All Broadcast articles in 15 April 2011 – Page 4
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CommentOff Cuts: Endemol’s own Terminator
Separated at birth: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Endemol supremo Ynon Kreiz.
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FeaturesMore As The Story Develops, HBO (US)
Broadcast shines the spotlight on the new drama from Aaron Sorkin.
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Behind The ScenesDoctor Who: Utah diary
Producer Marcus Wilson had to contend with cultural differences, jet lag and a language barrier on Doctor Who’s first Stateside shoot.
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The Broadcast InterviewEmma Scott, Freesat
The Freesat managing director wants to keep the service’s proposition as simple as possible in her bid to win over the ‘Sky wobblers’ and ‘value seekers’.
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NewsSky 1 gets Trollied in drive for original UK comedy
Sky 1 has ordered a comedy set in a budget supermarket in the north-west, featuring bored checkout assistants, ineffectual managers and angry customers.
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NewsGallery: MDA Party 2011
MDA Singapore party at MipTV in Cannes, in association with Broadcast and Screen International.
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NewsC4 to court more controversy
David Abraham has tasked Jay Hunt with increasing the volume of controversial output on Channel 4, the chief creative officer revealed at her first out-of-London indie meeting.
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NewsWindfall recreates Dam Busters mission for C4
Channel 4 has recreated the WWII mission to destroy two German dams that was immortalised in classic film The Dam Busters.
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NewsC5 and ITV mull digital solution to tape crisis
ITV and Channel 5 are accelerating plans for file-based delivery of HD programmes if Sony’s HDCam SR tape runs low following the Japan earthquake.
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NewsPricey and Rain join forces to add scale
Katie Price’s indie Pricey Media is to merge with factual entertainment specialist Rain Media, run by former ITV Studios execs Mark Wells and Glen Middleham.
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NewsAP and PA join forces to shake up archive sector
Associated Press is partnering with the Press Association in a deal that could challenge the established UK news archive market for the first time in 20 years.
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NewsAtomized to solve women’s problems for Sky Living
Sky Living has ordered fact ent series Chick Fix from Atomized, with a range of multiplatform support to drive viewer engagement with the channel.
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NewsTwofour signs Ayling as brands channel manager
Twofour has beefed up its digital channel division with the appointment of former Virgin Media TV commissioner Alex Ayling.
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NewsMacqueen and Singer win BBC commissions
Angus Macqueen and Henry Singer are to investigate the experience of the trapped Chilean miners and Wootton Bassett’s emergence as a symbol of servicemen killed in conflict, in films for the BBC.
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NewsIndies call for a rethink in BBC nations strategy
Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish indies have called for a shake-up of the BBC’s nations commissioning process, claiming the system has added another tier of management and takes them further from those who hold the purse strings.
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NewsLittleford joins BBCW for Global iPlayer launch
Matthew Littleford has been hired by Jana Bennett to fill the new role of creative director for BBC Worldwide’s Global iPlayer.
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NewsSky plans bid to poach Glee
Channel 4 faces a battle to retain the rights to Glee as Sky prepares to offer what could be a knockout bid for the hit US show.
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NewsBig Talk making Comedy Central’s first scripted show
Big Talk Productions is to make Comedy Central UK’s first ever scripted narrative comedy, about a gay man who gets his friend’s lover pregnant.
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NewsBio to offer new take on gypsies
Gypsies and travellers unhappy about the portrayal of their communities in Big Fat Gypsy Weddings will be key characters in a series for Bio.
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NewsBroadcasters board freelancer Fast Train
Sky director of programmes Stuart Murphy and new BBC3 controller Zai Bennett are among the masterclass leaders at Fast Train, a free training day for TV freelancers taking place next month.