All articles by Robin Parker – Page 155
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NewsLiz Murdoch honoured at awards
Shine chief executive Elisabeth Murdoch and actress and writer Julia Davis were among the winners at this year’s Women in Film and Television awards.
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NewsTern scores doc hat-trick
Tern Television has won three single documentary commissions from BBC Northern Ireland.
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NewsBauer buys Emap radio and consumer divisions
German publisher H Bauer is to buy Emap’s radio and consumer magazine businesses for£1.14bn in cash.
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NewsRDF victory in Clements non-compete court case
RDF has claimed a “landmark” victory for super-indies after the High Court ruled against a bid by former employee Alan Clements to join rival SMG.
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NewsC4 hires Bringing Up Baby producer
The executive producer of Channel 4’s controversial child-rearing series Bringing Up Baby has joined the broadcaster’s specialist factual commissioning team.
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NewsRDF wins court battle against Clements
RDF has won its high court battle against Alan Clements to prevent the former employee from joining a rival until December 2008.
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Italian soccer on Babelgum
Babelgum has launched a Serie A Italian Football channel, offering highlights of Italy’s premier division.
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Kate Modern airs in-flight
Virgin Atlantic is to show Bebo’s online drama Kate Modern as part of its in-flight entertainment.
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VoD strategist quits C4
Channel 4's chief strategist on the joint video-on-demand service Kangaroo, Rod Henwood, is to leave the broadcaster in April next year to pursue a new digital venture.
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FeaturesContent focus: Star Trek fan site
Virgin 1 is using the obsessive nature of Star Trek fans to build an online community.
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NewsChannel 4 gets Carter
Channel 4 has confirmed that acting viewers’ editor Paula Carter will take on the role full-time.
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NewsEcho Beach shorts signal next phase for itv.com
Itv.com will host a 12-part series of online shorts linked to Kudos’ ITV1 dramas Echo Beach and Moving Wallpaper next month as part of plans to establish the site as the home of added value web-only content.
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NewsBBC cleared of blasphemy
The BBC and indie Avalon have escaped prosecution for blasphemy over the screening of controversial musical Jerry Springer - The Opera in 2005.
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NewsXfm founder lines up NME Radio
Xfm co-founder Sammy Jacob is to spearhead a digital radio station spin-off of music magazine NME, set for launch next summer.
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NewsC4 in the clear over baby show
Channel 4 did not put children at risk or offer misleading advice to parents in its factual entertainment series Bringing Up Baby, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsCelebrity Predictions returns to C4
Channel 4 is to rate the winners and losers of the showbusiness world in a third installment of tongue-in-cheek almanac show Celebrity Predictions.
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NewsKey Kangaroo exec to hop off
Channel 4’s chief strategist on the joint video-on-demand service Kangaroo, Rod Henwood, is to leave the broadcaster just days after the it signed the deal with BBC Worldwide and ITV.
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NewsMTV recruiting presenter through Myspace
MTV UK is hosting auditions for its next news presenter on MySpace.
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NewsRemedy wins Switch teen talk pilot
Remedy Productions, the indie behind E4 Music, is to produce a pilot episode of a teen talk show for new BBC2 strand Switch.