All Broadcast articles in 02 June 2006
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NewsBBC agrees new media rights with PACT
The BBC and Pact have come to an agreement on new media rights, the first deal to be stuck between a major broadcaster and the producers' alliance after months of negotiation. But there will be no seven or 30-day window.
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News5.6m think ITV1 has The X Factor
ITV1's The X Factor: Battle of the Starspulled off another comfortable victory over Channel 4's Big Brotherat 9pm with 5.6 million (26%) watching as James Hewitt and Rebecca Loos got voted off.
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NewsBBC World introduces webcam pundits
BBC World is offering football fans in countries from Iran to the Antarctic the chance to take part via webcam in a live programme to be screened during the World Cup.
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NewsOpie quits Flextech
Flextech managing director Lisa Opie has quit after 13 years with no job to go to.
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NewsEurosport and Player bag big money pool game
Eurosport and Flextech's new sports gaming channel Player has picked up the rights to a pool tournament boasting the biggest ever prize fund in the game and also featuring snooker legends Ronnie O'Sullivan and Jimmy White.
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NewsIdeal Shopping buys arts and crafts business
TV shopping channel Ideal Shopping Direct has bought craft sourcing and wholesale business Superstore TV for£1.5m, in a bid to exploit the growing popularity of arts and crafts.
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NewsBBC axes health series citing 'busy' presenter
The BBC has axed a series of health programmes featuring Ben Goldacre - a doctor and a science columnist for The Guardiannewspaper - claiming he is too busy to complete the shows.
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NewsFlimflex hires Flextech acquisitions exec
Movie-on-demand service FilmFlex has poached Flextech programming and acquisitions executive, Nazneen Hassam, to help develop the group's programme strategy.
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NewsBBC re-opens Beirut bureau after 15 years
The BBC has re-opened its Beirut news bureau, 15 years after deciding to leave the country due to the worsening security situation.
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NewsPEER POLL: Stephen Carter
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Was Stephen Carter a success as head of Ofcom?
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NewsLa screenings - Wanted: the next US hit.
The US networks offer plenty of quality shows, but standouts are in short supply. Dan Wootton asks what UK buyers will bid for.
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Carter: 'We should have been bolder over ITV'.
Ofcom should have been more radical in cutting ITV's public service programming requirements and making the case for a new Public Service Publisher, Stephen Carter, the regulator's outgoing chief executive, told Broadcastthis week.
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Off the record - Allen's next job?
ITV boss Charles Allen had a chance to get away from all those depressingmemos about why no one is buying advertis...
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NewsBBC to air World Cup live online
The BBC is to broadcast its share of World Cup matches live and free-to-air online.
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NewsThe X Factor serenades 5.8m
ITV1's The X Factor: Battle of the Starshad a convincing win with 5.8 million (26.8%) at 9pm, in the latest stand-off with Channel 4's Big Brother.
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NewsBBC loses second current affairs exec
The BBC has lost its second current affairs executive in two weeks to the independent sector, as Farah Durrani announced she was leaving the corporation.
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Unit Post staffs up
Fledgling dry hire facility Unit Post has made two new appointments. Bookings manager Rhiannon Price joins Unit from Soho Images while former Frontier Post Avid technician Imran Ramzan joined as technical manager. The facility, which launched two months ago, is currently working on three pop promos, two commercials, a feature ...
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Tributes pour in for TV pair killed in Iraq
Tributes have been paid to former ITN cameraman Paul Douglas and his British colleague James Brolan, whose deaths take the total number of media workers killed in Iraq to an estimated 117 since 2003.
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Granada upgrades
Granada Bristol has upgraded a further online area to run Silicon Color's Final Touch colour grading system. The facility now operates five standard and high-definition online areas, two of which run Final Touch for high-end SD and HD finishing work. It has also undergone a major refit of its main ...
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Scarlet TV to investigate forensic science
Scarlet Television is making a 6 x 60-minute series on the development of criminal forensic science for the Australian Crime & Investigation Network. To Catch a Thiefis executive produced by Scarlet managing director Paula Trafford and was commissioned for broadcast next year by Rod Caird, ...