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BBC backs free satellite service
The BBC has called on the government to back a controversial free-to-air satellite TV service, claiming without it the government will not meet its analogue switch-off target.
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Comcast bails out on Disney deal
US cable giant Comcast has withdrawn its $54.1bn (£30.2bn) unsolicited bid for Walt Disney, citing a lack of interest in the bid from Disney. 'It has become clear that there is no interest on the part of Disney's management and board in putting Comcast and Disney together,' said Comcast president ...
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BBC buys final cut
BBC Technology has added Apple's Final Cut Pro HD editing software to the workflow for its Colledia production product. Colledia - which enables production staff to access electronically stored tapeless material on a shared IT platform - will be rolled out across the BBC over the next five to 10 ...
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Report into BBC online to come out in May
Former Trinity Mirror chief executive Philip Graf is expected to hand his report on the BBC's online services to the government on Friday (30 April). Media secretary Tessa Jowell commissioned Graf to review the BBC's internet services in August last year. Jowell is expected to publish Graf's report by mid-May. ...
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titeuf becomes tootuff for gmtv
GMTV has snapped up French animation series Titeuf from distributor Moonscoop, buying all 78 episodes of the seven-minute programme. It will be rebranded Tootuff and broadcast in GMTV's weekend morning schedule from early next year. It is produced by France Animation with co-production partners Editions Glenat, Canal J, France 3 ...
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Bloomberg supplies business show to LBC
Chrysalis-owned LBC News has struck a deal with Bloomberg to air a 90-minute early morning money programme, Bloomberg Business Breakfast. The show, which launched this week, airs from 05.00 to 06.30, Monday to Friday, and goes head to head with Five Live's ...
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ITV Yorkshire boss given broader role
ITV Yorkshire controller of programmes Clare Morrow has been given an additional role co-ordinating the activities of all the regional controllers in the north and midlands. Morrow will take on the title of controller of regional programmes, north and report to ITV News Group director of regional production Ian Squires. ...
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Zig zag brings olympics into front room
Zig Zag Productions has been commissioned to make an indoor version of the Olympic Games for Challenge TV to coincide with the international event in August. The 16 x 30-minute Household Olympics will see Olympic events brought indoors, with families competing in events such as dressing gown judo and real ...
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BSkyB explores tapeless future
BSkyB has taken a significant step towards becoming a tapeless broadcaster with the purchase of Sony's XDCam disk-based production equipment and its automated robotic playout system, writes Rick Dacey.
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Sky buys pinnacles
BSkyB has bought two Pinnacle DekoCasts to create 'automated interstitials' during ad breaks on the international feed of Sky News. The new machines will take info from Sky News data streams
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Five keeps capital FM's party in the park
Five has secured the exclusive rights to show 95.8 Capital FM's music concert, Party in the Park, for a further two years. However, Endemol-owned Initial, which has produced the show for the past three years, has lost the contract to indie Done and Dusted. The show, which features Will Young, ...
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Norton opens NY office for Comedy Central show
So Television, the indie owned by comedian Graham Norton, has set up a US office in preparation for the launch of Norton's new show on Comedy Central, writes Colin Robertson.
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Clear Channel set for push in Europe
US radio giant Clear Channel Entertainment (CCE) is making a push into European television with plans to create original music programmes and formats to sell to broadcasters, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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New Freeview channel
Shopping channel Ideal World, which broadcasts on Sky and NTL digital, has launched on Freeview. Channel 22 is part of the Crown Castle multiplex, but is not the last available slot on Freeview. Meanwhile, the Digital Interactive Television Group is in talks with Telewest to launch its Avego gaming channel ...
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Lewis to oversee ITV digital channels
ITV has promoted general manager of digital channels Jonathan Lewis to be its new controller of digital channels, overseeing the commercial aspects of all of the broadcaster's digital channels. He will also oversee ITV's interests in third party channels such as Men and Motors and Plus as well as MUTV. ...
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Five commissions Russ meyer doc
Brian Waddell Productions is to look at the career of controversial film-maker Russ Meyer (above) in an hour-long documentary for Five. The working-titled Russ Meyer: the King of Sexploitation which will air later this year, will feature mixture of archive footage and interviews with both celebrity admirers of Meyer's work ...
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Digital needs a deadline
The BBC's call this week for the government to put more meat on the bones of its digital strategy is no surprise.
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Discovery delves into fertility
Discovery Health has commissioned two 'tear-jerker' shows examining fertility issues, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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Tips for directors
The tips section in last week's feature 'Crews take aim' (Broadcast, 23.4.04) should have been credited to Ian Sands. For more information on 'Keeping crews happy', see www.iansands.co.uk/links/crew.
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John Downer to walk with wildebeest
Indie John Downer Productions has been commissioned to make a 4 x 30-minute series for BBC1 that will follow the great wildebeest trek across the African savanna. The series, commissioned by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey, will use the type of innovative cameras the indie has developed for shows such as ...