All Broadcast articles in 14 October 2005

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    O'Connell takes Xfm team to Virgin

    2005-10-14T17:17:22Z

    New Virgin Radio breakfast host Christian O'Connell is taking his entire Xfm team with him, when he starts his new job on 23 January.

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    Off the Record - Just who is Paxman?

    2005-10-14T15:02:11Z

    When Jeremy Paxman was asked to take part in the latest series of Who Do You

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    Production - So you want to go tapeless?

    2005-10-14T15:02:11Z

    Tapeless production is changing the way that people go about making content. Senior BBC trainer Tim Wallbank discusses how the BBC is gearing up towards its move to tapeless. At this stage, he argues, it's less about selecting kit and more about documenti

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    Production - Rough Cut - A tapeless nirvana?

    2005-10-14T15:02:11Z

    Ian Bucknell on how tapeless production has changed and broadened the role of the TV librarian.

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    Analysis - It's not just cricket!

    2005-10-14T15:02:10Z

    Channel 4 may have bolstered its ratings share with cracking coverage of the Ashes cricket, but this year's third quarterly figures show that terrestrial TV is continuing to lose ground to multichannel.

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    Analysis - Profile - Can he make stuff happen?

    2005-10-14T15:02:09Z

    After restructuring his department, the BBC's new head of comedy, Jon Plowman, is taking on one of the most difficult slots in TV: a new peaktime BBC1 comedy.

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    Comment: Don't knock the telenovela

    2005-10-14T14:57:10Z

    Forget the latest US dramas and UK reality formats - the next big thing to take the international TV market by storm is going to be the telenovela, apparently, writes Dominic Schreiber.

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    All3Media moves formats arm to London

    2005-10-14T14:00:00Z

    All3Media International is moving its format sales operation from Amsterdam to the company's London headquarters, as part of a restructuring of its formats division.

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    French buyer for Mike Young Productions

    2005-10-14T13:58:28Z

    French animation company MoonScoop has acquired a 51% stake in UK and US-based animation studio Mike Young Productions (MYP) and its distribution arm Taffy Entertainment.

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    Spellbound unveils new pre-school series

    2005-10-14T13:54:09Z

    UK-based Spellbound Entertainment will follow up its pre-school series The Koala Brothers with the launch of new property Q Pootle 5 & the Pootles at Mipcom.

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    Foothill turns five at Mipcom Jr

    2005-10-14T13:11:46Z

    Santa Barbara-based Foothill Entertainment will showcase new properties from the UK's Phew!! TV and LA-based Phuuz Entertainment, along with live-action series The Dress Up Box, when it attends Mipcom Junior for the first time this year.

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    ER targets Spain

    2005-10-14T13:10:22Z

    Entertainment Rights has strengthened its international sales team with the appointment of Isabel Pascual as territory manager for Spain and Portugal.

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    Illumina unleashes Ghosts at Mipcom

    2005-10-14T13:09:18Z

    London-based indie producer Illumina Digital will use next week's Mipcom to showcase the technology behind its new children's format GhostHouse.

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    Abbey launches new pre-school series

    2005-10-14T13:08:39Z

    Abbey Home Media Group has begun pre-production on new pre-school series Rhyme Time with Mother Goose (26 x 10 minutes).

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    TWI ramps up docs and reality

    2005-10-14T12:53:53Z

    TWI will launch its biggest ever slate of factual and entertainment programming at next week's Mipcom, including a documentary on John Lennon and the first productions from its joint venture with US talent agency Endeavor.

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    Granada gets back to nature in Cannes

    2005-10-14T12:52:37Z

    Granada International is returning to its natural history roots at Mipcom, with the launch of two major blue-chip documentaries from acclaimed wildlife filmmakers.

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    All change for All3Media's formats division

    2005-10-14T12:51:19Z

    London-based All3Media International has appointed fellow UK distributor Screentime Partners to represent its formats in a number of territories as part of a restructure of its formats division.

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    NGTI picks up indie docs

    2005-10-14T12:50:07Z

    National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has added new documentaries from London-based Darlow Smithson and South Africa's Peartree Films to its growing line-up of third-party titles.

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    Electric Sky appoints US consultant

    2005-10-14T12:48:28Z

    Brighton-based factual distributor Electric Sky is looking to expand its slate of US programming following the appointment of former Fremantle executive Jane Rimer as a consultant.

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    TCI ramps up factual slate for Mipcom

    2005-10-14T12:47:18Z

    Television Corporation International (TCI) will launch a raft of factual titles from new production subsidiary Redback at Mipcom, alongside new programming from Mentorn and Folio.