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NewsC4 books space for 14 new channels
Channel 4 has signed a£55m deal with satellite operator SES that will enable it to launch around 14 new channels.
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NewsWife Swap producer quits RDF
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.
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NewsPEER POLL: Programme formats
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is The X Factor a rip-off of Pop Idol ?
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Unlikely bedfellows?
To work for Diverse, the indie that prides itself on its ethnic mix, you need to pass the Vienna Test. Do you like Wiener schnitzel or have a soft spot for Kurt Waldheim? Then there's no place for you at Diverse. You also need to pass the test and understand ...
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NTL and O2 in multichannel phone trial
NTL's broadcast division and O2 have teamed up to produce the UK's first multichannel television to mobile phones trial.
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Ofcom sets 2012 as date for switch-off
Ofcom has set 31 December 2012 as the switch-off date for analogue TV signals and said the switchover process could start in 2007.
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Casanova for BBC3
Casanova, the upcoming period drama about the legendary womaniser from writer Russell T Davies, is to debut on BBC3 before airing on BBC1. The three-parter, originally developed by Michele Buck, Damien Timmer and Julie Gardner for ITV, will air next year.
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League of Gentlemen writer is signed for new BBC3 comedy
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a long-running comedy drama about a set of weird characters in Blackpool from the writer of The League of Gentlemen.
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C4 radio moves
Channel 4 and UBC Media are pushing ahead with plans to launch a digital radio station, to be based on the Popworld music format after taking a stake in the Simon Fuller-owned company. Radio group UBC has paid£250,000 for a 12.5% stake in Popworld with an option to double its ...
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C4 orders refugee doc from insight
Indie Insight News Television has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a documentary about refugees in the Darfur region of Sudan. A co-production with the Discovery Channel, Living with Refugees follows journalist Sorious Samura in eastern Chad as he travels with families forced to ...
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Channel 4 news wins second news Emmy
Channel 4 News won its second consecutive international Emmy for the best news programme outside the US. The ITN team picked up an award for its coverage of the Madrid bomb attacks in March. Also, former Carlton factual controller Richard Clemmow won a documentary Emmy for ...
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Fox's FX picks up action sports docs
Fox-owned FX's vice-president of broadcasting and marketing, Jason Thorp, has bought three action sports and adventure documentaries from indie Black Diamond. They are surfing documentaries Step in Liquid and The Endless Summer and Chlorine , ...
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EBU HD amendment
The director of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Phil Laven, has said that EBU's apparent statement of support at IBC for the 720 resolution of HD were not the last words on the subject. The debate was between 720 and 1080 HD resolution.
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Andrea Wonfor: risk taker in the regions
After the untimely death of Andrea Wonfor, her good friend John Willis remembers her life
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I'd do anything to be remade for Romania
BBC1 Saturday night show I'd Do Anything is be remade for Romanian audiences. Distraction Formats has brokered the deal with Prima TV for the TWI-owned format that challenges people to face their worst fears to win a prize for a loved one. The format has ...
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Online appointment
Online music research tool Play has hired Simon James as its new director of operations and development. James leaves BMGZomba Production Music where he was director of marketing. Play launched in April 2002 and has 20,000 subscribers worldwide.
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Celador appoints interactive media chief
Celador International has appointed Flextech TV's Simon Gunning to head its interactive media division. Gunning, formerly Flextech's head of business development and then controller of interactive programming, will seek out rights to third-party properties and develop commercial iTV solutions. He replaces Bruce Vandenburg who is setting up his own venture.
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Ross Kemp SAS series sells to Asia's Star TV
Bentley Productions' ITV SAS drama Ultimate Force has been sold to Asia's TV service Star TV - the 123rd international deal for the show.
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Lip Sync maps out Kids Awards
Lip Sync post has provided the branding and animated graphics for Walt Disney Productions Disney Channel Kids Awards 2004. An animated pirate's treasure map was created, with the camera zooming in on a different area for each award. The design, map, visual effects and final compositing was done by senior ...
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Pact says BBC must support British films
Media secretary Tessa Jowell is facing pressure from indies to force the BBC to invest more in British films as a condition of its Charter renewal.