All articles by Robin Parker – Page 107
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BBC Mobile appoints ex-Kangaroo exec
Mark Kortekaas, the former CBS executive who oversaw the technology behind the abolished Project Kangaroo, has taken up a new role heading up BBC mobile output.
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Viewers to help decide sporting 'crown jewels'
The government is inviting viewers to tell them which national sporting events they want to see on free-to-air TV from today.
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MediaCity owners pin hopes on ITV U-turn
MediaCityUK owner Peel Media is still hopeful of persuading ITV to move to the Salford site despite the broadcaster ruling out a deal last month.
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MPs revive top-slicing threat
MPs and peers reignited the PSB funding debate this week, rejecting media secretary Andy Burnham's favoured partnership between Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide and putting licence fee top-slicing back on the agenda.
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C4 plans Bible follow-up to history of Christianity
Channel 4 is to follow up Christianity: a History with a series of personal interpretations of the Bible.
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What next for MediaCityUK?
How will ITV's decision to pull out of moving its Manchester operation to Salford's MediaCityUK affect the project's ambition to be a creative hub.
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C4 unveils£1m charity fund around Secret Millionaire
Channel 4 has set up a£1m fund for local charities and community groups nominated by viewers of Secret Millionaire.
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BBC begins mobile TV tests
The BBC has begun to test live streaming of its core TV and radio channels to mobile phones.
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C4 sex ed site attracts 2.7m views
The website for Channel 4 show Sex Education vs Pornography attracted an unprecedented 2.7m page views over the course of its run.
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C4 avoids censure over sex in daytime
Ofcom has rejected 38 complaints against controversial sex-themed episodes of daytime educational series KNTV.
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The Thick of It to return
A further eight episodes of BBC satirical comedy The Thick of It are in the pipeline, creator Armando Iannucci has confirmed.
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C4 to recreate Madeleine McCann events
The team behind ITV1 documentary Madeleine: A Year On will stage the first reconstruction of the events that led up to Madeleine McCann's disappearance for a Channel 4 documentary.
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BBC hit by record fine for Sachsgate
Ofcom has slapped a£150,000 fine on the BBC for the Sachsgate affair - the biggest financial penalty it has ever imposed on the corporation for a single broadcast.
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North West media agency gets funding boost
Funding body Northwest Vision and Media has had a£3m cash injection to support collaboration between the creative and digital industries in the region.
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Channel 4 doc slate to lift veil on Gypsy weddings
Firecracker Films is to lift the lid on extravagant Gypsy weddings in a Channel 4 documentary.
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Falling Man director to probe Kenyan murder
Falling Man director Henry Singer is to explore the unsolved murder of Oscar-nominated natural history film-maker and environmental campaigner Joan Root in a BBC documentary.
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The Devil's Whore team develop C4 Restoration sequel
The creators of Channel 4's English Civil War drama The Devil's Whore have begun working on a follow-up set during the Restoration period.
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Casualty campaigners explore new Bristol studios
Campaigners against Casualty's move to Cardiff are looking into setting up a film and TV studio and production base in Bristol.
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Hutton to examine downturn for Channel 4
Channel 4 has commissioned journalist and economist Will Hutton to attempt to explain the causes and implications of the global economic crisis.
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Ofcom investigates Moving Wallpaper 'transphobia' row
Ofcom is investigating more than 50 complaints alleging that ITV1 comedy Moving Wallpaper was offensive to transsexuals.