All Broadcast articles in 08 October 2004 – Page 3
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New name for BBCT
BBC Technology was sold to German engineering firm Siemens last Friday and will be renamed Siemens Business Services Media Holdings Ltd. Siemens Business Services will work closely with the BBC Technology Direction group, which is responsible for developing the BBC's technology strategy across the corporation for the duration of the£2bn, ...
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RDF rights wins BBC-produced shows
RDF Rights has secured the rights to its first BBC-produced titles. Made by the BBC's documentaries and contemporary factual department, The Challenge follows a member of the public taking on ultra marathons and races to the North Pole. Meanwhile, This ...
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BBC NI orders three series from Waddell
BBC Northern Ireland has ordered three factual series from Brian Waddell Productions. The six-part House Traders looks at the life of a local estate agent, while two-parter Farmers Wanted (working title) chronicles two Ulster farming families moving from the UK ...
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Soho raises fears over tapeless BBC
Facilities trade associations Cheff and UK Post have voiced concerns over the BBC's plans to adopt tapeless production.
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Watts in BBC return
One of the major BBC players in the Hutton affair, Newsnight science editor Susan Watts, has returned to work following maternity leave. Watts, who stepped back into her post last week, recorded the voice of Dr David Kelly, which was later used by the BBC ...
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BBC Reviews Religion's role on TV
The BBC is to launch an independent review of its religious programming on television, particularly on BBC1. The move follows criticism from the Central Religious Advisory committee about the 'marginalised' scheduling of the genre and the absence of a regular slot. The assessment will report on the strategy approved by ...
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RDF bags rights to Granada show
Indie RDF has scored a major coup after winning the international rights to a new ITV reality show from the Granada team behind I'm a Celebrity? Get Me out of Here!.
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Aussies to try strictly come dancing
Hit BBC1 entertainment format Strictly Come Dancing has been sold to Australia in a co-production deal between BBC Worldwide and Granada Productions. The show, which features celebrities paired with professional dancers, will be known as Dancing with the Stars when ...
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Beard for Ascent
Ascent Media Network Services Europe (AMNSE) has appointed former BBC sales manager for media communications Mark Beard as vice-president, sales. Beard joins senior vice-president Bob Gentry, another Ascent man who came directly from the BBC.
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Liquid creates celeb ancestors
Liquid TV has created the branding and graphics for the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are?. The Wall-to-Wall-produced show explores the ancestors of among others Meera Syal, Vic Reeves and David Baddiel. The celebrities were shot on blue-screen and then composited into traditional ...
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Sky One buys American sci-fi series
Sky One has bought the rights to US sci-fi series Stargate Atlantis and apocalyptic drama Revelations from MGM International Television Distribution. The deal, which includes pay, free and basic cable TV rights, also includes the renewal of the rights for ...
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Hilary to take BBC America to ?next level'
Former BBC executive Bill Hilary has been confirmed as the new head of BBC America.
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Twofour AFP head
Twofour Productions has appointed Jason Langley to its board as commercial director. He will be responsible for international programme distribution, secondary rights exploitation, advertiser-funded programming (AFP) and its home video business. He first joined Twofour in 2001 from Shout Television to look after the indie's AFP content, which includes ...
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Clear Cut adds Final Cut, Avid and Lightworks
Clear Cut Pictures has invested£170,000 in five new suites as it field tests Final Cut Pro's capabilities.
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Aardman lines up CGI show
Aardman, the Oscar-winning animation studio behind Wallace and Gromit , has secured a CGI sketch show for CITV.
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Ant and Dec take away 8 million
Both major channels aired new shows over the weekend in a bid to win the ratings battle, with Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway and Rosemary and Thyme returning to ITV1 and Himalaya with Michael ...
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Channel 4 has winter sports covered
Channel 4 has ordered around 100 hours of programming from Hot House Productions to cover the FIS Winter Sports season, which C4 has bagged exclusive UK terrestrial rights for. The first show will air on 21 November and run through to the World Cup finals in March. The commentary will ...
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Seacole biopic for C4
Channel 4 editor of history Ralph Lee has commissioned October Films to make a
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Channel 4's 30 minutes gets second run
Mentorn and RAW have been commissioned to make a second series of current affairs strand 30 Minutes for Channel 4. The 7 x 30-minute run, to air next year, will be executive produced by Dimitri Doganis and Sam Collyns.