 September. His BBC ...
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UKTV on history Trail
UKTV History has commissioned a primetime DIY history series which will show viewers how to unlock local secrets by looking around the features of their area.
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Thames signs up talent for ITV sitcom
Thames TV has assembled an established team of comedy talent including the writer of Murder Most Horrid for a new ITV1 sitcom.
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Mandabach targets UK
Caryn Mandabach, the veteran US producer behind The Cosby Show and Roseanne , is scoping out opportunities in the UK after quitting US indie Carsey Werner Mandabach (CWM).
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Ofcom raps today
BBC Radio 4 show Today has been rapped by Ofcom after it ran a story about defence contracts which claimed that doing business with the Saudi Arabian government required offering sweeteners for diplomats and staff. Saudi embassy officials in London complained that the piece was ...
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Skinner's Shane taken by Paramount
Paramount Comedy 2 has acquired Frank Skinner's ITV1 sitcom Shane and will screen the first series next year. The 7 x 30-minute comedy series, produced by Avalon Television, features Skinner as a wise-cracking minicab driver whose career and family life is slowly disintegrating. It will ...
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Yentob undecided
BBC creative director Alan Yentob has still not decided whether to front the forthcoming BBC1 series A Picture of Britain , despite having been asked by channel controller Lorraine Heggessey in May. The 6 x 60-minute series, which will look at the relationship between different ...
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NewsCrunch time for Sky One
Sky One controller James Baker this week unveiled a new look and upmarket programme line-up in a bid to stem the channel's diminishing audience.
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NewsFive explores dark side of Richard & Judy
Five is to reveal the 'darker side' of rival Channel 4's biggest stars with exposés of daytime stars Richard and Judy and TV chef Gordon Ramsay.
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NewsBBC's ballroom dancers poised to battle Bart
The BBC is to pit a nightly spin-off of its popular Strictly Come Dancing series against The Simpsons when the animation transfers to Channel 4.
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Watson uses drinking film to slate reality TV
Veteran documentary-maker Paul Watson is to make his first film for the BBC in a decade with a landmark special on binge drinking which he will also use as a retort to reality television.
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Anderson quits ITV
ITV controller of current affairs, arts and religion Steve Anderson will leave the broadcaster next week after seven years, with no job to go to.
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Olympic medal winners sign up for Superstars
Fresh from bringing home a gold medal as part of Britain's coxless four, Olympic rower James Cracknell has been handed a new challenge - winning BBC1's Superstars.
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E4 pits old comics against new
Endemol UK will attempt to see whether old-time comic heroes are better than the new breed with its first commission out of its new Bristol Studios offshoot.
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Distraction on route for US
Channel 4 comedy gameshow Distraction is to be remade for US audiences complete with British host Jimmy Carr.
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NewsKeating boosts BBC2 docs
Documentaries on BBC2 are to get a 'significant' boost following the agreement of a new strategy for the genre by controller Roly Keating.
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Vaughan pens sitcom for MTV
Johnny Vaughan has written a new sitcom about two small-time drug dealers that will mark MTV's first foray into comedy drama.
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NewsBBC4 to feature atheism series
BBC4 unveiled an autumn schedule led by highbrow series on atheism and the power of light this morning (Wednesday).