All Broadcast articles in 15 October 2004 – Page 2
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Edit Store completes HD expansion
The Edit Store has completed a major HD expansion costing over£500,000.
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So come dancing for Graham Norton
BBC1 has revealed details of star signing Graham Norton's first project for the corporation - a further spin-off from Strictly Come Dancing. Norton, who was poached from Channel 4 last December, will front the in-house produced Strictly Dance Fever ...
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ITV to show Christmas Day kids doc
A documentary following the children and teachers of St Stephen's Church of England primary school will form part of ITV1's morning Christmas Day output this year. The 60-minute religious show, Don't Drop the Baby Jesus , is being produced by Ray Bruce with Nick Stuart ...
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September chief quits UK for LA
Veteran indie chief David Green is to quit the UK to head September Films' office in Los Angeles and has taken his director of programmes with him.
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RDF Rights chalks up first DVD deal
RDF Rights has pushed into the consumer products market with its first book and DVD contracts.
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Pearson quits as Virgin CEO
John Pearson has quit as chief executive of SMG-owned Virgin Radio after 12 years at the station he helped launch.
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Capital merger
Capital Radio has been given the green light by Ofcom to merge its two London Choice FM urban music stations. Choice currently broadcasts on two frequencies, serving the north and south of London, but a new schedule will launch on 18 October that synchronises the pair. Four of the stations' ...
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Peacock in subs call
Sir Alan Peacock, the professor who conducted a wide-ranging review of the BBC's finances in the 1980s, has renewed his call for the BBC to be funded by subscription. The claim comes in a new Institute of Economic Affairs report which echoes his controversial 1986 Peacock Report, which outlined alternative ...
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Snoddy grills Byford
The BBC's new 'right to reply' programme dealing with issues surrounding its news output kicks off on Friday (15 October) night with an interview with deputy director general Mark Byford. NewsWatch , which will be presented by former Times ...
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BTDA folds operation into pact
The British Television Distributors' Association (BTDA), the group set up to help encourage exports of British programmes, is set to be wound up next week and its functions folded into producers' alliance Pact. The group will meet for its final board meeting on 18 October and members will be asked ...
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Boxers train to win in Five series
Component Graphics has completed design and graphics for Boxing Academy. Talkback Thames produced the 5 x 60 minute series, which puts amateur boxers through intensive training before pitting the champions against each other at a Bethnal Green gym. Designers Steve Wilkes and Simon Pyke ...
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MTV boosts in-house post capabilities
MTV Broadcast Services has spent more than£1m boosting its in-house post capabilities and has taken on an additional 12 staff in the process, writes Rick Dacey.
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Format focus: The Biggest Loser
Our obsession with the body beautiful could help NBC reap rewards with this battle of the bulge format.
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BBC Breakfast move
BBC news weekend editor David Kermode is to take over the editorship of BBC Breakfast, covering for Richard Porter who has moved to helm BBC World for six months following the ill-health of Sian Kevill. Kermode has been weekend editor for BBC1 and BBC News ...
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BBC to tender out politics
The BBC is to further boost its 25% indie quota by tendering out its London regional politics show to an external supplier.
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BBC Reeve tribute
The BBC is to broadcast its latest documentary on Superman actor Christopher Reeve as a tribute to the star, following his sudden death this week. Christopher Reeve: Keeping Hope in Motion was commissioned from indie TWI last year to chronicle his struggle to walk ...
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BBC reporters set to go mobile
BBC News is to equip its roving reporters with third generation (3G) video mobile phones to give them a new way of gathering breaking news stories.
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BBC Broadcast creates drama
BBC Broadcast has created the television trail for new drama, Conviction , one of three upcoming dramas commissioned for BBC3. The trail tracks one of the characters back from killer to drug dealer to reveal he started out as a police officer. Johnny Bongo editor ...
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BBC Birmingham wins at RTS Midlands
BBC Birmingham swept the board at the Royal Television Society Midlands awards on Saturday (9 October), picking up eight awards from the 11 major categories it was nominated in. Among the winners were BBC1's One Life: Size Doesn't Matter for best factual programme and BBC2's ...
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Avalon makes global Sketch Show sales
Avalon International has made sales of Bafta-award winning comedy The Sketch Show. Danish broadcaster Danmarks Radio has picked up the show while Pure TV in Canada and France's DMLSTV Productions and TF1 will make local-language versions. Earlier this year, US network Fox commissioned a domestic ...