All Broadcast articles in 07 July 2006 – Page 4
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NewsDownload team films Love Island footage
ITV will send out a dedicated mobile and online production team to film exclusive footage for the new series of LoveIsland, in a first for the network. Clips from the celebrity match-making series, which is recorded on location in Fiji, will be available free exclusively ...
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NewsHallmark/ITV in joint rights deals
Hallmark Channel owner Sparrowhawk Entertainment has picked up four drama series from the LA Screenings, two of which have been acquired in partnership with ITV and one with the BBC.
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NewsSharman unveils slate of factual commissions
Alison Sharman has unveiled her first major raft of factual commissions since becoming director of factual and daytime at ITV.
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Comment - The cost of killer content
People have woken up to the value of user-generated content, says ITV News' Deborah Turness
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NewsLife on Mars co-creators launch indie
The co-creators of BBC1 hit drama Life on Mars- Ashley Pharaoh and Matthew Graham - have set up their own independent production company, in a bid to take more control of the programmes they create.
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NewsWAGs to run clothes shop on TV
The queens of chav-chic and shopping, England's footballers' wives and girlfriends (WAGs), look set to compete against each other off the pitch, selling designer gear in a new series from Off the Radar productions.
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NewsVicar of Dibley hangs up cassock
Long-running BBC1 sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, starring Dawn French, is being brought to its conclusion after 12 years, with a two-part Christmas special.
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NewsShaps defends Smarter Buying
ITV director of television Simon Shaps this week said some production companies were actively lobbying for performance-related payments for the shows they produce, rather than a flat licence fee.
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BT and HMV make early forays into DTO market
BT and HMV are hoping to get an early lead in the download-to-own (DTO) market, with rival services planned to launch over the coming months.
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Comment - Tate's not bovvered
As DVD and download sales from the likes of Catherine Tate line the BBC's back pocket, Richard Herring wants a piece of the action
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Bennett-Jones: BBC neglects older talent
Talent agent and Tiger Aspect chairman Peter Bennett-Jones has warned the BBC that it faces wasting established talent because of its obsession with youth.
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What the armchair fan looks like
The World Cup's archetypal armchair fan is a working class London man who is watching the match with his kids - while his wife does something else.
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NewsProfile - Andy Parfitt: But is he down with the kids?
Profile of Andy Parfitt who is aiming to build bridges with teenagers for the BBC
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NewsHit hires Dunsford to advise on Euro launch
Hit Entertainment has hired Wayne Dunsford - the former BBC executive responsible for launching the corporation's Food channel globally - to work on its international children's channel launch.
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NewsJunk food ad ban 'threatens kids TV' warns Pact
Producers' group Pact has warned that a ban on TV junk food advertising before 9pm would wipe out children's programme production for commercial channels and is calling for a£50m fund to bolster the industry.
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Consortium rivals C4 bid
Chrysalis, UTV and SMG are set to enter an agreement to make a joint consortium bid for the new DAB national commercial radio multiplex, rivalling Channel 4's bid for the platform.
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C4 history book
Media journalist Maggie Brown has been commissioned to write the history of Channel 4, covering the broadcaster's first 25 years.
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Celebrities roadtest diets for BBC2 show
Vic Reeves, Liza Tarbuck and Colin Jackson have signed up for a BBC2 programme which aims to test whether what you eat can really affect who you are.
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NewsSix Degrees to air on ITV1 primetime
ITV1 is to launch its first primetime US series in nine years - a drama from Lostcreator JJ Abrams described as a cross between Thirtysomethingand Cold Feet.