All Broadcast articles in 14 November 2008 – Page 5
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Turner-Laing's email to Sky staff
BSkyB's managing director, entertainment Sophie Turner-Laing's email to Sky staff this morning.
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NewsGale to 'take a few weeks off'
Ben Gale, outgoing director of programmes for Five, has told Broadcastnow that he will take time off before the end of the year and then consider his options.
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NewsITV1's Commander leads the way
ITV1's drama The Commander was given a clear run at 9pm with the second instalment picking up 5.1m viewers (21.9% share).
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NewsFirst MySpace commission for RDF
RDF USA has produced original web series The Lost Archives of Quincy Taylor for MySpaceTV.
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NewsC4 programming budget cut by£25m
Channel 4's head of programmes Julian Bellamy has confirmed that C4's programming budgets will be cut by “at least”£25m next year, with daytime and drama to be hit hardest.
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NewsWoolfe in, Gale out at Five
Richard Woolfe is to step down as director of programmes for Sky 1, 2 and 3 to become channel controller at Five. The move will see Ben Gale, director of programmes at Five, leave the broadcaster.
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NewsRDF close to£53m management buyout
The management of Wife Swap creator RDF Media is “nearing completion” of a£53m takeover bid for the company, backed by Endemol founder John De Mol's investment firm.
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NewsC4 drama to recreate Battle of Hastings
Hardy Pictures has called on more than 800 extras to recreate the three key battles of the Norman Conquest for Channel 4.
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NewsBlair to examine Christianity for C4
Michael Portillo, Ann Widdecombe and Cherie Blair will offer their personal takes on Christianity's rich history in Channel 4's forthcoming new religious strand.
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NewsJamie, Gordon and Hugh continue C4 Food Fight
Channel 4 is to tackle the welfare of pigs and chickens in another campaigning food season, a year on from January's Big Food Fight season of programmes.
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NewsC4 unveils new doc line-up
Channel 4 has pledged to continue to air the equivalent of one new documentary film in peak every weekday into next year despite restoring Celebrity Big Brother to its primetime schedules in January.
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NewsPeter Kay's Geraldine to return to C4
Channel 4 is planning a follow-up to Peter Kay's ratings-busting talent show spoof Britain's Got the Pop Factor and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice.
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NewsMoyles to host C4 quiz show
Chris Moyles is to get his own TV show for the first time in eight years with a quiz show in which the Radio 1 DJ competes against three celebrities.
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NewsBBC's Gardner follows Tranter to US
Julie Gardner, head of drama for BBC Wales, is to join the corporation's outgoing director of fiction Jane Tranter in the US.
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NewsJulie Walters honoured by WFTV
Golden Globe and Bafta winning actress Julie Walters has been given the Women in Film and Television's highest accolade - a lifetime achievement award.
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NewsSony adds new POV camera combo
Sony has developed a compact HD point-of-view (POV) camera and solid-state recorder combo designed to help programme makers that need more mobility than a shoulder-mounted or handheld camcorder allows.
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NewsPrincess wins multimillion T4 contract
Princess Productions has won the multimillion pound contract for Channel 4's youth strand T4.
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CommentGoing green AND boosting your business
Reducing your carbon footprint is not an entirely selfless act, suggests Will Strauss. Going green can also be good for your business.
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NewsBarmer joins Absolute Post
Absolute Post has appointed former The Mill managing director Andy Barmer as its new production director.