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NewsBrown asks TV execs to back Year of Volunteer
Mark Thompson, Andy Duncan and Charles Allen were among a number of senior TV executives who met chancellor Gordon Brown this week to help raise the profile of the government's Year of the Volunteer initiative.
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC1
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Would BBC1 benefit from a change in controller?
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Who should rule the BBC?
Charles AllenITV supports a strong BBC and the renewal of the Charter. But it has long been clear to the industry that the BBC governors' dual role as management and regulatory board does not work. The events of the past two years have proved that beyond doubt and now Lord ...
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News8.8m support England game
England's lacklustre performance on the pitch in a friendly tie against Holland still brought in the viewers to BBC1 with a peak audience of 8.8 million (36.1%) at 9pm.
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Top Up TV wins 160,000 subs
Top Up TV, the 10-channel pay-TV service for Freeview viewers, has attracted around 160,000 customers since its launch last April.
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C4I to co-pro science doc with Kabel 1
Channel 4 International has signed Germany's Kabel 1 as a co-production partner for science special Extraterrestrial, a 100-minute documentary being made by Big Wave Productions for C4 and National Geographic US. Other deals include sales of Pioneer Films' Krakatoato ZDF in Germany ...
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S4C in£1m hand-out
Welsh-language channel S4C has earmarked£1m in development finance for the indie sector over the next two years. The scheme will see Welsh indies compete for a share of the cash, which will be allocated to new drama, formats or inter-active projects. The invitation to tender will be published on the ...
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ITV2 orders Celebrity doc
Model Sophie Anderton, who featured in ITV's last I'm a Celebrity?series, is to be the subject of a one-off documentary for ITV2.
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ITV2 to look at ?out there' lifestyles
ITV2 is to launch its first documentary strand, Extraordinary Lives, which will focus on stories of people living unusual or edgy lifestyles.
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Cheesbrough: BBC to move to HD by 2010
All BBC programmes will be made in high definition by the end of the decade, according to the corporation's head of technology production, Paul Cheesbrough.
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Most Identical sells to Spain's TV3
Television Corporation International has sold Mentorn's factual format Most Identicalto Spanish network TV3. The show, which hunts for the nation's most identical set of twins, will be produced by Madrid-based Four Luck Banana and will run over three one-hour episodes. The format and completed show, originally ...
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C4 and IWC join up to help new TV talent
Channel 4 and IWC Media is asking writers and directors to submit ideas for their new talent scheme, Coming Up. Eight ideas, which should be contemporary and aimed at a young, urban audience, will be made into 30-minute films and will broadcast on C4 later in the year. Writers should ...
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Celador to woo over-50s for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned Celador Productions to make 40 episodes of a nostalgia-based quiz show as part of a strategy to attract older viewers to its daytime line-up.
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C4 puts volunteers through torture
Channel 4 is set to test the effects of modern torture techniques in The Guantánamo Guidebookfrom Brat Camp producer Twenty Twenty. Seven volunteers will be subjected to practices allegedly used at the US military camp in Guantánamo Bay. Slated for a late-night slot this year, the ...
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Newman hails new era of C4 primetime
Channel 4 head of entertainment Andrew Newman has unveiled a brace of new Friday night shows after spending the past year piloting ideas.
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C4 cracks 4m with Da Vinci Code
Channel 4's marathon investigation into the claims made in Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Da Vinci Codebrought the broadcaster an audience of over 4 million.
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Rugby wins 8.9m
BBC1's coverage of the Six Nations rugby union clash between Wales and England on Sunday (6 February) was watched by an average of 6.7 million viewers (33%). Six Nations Grandstand, which ran from 5.15pm to 7.20pm, peaked at 7.10pm with 8.9 million (40%). The event beat ...
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Big Bro boosts ads
Channel 4's recent reality series Celebrity Big Brotherhas helped push television advertising revenues to a five-year high, according to a new report by media buying agency Starcom Group. The agency said that the show, which pulled in 4 million viewers, helped to boost the overall level ...
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Broadcast and skillset aid TV workers
Broadcastand Skillset are launching a scheme to help TV professionals improve their chances of getting a job. The Win A Mentor initiative will see two people receive guidance from an experienced tutor. Anyone working in TV looking to change career direction or new entrants to the industry should go to ...
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Airborne hires ID to push bra doc
Airborne TV has appointed ID Distribution to handle international sales of documentary ...