All Broadcast articles in 14 October 2005 – Page 5

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    BBC3 orders Little Britain studio show

    2005-10-13T08:30:00Z

    Little Britain stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams are to star in a Trisha-style chat show in which they will be quizzed on aspects of the show by a studio audience.

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    Ladette to Lady in return to ITV1

    2005-10-13T08:30:00Z

    ITV1 reality show Ladette to Lady has been recommissioned by controller of factual Bridget Boseley for another 5 x 60-minute series.

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    Footie high of 57.1%

    2005-10-13T08:30:00Z

    England's 1-0 victory against Austria which put them through to the World Cup gave BBC1 a peak audience of 10.3 million (57.1%) at 5.30pm on Saturday (8 October). The entire coverage of the game drew 7.5 million viewers.

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    Right on target

    2005-10-13T08:00:00Z

    With Alison Rayson at its helm, distributor Target has expanded into production and after doing Peter and Jordan's wedding for ITV2, the aim is a primetime terrestrial commission.

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    Making your market

    2005-10-13T08:00:00Z

    The scramble to find next season's potential hit TV show is underway once again this month at Mipcom. Jane Marlow looks at the ingredients for a successful sale and tracks the global route to market of three top shows.

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    Can he make stuff happen?

    2005-10-13T08:00:00Z

    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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    So you want to go tapeless?

    2005-10-13T08:00:00Z

    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.

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    It's not just cricket!

    2005-10-13T08:00:00Z

    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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    What producers can't do

    2005-10-13T08:00:00Z

    If I'm such a great producer, how come I can't manage my own life, wonders Steven D Wright.

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    It's not a dirty business

    2005-10-13T08:00:00Z

    Amid suggestions that BBC shows are being sinisterly penetrated by product placement, Steve Read claims that paid placements are an honourable business - and good for TV.

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    The BBC's digital pay-off

    2005-10-13T08:00:00Z

    Never mind the outrage, the government must give the BBC a generous licence fee settlement if it is to lead digital switchover.

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    Why big isn't bad

    2005-10-13T08:00:00Z

    Lorraine Heggessey on why those who say the rise of super-indies will lead to bland programmes are wrong:

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    Jowell probes BBC licence fee claims

    2005-10-13T07:50:16Z

    The government has hired a major firm of accountants to probe the financial thinking behind the BBC's bid for an inflation-busting licence fee rise.

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    BBC's licence fee backlash

    2005-10-13T07:50:14Z

    BBC director general Mark Thompson and chairman Michael Grade are undoubtedly master politicians but even they may have been surprised by the reaction to their proposal for a beefed-up licence fee increasing by 2.3% above inflation.

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    Row at Diverse over Minhas suspension

    2005-10-13T07:50:12Z

    A disciplinary dispute has erupted between indie Diverse Production and its director of programmes, Narinder Minhas, after he was suspended following 'very serious allegations' about his conduct - and subsequently lodged a counter-claim arguing racial discrimination.

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    Broadcast Freelancer job site launches

    2005-10-13T07:50:10Z

    Broadcast will launch a new job-finding website for tele-vision freelancers on Monday (17 October).

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    ITV gives Fantasy Football the boot

    2005-10-13T07:50:06Z

    ITV has axed Frank Skinner and David Baddiel's cult sports comedy show Fantasy Football for the forthcoming 2006 World Cup.

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    Teachers and Cutting It stars set up indie

    2005-10-13T07:50:04Z

    One shot to fame as a hard-nosed taskmaster on Teachers, the other made her name playing an entrepreneurial hairdresser on Cutting It. Now actresses Nina Sosanya and Sarah Parish are moving into the world of production.

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    BBC1 to fill regional slots

    2005-10-13T07:50:02Z

    BBC1 controller Peter Fincham is looking to create a regional slot on the channel between 7pm and 7.30pm, and is asking indies to come up with a Nationwide-style magazine programme to fill it.

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    Cowell woos Rosencrantz

    2005-10-13T07:50:00Z

    Simon Cowell is understood to be trying to poach ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz to join his indie Syco.