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C4 doc to look into doctors' thinking
The way doctors make decisions about their patients in a busy accident and emergency department will be analysed in a documentary series for Channel 4, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC4 plans series about 'dark lady' of DNA
A documentary on molecular biologist Rosalind Franklin is to be the centrepiece of a season of programmes about DNA on BBC4. The 50-minute Dark Lady of DNA, a Nova production by Providence Pictures for WGBH Boston and BBC4, will look at the work she did ...
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C4 banks on dating show being a hit
Channel 4 has doubled the length of the episodes in its new dating show Secret Admirerfrom 30 to 60 minutes. The six-part series, in which members of the public get the chance to find out information about the person they admire and then confront them ...
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Indie gets exclusive access to human cloning doctor
Documentary-maker Peter Williams, who made the film on the first test-tube baby, Louise Brown over 20 years ago, has secured exclusive access to the doctor who has claimed to have created the first cloned human embryo, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Nat Geo sends tigress on animal quest
National Geographic Channel has commissioned indie Tigress to produce Hayden Turner's Wildlife Challenge, in which the roving presenter tries to find stunning images of animals. Turner will be pitted against time, budget and distance to come up with images of animals such as grey whales, ...
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PC editing gets power boost from Avid
Avid Technology has developed a set of Digital Nonlinear Accelerator (DNA) boards that the company claims have the capability to increase the processing power of an editor's PC by as much as 30 times, writes Sam Espensenat NAB in Las Vegas.
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Servers to replace tape at BBC sport
All BBC sport programming will be produced without the use of video tape within three years, thanks to BBC post-production's decision to move to a totally tapeless service, writes Will Strauss.
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BBC sends Palin to Himalayas
Former Monty Python star and avid traveller Michael Palin is set to venture to the Himalayas for his next epic journey as part of a raft of new BBC factual commissions from indies, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC NHU heads for the jungle
The BBC's Natural History Unit (NHU) is to examine the dark and dense worlds of rainforests and reptiles in two major new series, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC bids to take role in rebuilding of Iraqi media
The BBC is drawing up plans to play a major role in helping rebuild Iraq's shattered broadcasting infrastructure once the conflict is over, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Microsoft bids to join pro market
Software giant Microsoft will try yet again to tap into markets beyond the personal computer by proving that its digital video and audio format is a standard for professional broadcasters, writes Will Strauss.
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DfES invites bids for teachers TV channel
The government is to expand plans to use digital TV to promote its services with the launch of a£60m channel aimed at teachers, writes David Wood.
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New Panasonic camera
Panasonic is building a solid-state camera that records onto PCA cards. The camera, according to Panasonic officials, is still about a year away from being available to the industry but as it has no moving parts it may well have a major impact on how people think about cameras. Other ...
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Sony disk cameras
Sony has used NAB to introduce two - thus far unnamed - optical disk camcorders and their associated studio, compact and mobile decks. With a choice of DV or MPEG coding, the ENG-targeted system records the original along with a frame-accurate browse ('proxy') version that can be transferred back to ...
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OB truck for canning
Kit hire and Outside Broadcast specialist The Picture Canning Company has spent almost£750,000 on a new digital widescreen OB truck. The six-VTR and 10-camera-capable truck is being built by E to E in Leeds from an in-house design by Picture Canning. It will house a virtual gallery with multi-image flat ...
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NewsJournalists' death toll predictable, claims CNN
The number of news professionals who have died while covering the war in Iraq this week hit double figures - but one senior broadcasting figure said the deaths were no surprise given the proximity of journalists to the conflict, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Groundforce star gets Discovery project
Discovery Home & Leisure has ordered a second series of DIY programme Challenge Tommy Walshfrom indie Isis Media. Walsh, who is most well known from BBC1's Groundforce, will again tackle building disasters submitted by viewers. The 15-part series is being ...
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End in sight for tape-based VTRs
Manufacturer Thomson Broadcast has introduced a digital VTR at NAB that threatens to make tape-based mechanical VTRs obsolete, writes Will Strauss.
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Five show will find out what women want
Five has revealed further details of its new primetime dating show that will attempt to uncover how women want to be treated by men. The 8 x 30-minute What Women Want, which is due to air in June, will feature three men carrying out tasks ...
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NewsMillionaire ups security
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?has introduced changes to its studio security system as a result of the 'coughing' case that ended this week with army major Charles Ingram being found guilty of cheating his way to the£1m prize, writes Conor Dignam