All Broadcast articles in 05 December 2008
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NewsSky News goes HD with Obama inauguration
Sky News will make its first HD broadcast for its coverage of Barack Obama's inauguration as US president on 20 January 2009.
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NewsC4's Ross wins at Women in Film and Television Awards
Tessa Ross, the Channel 4 controller of film and drama, has picked up a top prize at the Women in Film and Television Awards today.
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Winners: Women in Film and TV 2008 Awards
Full list of winners at the Women in Film and TV 2008 Awards.
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NewsThe future of specialist factual
As this year's World Congress of Science and Factual Producers draws to a close, the new head of Shine's specialist factual unit Natalie Humphreys talks to Michael Rosser about the highlights from Florence.
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NewsMore woe for Richard and Judy
Watch's struggling chat show Richard and Judy's New Position fell to new low last night as just 12,000 viewers (0.06% share) tuned in at 8pm.
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CommentBlog: The times are changing for Welsh indies
Welsh indies are in danger of becoming overly dependent on their nation's favourable commissioning structure at a time when the world is changing, writes Robin Lyons.
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NewsRecord Panorama figures for Shannon Matthews special
BBC1's special edition of Panorama that examined the high profile kidnapping case of Shannon Matthews pulled in the programme's highest audience of the year with 5.7m viewers (23.5% share) at 8.30pm.
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NewsGavin & Stacey up for South Bank award
BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey is in the running for a second South Bank Show award.
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NewsITV rebrands Catch Up as ITV Player
ITV's video-on-demand service Catch Up is to become ITV Player, backed by a high-profile Christmas campaign.
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NewsWogan passes Eurovision baton to Graham Norton
Graham Norton is to replace Terry Wogan as the BBC's face of Eurovision from next year.
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NewsSPTI promotes Newton
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Damian Newton to senior vice president of digital initiatives for the European distribution division.
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NewsTV Critics 5 December ‘08
“This film is nicely non-judgmental.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsCarter sends mixed messages on terms of trade
Communications, technology and broadcasting minister Lord Carter has sent out mixed messages over the future of the terms of trade - claiming they have been a great success but suggesting they may be re-evaluated as part of securing C4's future.
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NewsBeehive provides few laughs for E4
E4's new comedy sketch show got off to something of a shaky start last night at 10.30pm with 120,000 (0.84%) watching the first episode.
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NewsCoronation Street wedding attended by 10.2m
The hour-long wedding special of Coronation Street drew a strong 10.2m viewers (43.4% share) at 7.30pm.
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NewsAsian channel fined£35,000
Ofcom has fined Asian broadcaster Venus TV£35,000 for a number of 'serious and repeated breaches” of the advertising code.
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NewsiPlayer records nearly 300m views
Director of BBC Vision Jana Bennett has highlighted a very successful year for the BBC iPlayer.
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NewsSTV slams 'distorted' claims by ITV
STV has hit back at ITV's claims that the network subsidises both STV and UTV by£25m per year, arguing that the Scottish and Irish broadcasters in fact contribute up to£31m per year.
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FeaturesCreative Review - Zero G
Zero gravity channel idents and promos created for Space Week on Nat Geo.