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SPLINTER PRODUCES C4/QTV ROCK SHOW.
Splinter Films has been commissioned by Emap Performance managing director of rock Dave Henderson to produce a 4 x 15-minute series for QTV. New 2 Q will feature various Q magazine
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BBC and Channel 4 win raft of gongs at Promax.
BBC Broadcast has scooped several gold and silver awards in the promo categories at the Promax and BDA Europe awards, writes Will Strauss
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C5 TO AIR MAGIC SHOW.
Channel 5 controller of entertainment Andrew Newman has commissioned Objective Productions to produce an eight-part magic series, billed as a cross between Channel 4's Trigger Happy TV and Jackass. The 8
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Channel 5 orders costume drama to raise profile.
Channel 5 is attempting to distance itself further from its former downmarket image, unveiling its first high-end period drama, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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AARDMAN AND NICK TIE UP.
Wallace and Gromit producer Aardman has teamed up with Nickelodeon to launch a storyboard competition giving six animators the opportunity to have an idea turned into a short film which will broadcast on Nickelodeon UK, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Discreet adds asset server to FX family.
Discreet has used NAB this week to unveil a new non-linear digital production environment that, the Montreal-based company claims, is not a replacement for Flame or Inferno but is another complementary product, writes Will Strauss
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NEW PHOTO AGENCY OFFERS BBC NATURE PICS.
The BBC's natural history unit picture library and its BBC Wild website have been incorporated into a new photo agency. The Nature Picture Library, which has taken over the representation of
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Leader - Can the BBC aim to please us all?
A week on from the furore over the BBC's attitude to the death of the Queen Mother, bigger issues surrounding the future of public service broadcasting continue to be debated.Just as
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Free To Air - A sad loss to the nation.
The inevitable passing of a much-loved figure in British public life has once again put the spotlight on how our broadcasters conduct themselves. Yes, the coverage of ITV Digital's collapse and
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News Analysis - The going is slow.
The Office of Fair Trading's decision to give BSkyB extra time to defend itself against charges of anti-competitive behaviour looks like indecisiveness, though some suspect the OFT may be deliberately avoiding a row with Sky
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Ratings Analysis - BBC struggles to win youth vote.
Recent research shows the BBC is losing the battle to attract younger viewers to its slate of political programmes. Can it reverse the trend?
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Panasonic ties up with Apple.
Panasonic this week unveiled details of 25 new products as well as announcing it is collaborating with Apple on two technologies for the professional video industry, writes Barbara Marshall from NAB in Las Vegas
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BBC asks for ideas for politics format.
The BBC hopes to have a series of pilot shows ready for its new politics format for under 45-year-olds - the key plank of its politics review - by the summer, writes Leigh Holmwood
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AVID OPENS UP ITS KIT.
In a bid to further open its technology to third parties, Avid has launched a new partner programme on the back of its MetaSync technology that allows third parties access to
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Hot-House TV - Telly's test tube babies.
The growth of a new breed of 'ideas labs', designed to hot house new TV hits, shows that broadcasters are desperate for new ideas. Is the in-house approach working?
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ROOT BACKS SECOND SERIES OF MANCHILD.
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a second, longer series of 40-something comedy drama Manchild. The 8 x 30-minute series, to be produced in-house by Peter Thornton and executive produced
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BALL FILLS IN AT CAPITAL.
Former BBC Radio 1 presenter Zoe Ball is returning to the airwaves with a seven-week stint on Capital Radio-owned London station XFM. Ball will fill in for Ricky Gervais and Stephen
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Unions call for BBC to clarify cuts.
The National Union of Journalists has called on the BBC to end the uncertainty over potential compulsory redundancies in its factual and learning department as the corporation once again delayed its decision, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Glitches hamper global BBC site.
The launch of the BBC's website for non-UK residents is suffering severe delays because of a number of unanticipated technical challenges, the corporation has admitted, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BBC DEFENDS PROJECT.
The BBC's proposed digital national curriculum, will make a 'significant difference to the experience of education', despite heavy criticism, according to BBC co-director of factual and learning Michael Stevenson. Speaking at