All articles by Robin Parker – Page 101
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NewsITV1 orders more Lewis
Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox are set to return for a fourth series of ITV1 murder mystery drama Lewis.
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NewsBrown leaves Silver River for Diverse
Alan Brown, who commissioned The Apprentice, produced The Restaurant and revamped Never Mind the Buzzcocks, has joined Diverse Production as creative director.
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NewsC4 backs creative writing game
An iPhone application that aims to stimulate creative writing is the latest project to come out of Channel 4’s online PSB fund, 4iP.
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RatingsTotally Saturday tumbles further
BBC1 entertainment show Totally Saturday took another tumble in the ratings this weekend, bringing in 2.58m viewers (14.7% share) at 7.30pm on Saturday night.
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Brat Camp producer joins Dispatches team
Brat Camp producer Tamara Abood has joined Channel 4 as editor of current affairs strand Dispatches.
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NewsITV, C4 and Five rapped for pushing products
Chat show hosts Alan Titchmarsh and Paul O’Grady as well as Five News gave undue promotion to products in recent shows, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsDuncan to fight on at C4
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has vowed to stay with the broadcaster for at least another two to three years.
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NewsFive widens online reach in ground-breaking deal
Five has signed a syndication deal with online video platform Brightcove that will allow full-length episodes of its programmes to be embedded in third-party websites.
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NewsC4’s Luke Johnson to exec credit crunch doc
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson is to get his first executive producer credit, on Studio Lambert’s first cinema documentary.
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FeaturesMitchell and Webb
Comedy duo David Mitchell and Robert Webb started life on radio, so when BBC producers had to make a red-button package to accompany the new series of BBC2’s That Mitchell and Webb Look, it made sense to mine their unused Radio 4 sketches.
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NewsCarter to quit government
Communications minister Stephen Carter is to step down to rejoin the private sector after he publishes his Digital Britain report, increasing speculation that he is putting himself in the running for the top job at ITV.
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NewsLiving primed for HD roll-out
Delivering Digital Britain conference: Virgin Media will roll out an HD version of Living this year as part of a cross-platform strategy to boost the channel’s brand.
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NewsBroadband push could tap licence fee, says Carter
The digital surplus from the BBC licence fee should be the main source for funding universal broadband, next week’s Digital Britain report will confirm.
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NewsDigital surplus to fund broadband take-up
Delivering Digital Britain conference: The digital surplus will be the main source of funding for universal broadband, next week’s Digital Britain report will confirm.
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Abraham: broadcasters 'unclear' on government web support
Delivering Digital Britain conference: The government’s universal broadband ambitions are at risk of overshadowing the pressing need to future-proof commercial online business models, UKTV chief executive David Abraham has warned.
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NewsCarter pledges more focus on non-broadcaster PSB content
Delivering Digital Britain conference: Communication minister Stephen Carter has admitted that his Digital Britain report, due next week, did not go far enough in its initial stages in exploring the options for non-TV organisations in delivering public service content.
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Zig Zag wins triple shock doc order
A teenager who cries blood from her eyes features in one of a trio of shock doc commissions Zig Zag Productions has won from C4.
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CommentRising from the Ashes
How did Ashes to Ashes become both the most entertaining and frustrating show on TV, wonders Robin Parker
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NewsCharities lose out in Big Brother phone votes
Channel 4 has scrapped charity donations on Big Brother phone votes, which generated £300,000 for its chosen causes last year.
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NewsDigital Britain 'still on track' despite Cabinet reshuffle
Ben Bradshaw’s appointment as culture secretary will not derail the timeline for the Digital Britain report, the government has insisted.