All Broadcast articles in 24 December 2010

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  • The increased capacity will help with work on a six part Jamie Oliver series
    News

    Directors Cut ups offline capacity with more Avids

    2011-01-04T09:00:00Z

    London post house Directors Cut Films has expanded its offline capacity with the addition of four more Avid suites.

  • History programme Pawn Stars
    News

    AETN UK moves to tapeless workflow

    2011-01-03T09:00:00Z

    AETN UK, the London-based broadcaster behind channels Bio, Crime & Investigation, History and Military History has moved to a tapeless digital workflow.

  • CBBC's Just William
    Features

    Just William

    2010-12-26T08:00:00Z

    Full post on a four-part series that follows the exploits of 11-year-old tearaway William Brown

  • One Born Every Minute
    News

    C4's alternative Christmas message

    2010-12-24T13:03:00Z

    As a team of midwives prepate to deliver Channel 4’s alternative to the Queen’s Christmas Day message, Broadcast looks back at the station’s festive speeches from the past 17 years.

  • Doctor Who Christmas Special
    News

    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our readers

    2010-12-24T13:00:00Z

    Broadcast would like to wish all its readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Full online news coverage will resume on Tuesday 4 January but a Christmas ratings round-up will be sent over the holiday period. The first issue of the magazine will be published on Thursday 6 ...

  • Frankie Boyle
    News

    Frankie Boyle facing wave of criticism

    2010-12-24T12:53:00Z

    Comedian Frankie Boyle is facing a wave of criticism as his controversial style was condemned by a prominent MP and mental health and disability campaigners.

  • EastEnders
    News

    EastEnders cuts graphic moments

    2010-12-24T12:47:00Z

    Bosses at BBC1 soap EastEnders have cut graphic parts of the show’s New Year’s Eve episode, which deals with cot death.

  • Lip Service
    News

    BBC3 orders more Lip Service

    2010-12-23T16:31:00Z

    Lesbian sex lives and love affairs will return to BBC3 following the recommission Lip Service.

  • Jeremy Hunt
    News

    NUJ oppose Jeremy Hunt's BSkyB duties

    2010-12-23T15:40:00Z

    The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has opposed Jeremy Hunt being given the power to decide whether News Corporation should takeover BSkyB.

  • It’s Paul Burling
    Ratings

    Got Talent finalist amuses 3.7m

    2010-12-23T13:12:00Z

    WEDNESDAY: Britain’s Got Talent finalist Paul Burling managed to draw more than 3.7m viewers for his one-off show on ITV1.

  • Prince William and Kate Middleton
    News

    TVF secure William/Kate sales

    2010-12-23T13:00:00Z

    A new film about Prince William and Kate Middleton has helped TVF International round off the year with a run of fresh sales.

  • Miriam O’Reilly
    Comment

    “Be careful with those wrinkles!”

    2010-12-23T12:43:00Z

    Diversity is, and has long been, a huge issue in the media, both on and off screen, writes Russell Brimelow. It is now reaching a potential flashpoint, particularly for older women, in this era of rapidly expanding high definition output, where wrinkles have become a bigger issue than ever before.

  • Remote
    News

    Online firms turn to TV advertising

    2010-12-23T12:26:00Z

    Young web businesses have increased their spending on TV advertising, shaking off concerns on marketing costs that have overshadowed the industry since the dotcom bubble burst in 2000.

  • iPlayer
    News

    iPlayer tops 1.3bn in 2010

    2010-12-23T12:10:00Z

    Doctor Who was the most-watched programme on the BBC iPlayer in 2010, a year that saw the catch-up service exceed a record-breaking 1.3bn requests of TV and radio shows.

  • Ugly Betty last episode
    Ratings

    Ugly Betty bows out on a high

    2010-12-23T12:01:00Z

    WEDNESDAY: The final ever episode of Ugly Betty managed to draw its biggest audience of the series on E4 as more than 850,000 said farewell to the US comedy drama.

  • Murder on the Orient Express
    News

    3sixtymedia creates effects for Agatha Christie classic

    2010-12-23T11:36:00Z

    3sixtymedia has completed one its most ambitious jobs yet, a six-month project to create the special effects for ITV drama Murder on the Orient Express, which will be shown on Christmas Day.

  • CHRISTMAS WITH GORDON
    Comment

    23 Dec '10

    2010-12-23T11:19:00Z

    “He’s the man who makes cracking good food; each recipe absolutely bang-on for foodies who want to be pushed.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Lord Patten
    News

    Patten favourite for BBC Trust role

    2010-12-23T11:09:00Z

    Lord Patten will face five challengers for the role of BBC Trust chairman, according to reports.

  • Sarah Harding
    News

    Sarah Harding to host dating series

    2010-12-23T10:34:00Z

    Sky Living has commissioned a third series of Dating In The Dark to be presented by Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding.

  • Curse_of_steptoe.jpg
    News

    Steptoe drama re-edited after complaints

    2010-12-23T10:13:00Z

    The BBC re-edited a programme about Steptoe and Son star Harry H Corbett after the brother of his second wife said it was unfair to her.