All Broadcast articles in 18 June 2004
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NewsAll3Media clinches Lion deal
All3Media, the media group run by former Granada chief executive Steve Morrison, has closed its deal to buy Lion TV.
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RatingsBig Brother cancels eviction
Channel 4's coverage of the violent goings-on in Big Brother was an inevitable attraction for viewers with a peak of 7.3 million (45%) at 22.55, but has decided to cancel tonight's scheduled eviction.
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RatingsEngland victory watched by 17m
England's 3-0 win against the Swiss reached a peak of 17 million last night (17 June).
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NewsCops probe Big Brother
The police are today investigating the outbreak of violence at the Big Brother house following complaints from members of the public.
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NewsStrike action looms at BBC
Broadcasting union Bectu and the National Union of Journalists are set to call for an industrial action ballot against the BBC after the unions rejected a 2.7% pay offer.
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NewsNew editor for This Morning
Granada has appointed a new editor for its This Morning , promoting Debra Davidson to the job.
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NewsPEER POLL: Indie quota
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should the 25% independent quota be scrapped?
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NewsC4 publishes its terms of trade
Channel 4 today became the first broadcaster to publish its new terms of trade, which set out the standard terms of business for the broadcaster's commercial negotiations with the independent production sector.
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Sky's free market move
BSkyB's decision last week to launch a free satellite offer is largely about the refuseniks, who up to now have proved impervious to Sky TV's multichannel charms.
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RatingsBig Brother hits 6.3m
Channel 4's reality show Big Brother got its second highest audience of the fifth series so far with an average of 6.3 million (31.9%) as friction within the house stepped up a gear with contestants Michelle and Emma returning from the 'bedsit'.
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Talkback promotion
Talkback Thames has promoted production executive Donna Wiffen to head of production in its drama department. Reporting to head of drama Paul Marquess, she will work on The Bill , Family Affairs and new interactive projects based around the shows. ...
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Sen takes OSF role
OSF Productions has appointed Paul Sen, whose credits include Seven Ages of Britain and The Bollywood Story, as its executive producer for science and history. He takes up the role from 10 July after completing the four-part ...
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Topical TV makes over lives for UKTV
UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned a 15 x 30-minute life makeover series for UK Style called Who Do You Think You Are? from Topical TV. The series, which air every weekday from 14 July, will be hosted by presenter Paul Roseby, Big Brother psychiatrist Dr Sandra Scott ...
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Outsider takes top job at UK Post
UK Post has appointed industry outsider Gaynor Davenport as the chief executive for the newly created trade body for the£1.4bn post industry, writes Rick Dacey.
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Image launch
Image Dynamic Pictures is set to launch Camden Post, a post-production facility providing offline and online suites, graphics and title design services. Owners Stuart Gosling and Patrick Holtkamp have recruited Jen Reznick from Illuminations to be head of facilities due to her experience in working with video and arts documentaries.
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Hewland sells Mile High to Fox
Hewland International has sold the international format rights to its racy Sky One air steward drama Mile High to US network Fox.
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foundry wins grant
Visual effects developer The Foundry has been awarded a grant for research and development by the DTI. The funding will go towards Project Imogen, which has been valued at£575,000 and will last 18 month. Imogen will look to combine traditional optic flow research with imaging understanding techniques to develop more ...
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Good results for FKE
Fox Kids Europe has posted a strong set of half-year financial results, with revenues increasing to£47m for the six months to 31 March this year, from£40m at the same point last year. Profits stood at£6.4m, up from£1.7m, while UK and Ireland revenues went up 39%, from£9.9m at 31 March 2003 ...
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Spooks producer goes into film-making
Indie Kudos, producer of BBC1's Spooks and Hustle , is setting up a film production company. The project is a joint-venture between Kudos managing directors Stephen Garrett and Jane Featherstone and former FilmFour head Paul Webster. Garrett said: 'The synergy ...
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YTV merges factual and features
Yorkshire TV has merged its factual and features department into a single division following a round of redundancies last year.