All articles by Robin Parker – Page 86
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NewsFormer C4 colleagues Dale and Brooke team up at Rare Day
Rare Day, the indie run by ex-More 4 head Peter Dale, has appointed former Discovery UK managing director Dan Brooke as its managing director.
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NewsBurns’ search for C4 boss to hot up in the new year
Channel 4’s hunt for a new chief executive will begin in earnest in January as new chairman Lord Burns is only beginning to draw up his shortlist for the role.
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NewsC4 to look back on a decade in TV
Channel 4 is to count down the 20 landmark TV shows of the last ten years as part of a two-part special to air at Christmas.
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NewsEastEnders praised for bipolar storyline
EastEnders was awarded a Mental Health Media Award last night for putting bipolar disorders centre stage.
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Simon Shaps to chair Mercury Media
ITV’s former director of television Simon Shaps has added distributor MercuryMedia to his portfolio of non-executive positions.
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NewsIndustry celebrates diversity champions
The Paul O’Grady Show producer Olga TV was recognised for its efforts to champion diversity at the inaugural Cultural Diversity Network Awards last night.
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NewsVirgin and TiVo team up for set-top boxes
American PVR pioneer TiVo is to lead a major charge into the UK with a partnership with Virgin Media to deliver broadband via set-top boxes.
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NewsAt a glance: BBCW review
The BBC Trust today published the conclusions of its 18-month review into BBC Worldwide’s commercial activities and the BBC’s broader strategy.
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NewsBBCW tightens rules for global channels content
Programmes such as Skins are to face a tougher approvals process to get onto BBC-branded international channels under new rules.
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NewsBBCW to rein in indie investment
BBC Worldwide will be asked to “broadly rule out” further investment in indies under tighter BBC Trust rules that also seek to prevent future deals akin to the group’s stake in the Lonely Planet travel business.
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NewsITV cleared over talent show complaints
ITV and Talkback Thames have successfully fought off almost 4,500 complaints concerning the treatment of Danyl Johnson on The X Factor and Hollie Steele and Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent after Ofcom cleared the broadcaster of any wrongdoing.
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NewsDispatches picks up two Rory Peck awards
Channel 4 Dispatches documentary Saving Africa’s Witch Children continued its winning streak last night with a Rory Peck award, one of two prizes for the current affairs strand.
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RatingsITV1 runs rings around Children in Need gig
The start of BBC1’s Children in Need extravaganza pulled in a peak audience of 6.4m (25.6%) last night, but the channel was floored by ITV’s triple whammy of Emmerdale, Coronation Street and I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!.
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NewsPsychoville 2 set for 2010
Dark comedy thriller Psychoville, created by League Of Gentlemen actors Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, is to return for a second series on BBC2 next year.
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NewsC4 launches full-length shows on YouTube
Channel 4 shows including The Inbetweeners and Hollyoaks make their official debut on YouTube today in a new section of the site that pulls together 3,000 hours of programming from 60 content providers.
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NewsRadioplayer to launch in 2010
MEDIA FESTIVAL: A proposed iPlayer-style online service for radio, capable of streaming more than 400 stations from both the BBC and the commercial sector, will launch early next year.
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NewsPulse focuses on dance studio students for Sky
Sky 1 will take a look behind the scenes at Europe’s largest dance studios in a 7 x 60 series from Pulse Films described as “Airport meets Fame”.
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NewsC4 orders full run of Objective’s Pete V Life
Channel 4 has fast-tracked Comedy Showcase pilot Pete V Life to a full run - but has axed sitcom Plus One after just one series.
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NewsMore than 80% don't have digital skills
TV companies are failing to equip their staff with the skills they need for the digital age, a Broadcast survey has found.
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NewsBig Brother web producer takes Keo Digital role
Keo Films has signed the producer of Big Brother’s first website to join its recently established digital division.