All Broadcast articles in 29 April 2005
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NewsSupersize audience for Spurlock doc
The critically acclaimed documentary Super Size Metempted many viewers last night, pulling in over 4 million for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC hits back over Prescott complaint
The BBC has hit back at accusations of bias by deputy prime minister John Prescott, criticising the Labour party for refusing to supply senior party interviewees.
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NewsStrong start for ITV3
ITV3 has been the most successfully launched digital channel on record, but has still failed to make much impact on the overall share for the ITV family of channels, new Barb figures reveal.
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NewsFBC owner bids for super indie status
Fact Based Communications (FBC), the company which last year bought indie Diverse, is looking to buy another one or two indies this year.
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NewsRDF valued at£48.8m
RDF Media has been valued at£48.8m in the run up to the company's initial public offering on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on 4 May.
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NewsMuppets set for TV comeback
Disney is bringing The Muppetsback to TV in a new series reported to be in the early stages of production.
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NewsPEER POLL: Pact
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Could Pact do more to address freelance discontent?
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Sci-fi orders Star Wars shorts
Sci Fi UK has greenlit its first commission in over two years, ordering a series of Star Warsshorts which will also air across owner NBC Universal's network of European channels. London-based Flawless Media, in collaboration with Lucas Film and Twentieth Century Fox, is making ...
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Knight's move
West London facility Clear Cut Pictures has appointed Louise Knight as general manager and Natalie Bayford as head of sales. Knight joins from Nats Post Production where she was post-production manager. She will work alongside managing director Jo Beighton in the day-to-day running of the facility. Bayford joins from fellow ...
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Infinite move
UK crewing company Infinite Vision has appointed Patrick Lindsell as head of cameras.
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MD takes over Impossible TV
Impossible TV, formerly part of the Carlton-owned Planet 24, has been taken over by its managing director and set up as an indie in Brighton.
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Skin hires Munt
TSI design agency Skin has appointed executive producer Jill Munt, who leaves Bruce Dunlop Associates after nine years working on projects for broadcasters such as ITV, Discovery, Five and the Paramount Comedy Channel. Former Red Post Production art director Zak Ezzati also joins as creative director. He has previously worked ...
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Reef hires Hanrahan
Indie Reef Television has hired the production manager -behind Cash in the Attic and Car Booty to be its new head of production. Paul Hanrahan was unit manager for Leopard Films and also handled the firm's international sales. Reef, which makes First Time Buyersand ...
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Rajar puts half a million into testing
Rajar is ploughing an extra£500,000 into tests that aim to modernise the current method of measuring radio audiences. It will begin 12 weeks of national fieldwork tests on 6 June, using pager-style devices from research groups Arbitron and Eurisko. Investment in the project now stands at£2m. TV research body Barb ...
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Grant for news job
The BBC has appointed Michele Grant to a new post as head of global news development. Grant will link BBC News with BBC Worldwide and the Global News Division, and is tasked with developing editorial and commercial opportunities around the world. She is currently based in Washington as head of ...
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Gardening hopefuls study with Gavin
Eight would-be gardeners have given up their jobs to learn the secrets of horticulture for BBC2's latest gardening reality show, Tatton(working title). BBC Wales is filming the candidates, whose previous jobs range from police work to computing, as they spend five months living at the Royal Horticultural ...
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Street-Porter fronts royal special
Janet Street-Porter is fronting a film for Sky One, in which she gives a critique of the British royal family. Janet Saves the Monarchywill feature former royal butler Paul Burrell, former press secretary to Prince Charles Mark Bolland and former editor of the ...
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Target makes pre-sales of Five's Fifi
Target Entertainment has made pre-sales of pre-school series Fifi and the Flowertotsto nine broadcasters. The 52 x 10-minute series, set to launch on Five and Nick Jr, has been sold to Australian public broadcaster ABC, France5, South Africa's MNET-K-TV & GO and SVT Sweden. The animated ...
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My Family set to show on UKTV Gold
UKTV Gold has signed a three-year deal with BBC Worldwide and DLT Entertainment to take all five series of BBC1 sitcom My Family. The fifth series of the sitcom, which stars Robert Lindsay and Zoë Wanamaker, will get its first airing on the channel on 14 ...
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Zeal teams up with Russians in factual push
Zeal TV has set up a joint-venture with Russian commercial broadcaster TNT to develop and produce reality and factual entertainment formats out of Moscow.