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    3G phones could have a radio role

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    A production team from BBC Bristol, which produced a programme package featuring footage captured using a video mobile phone instead of a camera, has admitted that while the pictures aren't yet good enough for broadcast programmes, the technology could be a breakthrough for radio reports.

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    Tyrell teaches 3D

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    Reseller Tyrell has opened a training centre at its Soho office to offer operational and technical courses in Discreet, 2D, 3D and video/audio editing products. The centre will run monthly three-day courses in Discreet Smoke and Flame. Other courses in 3D, video and audio editing, from beginner to advanced and ...

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    ITV2 to screen comedy awards party

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    Socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Mark Durden Smith have been lined up to present ITV2's post-awards show from The British Comedy Awards. The Fun Goes Onwill go behind the scenes to talk to the winners at the after-show party once the awards, hosted by Jonathan Ross, ...

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    R2's popularity on wane

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    BBC Radio 2's meteoric rise has finally come a halt after its audience fell by over half a million listeners in the past three months.

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    ITV1 wales tunes up pop award special

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    ITV1 Wales is to screen a 60-minute special based on The Coca Cola Pop Factory Music Awards 2003, which took place last week. Commissioned by HTV director of programmes Elis Owen, the Pop Factory production will feature acts such as Irish band The Revs and appearances from The Darkness and ...

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    Lighting to tell C4: no more poaching

    2003-10-30T08:28:30Z

    Five's chief executive, Jane Lighting, is to hold talks with her Channel 4 counterpart, Mark Thompson, this week over claims that Kevin Lygo has broken the 'no poaching' agreement he signed with Five.

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    Is this the cruellest reality TV show yet?

    2003-10-30T08:28:00Z

    Sky One is set to spark controversy with a reality show that will see a group of men woo and kiss a gorgeous woman, only to be told at the end of the show that the object of their desire is actually a transsexual.

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    C4 unveils winter shows

    2003-10-30T08:27:50Z

    Bob Geldof's indie Ten Alps Broadcasting is to make a nightly topical debate show for Channel 4 as one of the highlights of the channel's winter schedule.

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    BBC3 turns to orient for new comedy show

    2003-10-30T08:27:00Z

    BBC3 is to launch the UK's first comedy show entirely written by and starring British oriental talent with a new show to be made by Steve Coogan's indie, Baby Cow.

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    Pilkington quits Sky for Monkey

    2003-10-30T08:26:00Z

    Sky One's senior commissioning executive for factual entertainment, Jo Pilkington, is leaving to join independent production company Monkey.

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    UKTV channel launch targets youth

    2003-10-30T08:25:40Z

    UKTV is to drop its time-shift channel UK Gold 2, which shows UK Gold programmes 12 hours later, and replace it with a new channel with a target audience of younger, more contemporary viewers.

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    ITV1 drama reveals Hitler invasion plan

    2003-10-30T08:25:30Z

    Nazi troops are to be shown marching up The Mall while Adolf Hitler will be seen waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in a major new ITV drama that reconstructs Hitler's plans for the invasion of Britain.

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    ITV takes ad spots on terrestrial rival

    2003-10-30T08:25:25Z

    ITV has begun promoting its programmes on a rival terrestrial channel for the first time in a bid to pull in new audiences.

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    At It to make C4 pop event

    2003-10-30T08:25:20Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned indie At It Productions to create a new live music event following confirmation that the annual broadcast events from Top of the Pops and Smash Hits have been dropped this year.

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    ITV supports regional fund

    2003-10-30T08:25:00Z

    ITV has again given its backing to a regional production fund that offers£2m to companies outside the M25 to make shows for the ITV network.

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    Abyss ventures into the Pacific

    2003-10-29T16:37:03Z

    BBC Bristol will trawl the depths of the Pacific Ocean for a second series of underwater broadcasts under the banner Abyss - Live. One part of the day-long broadcast involves presenter Mike deGruy exploring surface waters using a 'movie helmet' that enables him to talk to viewers as he descends ...

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    Monkeys front BBC ad campaign

    2003-10-29T16:35:17Z

    The BBC launches a new advertising campaign this week to promote its six digital channels. The characters this time are a group of monkeys who turn into various celebrities including Alan Titchmarsh and Jack Dee. Artem Digital is again supplying the prosthetics for the BBC Broadcast production, with the monkeys ...

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    Profits fall at VTR

    2003-10-29T11:51:54Z

    UK post-production giant VTR plc has suffered a significant drop in its year on year operating profits.

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    My Family rapped for blind joke

    2003-10-29T10:09:03Z

    The BBC has been rapped for poking fun at blind people in its primetime comedy My Family.

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    News shows look to merge

    2003-10-29T10:02:21Z

    Newsworld, the annual conference for the news industry, is holding talks with its rival News Xchange as the world's news organisations finally decide they can't afford to support two conferences dedicated to their business.