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NewsRon Atkinson back on the box
Ron Atkinson, the disgraced former ITV football pundit forced to resign for making a racist comment live on air, is returning to football commentary on channel Five.
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NewsPEER POLL: Top of the Pops
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Will Top of the Pops survive moving to BBC2?
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NewsBBC1 Bhopal doc brings in 2.2m
BBC1 opted out of a ratings battle with its commercial rival last night as its hard-hitting documentary One Night in Bhopal averaged 2.2 million (10%) at 9pm.
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Video Europe sells SW18 base for£5m
Video Europe is selling its base in Wandsworth to property developers and will make a profit of£3.5m.
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M2 Buys Root6 tool
M2, Nats, The Mill and Sanctuary Post have all recently bought workflow tool ContentAgent from Root6 Technology. ContentAgent is used in the capturing, converting and distributing of compressed digital files. Enteraction TV has taken a second copy for use on Thomas Cook TV.
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Radio 5's Fighting talk leaps to BBC2
BBC Radio 5 Live's sports format Fighting Talk is to transfer to BBC2 following a fast turnaround commission. Indie World's End will the make the three-part series, which will be presented by Johnny Vaughan. The show - the first to transfer to TV from R5 ...
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2012 for switch-off
Ofcom has said analogue switch-off should be completed by 31 December 2012 and that the country will undergo a phased switch-off with one ITV region going digital at a time. The regulator will set out the order in which the regions should be switched by April next year. The announcement ...
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Furneaux wins C4 commission
Former Channel 4 executive Charles Furneaux has won his first commission since being poached by Talkback earlier this year.
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C4 sells Sex Traffic around the globe
Channel 4 thriller Sex Traffic looks set to become an international hit after selling to six countries around the world.
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Fox to pilot Channel 4's Peep Show
US network Fox has commissioned a pilot of Channel 4 comedy Peep Show from LA-based indie Carsey-Werner. The comedy indie acquired the US rights to the format from indie Objective in August. The narrative comedy, told via the inner thoughts of two socially dysfunctional roommates, ...
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Audio Suite adds GFX
Birmingham-based The Audio Suite has opened a graphics (GFX) boutique, Eight Eyed Sea Bass, and is looking to expand further next year.
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Rose d'Or Festival adds special UN award
The Rose d'Or Festival, the annual Swiss TV festival, is to introduce an award in association with the United Nations. The Social Awareness Award will be presented to programming that successfully explores the issues surrounding Aids/HIV.
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Elstree seeks new bids after rent deal
The dispute between Elstree Film and Television Studios (EF&TVS) and the local council over rent payments has been settled, paving the way for fresh bids for the famous studios.
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Sanctuary helps Band Aid single
Sanctuary Post has finished the HD post-production on the Band Aid 20 promo and documentary for Initial. Director Geoff Wonfor, Initial managing director Malcolm Gerrie and Sanctuary Post offline editor Andy Matthews, who collaborated on the original in 1984, were reunited to work on the ...
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Aird Joins Neame at Carnival Films
Carnival Films' incoming managing director Gareth Neame has made his first appointment. Former BBC development executive Christopher Aird, who worked with Neame on BBC1 hits Spooks and Redcap , is to join the indie as a drama producer. He is ...
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BBC to answer Barwise and Gardam
The BBC is due to publish its response to the government-backed Barwise and Gardam reports into its digital television and radio services on Friday (3 December). The document is expected to be an initial response to media secretary Tessa Jowell, and not include major detail about overhauls of the services, ...
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The axe man cometh
As the BBC's review process draws to an end and staff wait to hear if 6,000 of them will be out of a job, Broadcast looks at where the axe is likely to fall, with news, factual and back-office staff expected to be among the worst hit.
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Five psychic talks to babies
Mentorn is to begin work on a factual series for Five in which a psychic communicates with children to help solve their problems.
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BBC bags kids Baftas
The BBC dominated this week's Bafta Kids awards, taking six prizes. Dick and Dom, presenters of BBC1 Saturday morning strand Dick and Dom in da Bungalow, bagged two awards. CiTV's animation Yoko! Jakamoto! Toto! from Collingwood O'Hare also took two awards. A full list of winners can be viewed at: ...
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Barwick exits in Jan
ITV Sport chief Brian Barwick will leave the network at the end of January to take up his new job as chief executive of the Football Association. Among those tipped to replace him are former Sky Networks deputy managing director Mark Sharman, Granada sport chief Rick Waumsley, North One Television ...