All Broadcast articles in 12 December 2008 – Page 5
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David Davies to oversee sport 'crown jewels' review
Former FA executive director David Davies is to head the government review into the major sporting events which must be broadcast on free to air television.
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Blog: Tears on TV
Reality shows have always attempted to tug on the heart-strings of viewers, encouraging them to shed a tear. But as factual entertainment increasingly gets in on the act, Lisa W Kelly asks just who we are crying for.
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EastEnders arrests 10.2m
The controversial paedophile storyline in EastEnders came to a head last night, bringing 10.2m viewers to the soap on BBC1 at 7.30pm.
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DCD sells Haunted Homes
DCD Rights has sold Haunted Homes to NBC Universal Global Network's UK lifestyle channel Diva TV and to Fine Living Network in the US.
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Five devotes night to Bruce Forsyth
Five is to devote a night to entertainment veteran Bruce Forsyth as part of its seasonal schedule.
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BSkyB hints at Tiscali broadband bid
BSkyB's chief financial officer Andrew Griffith has hinted that a bid for Tiscali UK's broadband operations could be in the offing.
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Sky under fire over plans to show assisted suicide
The decision by Sky Real Lives to broadcast the moment a terminally ill man takes his own life through an assisted suicide has been strongly-criticised by anti-euthanasia campaigners.
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Viewer 'disgust' over C4 daytime sex series
Channel 4 has received 100 complaints over the daytime scheduling of a sex-themed series of educational show KNTV.
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TV Critics 10 December ‘08
“It is The Hotel Inspector, crossed with Save Lullingstone Castle, and a dash of Brideshead Revisited.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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C4: Most complained about shows in Nov 08
The 10 shows on Channel 4 in November that received the most amount of complaints from viewers.
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C4: Most praised shows in Nov 08
The shows on Channel 4 in November that received the most amount of praise from viewers.
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Woolcocks joins IPV
IPV has appointed Patrick Woolcocks as its new business development manager.
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Rycote launches ‘shock wig' windshields
Rycote has added new models to its range of Mini Windjammer miniature windshields.
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Polecam plans BVE debuts
Four new mobile production tools from Polecam will make their UK debut at Broadcast Video Expo next year.
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Front Porch reveals DIVAsolo
Content storage management company Front Porch Digital has launched an all-in-one technology application for migrating content from legacy videotape to high-density data tape.
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Megahertz adds Stopford
Omnibus Systems vice president of sales Robert Stopford has joined systems integrator Megahertz Broadcast Systems as director of sales.
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Peter Salmon named BBC DG of the North
BBC Vision's chief creative officer Peter Salmon is to lead the biggest staff move in the history of the BBC as its first “director general of the North”.
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Pro Motion Hire heads for Waterloo
Broadcast equipment rental company Pro Motion Hire has relocated its London office to a larger, purpose-fitted facility just south of the river in Waterloo.
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Blue helps to bring back the 60s
The telecine and restoration team at Blue post production is transferring more than a hundred hours of unseen interviews from the 1960s for a new BFI online research tool to be launched next year.
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Magnolia unveils web re-purposing tool
Magnolia has launched a new Java-based, open source content management system that allows broadcasters to manage and serve their content over the Internet.