All Broadcast articles in 17 December 2010 – Page 4
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NewsBroadcasters plan for product placement
Commercial broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4, UKTV and Sky have begun initial talks with media agencies and indies about incorporating product placement into shows.
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NewsC5 lines up celebs for kids’ charity series
Celebrities including Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby are to feature in a Channel 5 factual entertainment series documenting the work of the Starlight Children’s Foundation charity.
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NewsTarget senior executives leave to set up indie
Two senior executives are to leave distributor Target Entertainment to set up their own indie.
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NewsS4C begins complete review of business
S4C is conducting a root-and-branch review of every aspect of the business, starting with the commissioning process, with a view to creating a strategy before a permanent chair and chief executive are in place.
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NewsMichael Jackson joins the race for BBC Vision job
Michael Jackson, the former chief executive of Channel 4, is believed to be the leading external candidate for the top job at BBC Vision.
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CommentDid you pack it yourself sir?
Visitors to TVC could have been forgiven for thinking they’d taken a wrong turn when the reception was transformed into an airport check-in last week.
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NewsBBC’s Moore appeals for one-off doc ideas
The BBC’s head of documentaries Charlotte Moore has made a clarion call to producers for more single docs.
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NewsIndies call for clarity as BBC loses online exec
Indies are calling on the BBC for greater clarity over its multiplatform strategy as it emerged that BBC Online’s head of external supply, Jonathan Kingsbury, is to leave.
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NewsCBeebies lines up third Justin Fletcher vehicle
CBeebies controller Kay Benbow has ordered a new series starring presenter Justin Fletcher that has been billed as “Crackerjack meets Noel’s House Party”.
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NewsThompson stands his ground over cutting BBC services
The tough licence fee settlement will not see the closure of BBC TV or radio services, director general Mark Thompson has maintained, despite the BBC Trust chairman refusing to rule out the move in the final conclusions of his Strategy Review.
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NewsITV could settle dispute with STV out of court
The long-running legal dispute between ITV and its Scottish franchise holder STV could yet be settled out of court.
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NewsSelina Scott confronts BBC over ageism claims
Journalist and presenter Selina Scott has presented BBC director general Mark Thompson and director of people Lucy Adams with a raft of recommendations to root out ageism at the corporation.
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NewsAll3 indies win first joint order
Peep Show creators Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain are to oversee a major new Channel 4 comedy drama that marks the first full collaboration between two All3Media production companies.
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NewsNickelodeon acquires two US toons
Nickelodeon UK has picked up two animated series from its US division.
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NewsSophie Dahl to front Mrs Beeton doc for BBC2
Former model Sophie Dahl is set to continue her culinary career with a one-off documentary for BBC2 about one of the most famous writers in British cooking: Mrs Beeton.
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NewsSequence secures 'future-proof' premises
Post house Sequence has moved into new premises, bringing to an end a year-long search for a bigger home for the London facility.
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NewsOnline attack targets iLab boss
Police are hunting the perpetrator of a co-ordinated online attack against the boss of film-processing and post firm iLab.
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Behind The ScenesThe Nativity, BBC1
Finding an interesting new way to tell the Nativity story was a daunting task, says Tony Jordan, but there was much that hadn’t been explored on film.
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The Broadcast InterviewCamilla Campbell, drama, Channel 4
With a £20m cash injection to help plug the gap left by the end of Big Brother, C4’s head of drama is looking for works of “scale, social conscience and joy”.