All Broadcast articles in 9 March 2012
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NewsThe Voice and BGT on course for clash
BBC1’s new entertainment vehicle The Voice and ITV1’s Britain’s Got Talent will almost certainly clash after the broadcasters drew up their initial battle lines today.
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FeaturesKoulla Anastasi, Crime & Investigation
Head of acquisitions and commissioning, Crime & investigation Network.
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CommentBBC Radio 6 Music: the first decade
From burgeoning digital radio station, to under threat beacon of the people, to the UK’s most listened to music digital radio network, BBC Radio 6 Music has been on, what you would call, a ‘journey’, writes Paul Rodgers.
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NewsGore: Current TV is “an inconvenient channel”
In a final message to Current TV viewers, co-founder will say it is closing because it is “an inconvenient channel” .
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NewsBBC3 orders Tourettes singing series
BBC3 has ordered a series following three singing Tourette’s sufferers.
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NewsNine Lives ramping up staff after Dispatches win
Manchester-based indie Nine Lives Media is expanding its headcount and moving into new offices after securing a Dispatches output contract from Channel 4 and a BBC3 film in which Richard Bacon attempts to track down his internet “trolls”.
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London Film Academy to launch female-led indie
After a decade of training filmmakers, London Film Academy is launching a female-led indie focussing on factual and features.
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NewsRicochet hires Knight
Ricochet has appointed the BBC’s Simon Knight as its first director of factual entertainment.
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NewsBBCW promotes digital director Heaf
BBC Worldwide has promoted digital director Dan Heaf to the new role of managing director for consumer digital.
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NewsSky asks fans on Facebook to Watch.Share.Win
Sky has launched a Facebook app that rewards fans with the chance to win prizes including iMac computers and 3D home entertainment systems if they watch clips of shows and share them with friends.
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NewsBloomberg to launch connected TV service
Bloomberg News is eyeing connected TVs as the next platform for its growth and expects to launch a service by the end of the year.
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Nat Geo orders Atlantic special on ancient temple
Atlantic Productions has been commissioned by National Geographic Channel to produce Cradle of the Gods, an hour-long special investigating the ancient and labyrinthine temple site of Gobekli Tepe.
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NewsiPlayer chief urges firms to simplify connected TV
Connected TVs are “punching well below their weight”, according to the BBC’s head of iPlayer, who has called on manufacturers and broadcasters to simplify their devices and services.
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NewsC4 orders more obsessive compulsive hoarding
Channel 4 has ordered a second film looking at the life and home of Richard Wallace, one of the UK’s most prolific hoarders.
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NewsTOWIE gets online spin-off
ITV2 reality series The Only Way is Essex is to get an online spin-off that will keep fans up to date with their favourite stars from the show.
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NewsEricsson circles TNS playout arm
Ericsson is in talks to acquire Technicolor’s European playout operation, Broadcast understands.
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Comment9 March '12
“If you’re in the market for a nostalgic soap it should do the trick.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsDirectors Cut expands
Directors Cut, which recently completed post on Melvyn Bragg On Class And Culture, has taken over another floor in its Great Portland Street building.
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Farm posts Amnesty Ball
The Farm’s Los Angeles division set up in New York last week to provide fast-turnaround post-production facilities for Amnesty International’s The Secret Policeman’s Ball 2012.
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NewsSkillset makes VFX films
Skillset has teamed up with UK Screen and some of the UK’s biggest VFX houses to produce a series of films to encourage youngsters to consider a career in visual effects.