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BBC sets up documentaries forum
The BBC is to set up a documentaries forum to keep abreast of the latest trends in the genre. The BBC's director of factual and learning, John Willis, is set to unveil the bi-monthly in-house board at Broadcast's Factual Forum on Friday (18 March). It will comprise BBC documentary department ...
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Two senior BBC execs go to Five
Five has poached two senior BBC executives to head its strategy and marketing departments as its gears up to tackle the increasing threat from multichannel.
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BBC pulls the plug on outlaws
The BBC has decided not to commission a second series of its critically acclaimed legal drama series Outlaws. Programme-maker World Productions was told the series would be axed, despite positive reviews. The series was a co-commission between BBC2 and BBC3, and the corporation blamed a limit ...
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BBC worst to deal with, say indies
The BBC has been voted the most difficult broadcaster to deal with by independent producers for the third year running in Broadcast's annual survey of the indie sector. In the survey of 150 indies, 61% named the BBC as the worst broadcaster, with Channel 4 a ...
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End of the road for Engie Benjy
ITV has decided to stop making pre-school animation show Engie Benjy, which is voiced by Ant and Dec, after four series.
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Resellers are best
Equipment manufacturers that deal directly with their broadcaster and facility customers are providing a worse service and are more expensive than resellers, according to the results of a Broadcastsurvey. Reseller 2005showed that 64% of equipment dealers felt they offer buyers a better ...
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New Best of Friends
CBBC has commissioned indie Talent Television to make a special version of its kids reality show Best of Friendsfor its upcoming Africa season. The 5 x 30-minute series was commissioned by Anne Gilchrist and will travel to South Africa to test kids' friendships through a series ...
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Betts joins central
Equipment hire company Central Rental has recruited Michaela Betts as marketing manager. She joins from 20 March and will work closely with Central's Avid Hire Manager, Dave Barratt, focusing on long-running series. Central Rental is currently supplying editing systems to Waking the Dead, Silent Witnessand ...
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Box to dramatise Conrad Black story
The fall of disgraced former Daily Telegraphproprietor Conrad Black is to be turned into a 120-minute drama by producer Box TV in a co-production with Canadian broadcaster CTV in a deal worth C$10m (£4.3m).
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Mars boosts setup
Barcud Derwen-backed visual effects house Men from Mars has bought a HD2k projector and a FilmLight scanner, spending more than£250,000 on its colour grading and digital intermediate setup.
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Freelance hours will break EU law
As many as one in 10 television freelancers could find themselves working illegally under new legislation, according to the results of an online poll.
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BT ups broadband
Internet service provider BT Retail is to launch an 8Mbps broadband service by the end of this year. The boosted offering follows BT's launch of its 2Mpbs service last month. A three-month trial is due to start next month with the intention of rolling it out to consumer and business ...
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Robert Carlyle to star in ITV thriller
Indie Zenith Entertainment has landed an ITV1 drama commission with a psychological thriller starring Robert Carlyle.
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Jailbirds sing for Century
Factual producer Century Films is following up its musical documentary about young offenders, Feltham Sings, with a project set in a women's prison.
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Sky Travel to premiere circus docusoap
Sky Travel is to provide the first UK screening of a docu-soap series based on life at a circus. The 7 x 22-minute series, Circus, follows the stars of the Weber Brothers Circus on tour around New Zealand and has been sold by Touchdown Television. It originally aired on TV ...
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Commissioning Q&A: Clare Hollywood
The commissioning editor for Living TV is looking for the biggest paranormal idea ever to make the Flextech channel the undisputed home of supernatural programming
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Format focus: Clever
Ever wondered why toast always falls buttered side down? Then German science format Clever could provide the answer.
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Community licence first
Ofcom has awarded the first not-for-profit community radio licence to a Gloucestershire-based consortium
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TV corp profits up
Indie Television Corporation has reported a modest rise in annual turnover, which grew from£66.9m in 2003 to£67.3m for the year ending 31 December 2004. After posting£8.64m pre-tax losses in 2003, TV Corp bounced back into the black with£1.24m profit before tax by the end of last year. TV Corp chairman ...
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Fulmar West to cover Hay-on-Wye
Cardiff-based indie Fulmar West has won a commission to cover the Hay-on-Wye literary festival for Channel 4. Fulmar will produce a 50-minute programme about an as-yet-unnamed contemporary writer and four short films to be shown in the Three Minute Wonderpost-news slot on Channel 4 in the run-up ...