All Broadcast articles in 09 June 2006 – Page 5
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News10 rules for digital TV production
How do multichannel producers make quality shows cheaply and quickly
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ESPN gets access to 70,000 hours of BBC sport
Recently launched vintage sports channel ESPN Classic has secured the largest BBC sports archive deal to date, giving it access to over 70,000 hours of footage from events such as the Olympics and FA Cup Finals.
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NewsSky News reverses revamp
Sky News has confirmed it will return to a rolling news service from July, axing The Sky Report, World News Tonight, as well as its triple header daytime presenting teams and 16 jobs.
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NewsC4 and Pact agree new media deal
Channel 4 and Pact have reached an agreement on new media rights after months of negotiations, with the broadcaster winning its hard fought battle for a 30-day exclusive window in which to exploit its programmes via all platforms.
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MIG goes to Ireland
Mobile broadcast specialist Mobile Interactive Group (MIG) has launched a new branch in Ireland.
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BBC's NHU to make badger reality TV
The BBC is to make a ' Big Brother for badgers' as part of its Natural Worldseries for next year, one of nine programmes so far lined up to air from autumn 2007 onwards.
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NewsTrial shows mobile TV is watched four hours a week
O2 and Arqiva's five month mobile broadcasting trial has concluded that viewers will watch TV over mobile handsets for four hours a week, with each session averaging 24 minutes.
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NewsC4 serves up exclusive deal for Ramsay
Channel 4 has signed celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay in a big bucks golden handcuffs deal that will see him work exclusively for the broadcaster until July 2011.
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NewsBBC licence fee settlement delayed
The BBC's licence fee settlement will not be decided until at least October, further delaying final sign-off on the corporation's plans for the next 10 years.
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NewsFreeview overtakes analogue
Freeview has overtaken traditional analogue television for the first time, according to Ofcom.
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NewsITV1's big spenders lure 2.9m
ITV1's Britain's Biggest Spendersmanaged just 2.9 million (14.3%) at 9pm - making it the second least popular terrestrial show at that time.
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NewsBrainiac gets new exec producer
Granada factual executive producer Brent Baker is to oversee award winning Sky One shows Brainiacand Vroom Vroom, after the creative team behind both shows quit to set up their own company.
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NewsC4 promotes Dispatches commissioner
Channel 4 has appointed Kevin Sutcliffe, the commissioner of Dispatchesand Unreported World, its new deputy head of news and current affairs.
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NewsPact holds key new media talks
Pact is holding a council meeting today during which the producers' alliance will decide whether to accept or reject Channel 4's new media rights offer.
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NewsFlextech to rent and sell programming online
Flextech is to enter the online download market, offering viewers the chance to rent US network shows it broadcasts and buy episodes of its own commissions, including Most Haunted.
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NewsBBC3 scheduler moves to CBBC and CBeebies
BBC3 scheduler Damian Kavanagh is to take up a new role as head of scheduling for CBBC and CBeebies, and will also take a commissioning role for the corporation's kids' output.
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NewsBBC poaches C4 cultural diversity exec
The BBC has poached a senior Channel 4 executive to become its editorial executive of diversity following recent criticism from Trevor Phillips, head of the Commission for Racial Equality.
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NewsSky Report faces axe
Sky News is considering the future of poor rating programmes Sky Reportwith Julie Etchingham and World News Tonightwith James Rubin, according to senior Sky sources.
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NewsFive boss sheds light on new digital channels
Five has unveiled more details of the broadcaster's two new digital launches Five Live and Five US - which are set to launch this autumn.
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NewsX Factor Final grabs 6.2m for ITV1
The live final of The X Factor: Battle of the Starsattracted 6.2 million (26.6%) for ITV1, delivering another victory for the broadcaster in the week-long ratings battle against C4's Big Brother