All Broadcast articles in 19 December 2008 – Page 2

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    BSkyB trials stereo 3D

    2008-12-18T12:12:55Z

    BSkyB is a step closer to providing stereoscopic 3D services and programmes after successfully demonstrating that its Sky+ HD infrastructure is 3D-ready.

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    Salford Uni adds digital specialist

    2008-12-18T12:03:23Z

    The University of Salford has appointed a digital media specialist to lead initiatives relating to the Mediacity:UK development.

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    News

    Rebranded TC boosts HD and digital services

    2008-12-18T11:59:23Z

    Digital media and DVD authoring company TC Group has been renamed TC Soho and is expanding its services.

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    News

    Kit theft could bankrupt Genesis

    2008-12-18T11:48:43Z

    West End hire company Genesis Television could go into administration this week as the result of a burglary and disputed insurance claim.

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    Comment

    Putting a price on Canvas

    2008-12-18T09:29:50Z

    Broadband-connected Freeview is a huge step forward - at a cost.

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    Features

    Production: Facilities in 2008

    2008-12-17T17:53:44Z

    After a year of high-profile business failures in post, facilities are looking to 2009 with caution. Yet some are upbeat and even expecting to grow, as Adrian Pennington discovers.

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    News

    Hollywood takes Sky post

    2008-12-17T17:34:59Z

    Ex-Living head of commissioning Clare Hollywood will become Sky 1, Sky 2 and Sky 3 commissioning editor of entertainment in January.

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    News

    RDF to make Bebo showbiz magazine

    2008-12-17T17:30:16Z

    Social network Bebo has commissioned RDF Digital to make a weekly magazine show rounding up professional and UGC content on the site.

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    Comment

    TV in a cold climate

    2008-12-17T17:25:20Z

    Reviewing 2008, it's clear the industry must look to its strengths in the year ahead.

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    News

    Fremantle backs Ballard's big ideas

    2008-12-17T17:11:52Z

    Former BBC entertainment executive and ... Maria creator Bea Ballard is setting up a Fremantle Media-backed entertainment indie focused on minting big Saturday-night event TV.

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    News

    Ofcom names new chairman

    2008-12-17T17:08:57Z

    Ofcom has appointed its former Consumer Panel chair Colette Bowe as its new chairman.

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    News

    One in five jobs slashed at C4

    2008-12-17T17:03:29Z

    Almost 200 Channel 4 staff are out of a job this Christmas after the broadcaster accelerated its redundancy programme.

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    Features

    How to plug the PSB funding gap

    2008-12-17T16:53:01Z

    The BBC has warded off the threat of top-slicing - but will proposals to share resources with other broadcasters help it keep hold of BBC Worldwide? Katherine Rushton reports.

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    Features

    The Buyer: Sarah Wright

    2008-12-17T16:47:36Z

    Sarah Wright is UKTV director of content acquisitions.

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    News

    Smithsonian posts wish list

    2008-12-17T16:42:45Z

    Smithsonian Channel programming boss David Royle has urged UK producers to bring him HD programming that offers “new ways of looking at the world”.

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    News

    Roots handed BBC2 show

    2008-12-17T16:27:39Z

    Reggae Reggae Sauce creator Levi Roots, who rose to fame on Dragons' Den, is to front his own primetime cooking series on BBC2.

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    News

    ITV Studios in landmark tie-up with Renegade

    2008-12-17T16:21:35Z

    ITV Studios factual department has partnered with the indie behind Don't Tell the Bride and The Boys from Baghdad High in a landmark deal to co-develop factual programmes for UK broadcasters.

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    News

    Indies fear BBC pressure to cover own legal costs

    2008-12-17T16:01:04Z

    Documentary makers have raised fears that the BBC is trying to force them to deliver programmes that are fully legally compliant rather than use its in-house lawyers.

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    News

    Whizz Kid lands ITV New Year's bash

    2008-12-17T13:02:33Z

    Elton John, Will Young and X Factor winner Alexandra Burke will star in ITV1's New Year's Eve special at the O2 arena.

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    News

    Disney appoints channel distribution boss

    2008-12-17T12:40:41Z

    Disney-ABC-ESPN Television has appointed Kakhaber Abashidze to handle channel distribution across most of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.