All articles by Robin Parker – Page 162
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NewsEdinburgh round-up: C4 on trial
Channel 4 announces it will 'rest' Celebrity Big Brothernext year and axe several factual entertainment series to free up the schedules for public service programming; Jane Root urges the channel to wean itself off Big Brotherand Kevin Lygo reinforces the ...
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NewsRoot: 'C4 should drop Big Brother'
Edinburgh:Channel 4 should consider dropping Big Brotherto prove that it is not afraid to take risks, according to former BBC2 controller Jane Root. [ALL]
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NewsSimply Media tees off with golf site deal
Online video provider Simply Media has bought golf site GolfBug.tv and will launch a series of sports channels under the newly created Simply Sports umbrella.
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NewsTouch to expose kindergarten competition
Discovery-owned US cable network TLC has commissioned UK indie Touch Productions to document parents' efforts to get their children into their preferred kindergartens in New York.
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FeaturesSummer of British Film
Movie parodies from TV talent and film-making amateurs vie for attention on a new BBC site.
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NewsIWC sets up ad-funded content arm
RDF-owned indie IWC Media has created a commercials and branded content division to move into producing ad-funded programming and content.
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NewsBBC4 doc to air unseen Bolan footage
BBC4 is to mark the 30th anniversary of Marc Bolan's death with a documentary featuring unseen performance and interview footage of the glam rock star at his peak.
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NewsC4 to showcase new comedy
Kudos' first major comedy commission and a Victorian sitcom from the creators of Peep Showare among six comedies due to air on Channel 4 in November with a view to becoming full series.
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NewsBBC2 focuses on religion
BBC2 is to track the history of the often fraught relationship between Christianity and Islam in a three-part documentary series from Blakeway and CTVC.
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NewsBBC2 orders working class culture doc
Bafta-nominated documentary makers Ursula Macfarlane and Henry Singer are to tackle abortion and white working class culture in hard-hitting films from Century Films for BBC2.
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NewsWeb usage jumps 150%
Linear TV still accounts for half of all media consumption in the UK despite the increasing take-up of broadband internet, according to Ofcom's annual UK Communications Market report.
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News
Read more about Ofcom's 2007 Market report
Linear TV still accounts for half of all media consumption in the UK despite the increasing take-up of broadband internet, according to Ofcom's annual UK Communications Market report.
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NewsWallace and Gromit relaunch website
Aardman Animations has made free video clips of Wallace and Gromitavailable on the popular characters' relaunched website. [ALL]
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NewsC4 to hand over Dispatches footage
The Old Bailey has ordered Channel 4 to hand over unbroadcast material filmed for the Dispatchesdocumentary Britain Under Attackto the Metropolitan Police. [ALL]
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NewsBBC Parliament to re-show Diana funeral
BBC Parliament is to re-broadcast the BBC's entire live coverage of Princess Diana's funeral on the tenth anniversary of her death next month. [ALL]
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NewsEndemol takes 25% stake in MoMedia
Endemol UK has taken a 25% stake in digital entertainment producer and distributor MoMedia International. [ALL]
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NewsBBC inks O2 content deal
BBC Worldwide is to make clips from Doctor Who, Little Britainand I'm Alan Partridgeavailable on mobile phones as part of a deal with O2.
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NewsNuts TV to share Freeview space
Nuts TV is to share a Freeview channel with Thomas Cook TV when it launches next month. [ALL]
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NewsTories defend C4 in Dispatches mosque row
The Conservative party has said that the West Midlands Police's inquiry into the Channel 4 Dispatchesdocumentary, Undercover Mosque,raises serious questions about media freedom. [ALL]
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NewsBBC axes Inspector Lynley
The BBC has axed detective series The Inspector Lynley Mysteriesafter six years, a decision greeted with bafflement by its star Nathaniel Parker. [ALL]