All Broadcast articles in 2 December 2011 – Page 4
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Bectu and SIS LIVE at odds over insurance
Bectu has called on freelancers to reject “excessive and disproportionate” insurance demands being made by OB firm SIS LIVE.
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Celebrities roll back the years for CBBC
Pop stars Nicole Scherzinger and One Direction will look back at their 12-year-old selves and everyday kids will be thrust into the frontline of the UK’s emergency services for two CBBC commissions.
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Everything's Rosie heads to Asia
CBeebies show Everything’s Rosie has been acquired by broadcasters in Italy, Switzerland and Asia.
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Running Bare’s Edgar-Jones walks after row
Phil Edgar-Jones has quit Running Bare over a row about late night E4 panel show Dirty Digest.
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Canadians snap up 90 hours from Parthenon
Parthenon Entertainment has sold nearly 90 hours of programming to Canada, including a film about an all-male group of synchronised swimmers.
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C4 to pilot comic trio’s Bad Sugar
Sharon Horgan, Julia Davis and Olivia Colman have created a Channel 4 comedy pilot with the writers of Fresh Meat and Peep Show.
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C4 to use game to select Bank Job contestants
The contestants appearing in Channel 4’s forthcoming The Bank Job will have to be successful in an online head-to-head game to take part in the show.
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C4 factual candidates emerge
The deputy head of factual role at Channel 4 looks likely to be hotly contested, with multiple contenders emerging, including a raft of internal candidates.
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C4 probes Queen Victoria’s secrets
The controversial relationship between Queen Victoria and her Muslim Indian servant Abdul Karim will be explored as part of Channel 4’s 2012 history documentary line-up.
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BBC3 eyes The Voice US
BBC3 is close to securing the rights of the US version of The Voice, to air after the UK version debuts on BBC1 next year.
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All3 secures group-wide rights deal with Discovery
All3Media has flexed its muscles to win a group-wide rights agreement with Discovery Networks International that gives its indies more flexible terms when making content for the factual specialist.
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Unions ballot members over 3% ITV pay offer
Bectu, the National Union of Journalists and Unite are balloting ITV members for the second consecutive year over the company’s offer of a 3% pay increase for 2012.
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BBC3 trials long-form online push
BBC3 is trialling long-form online comedy as part of a major push in the genre that includes a Jack Whitehall sitcom and recommissions for Pramface and Him & Her.
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FilmFlex set for 2012 move into TV content
White-label VoD supplier FilmFlex is set to offer TV content for the first time next year, according to chief executive Jeff Henry.
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McGregor back on BBC2 for Unicef docs
Ewan McGregor is to front a BBC2 documentary series charting the delivery of vaccines to some of the most deprived areas of the world.
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Percy looks at Russia and the West in BBC2 season
Unseen interviews with poisoned ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, the president of Georgia and other top world politicians will form part of a Norma Percy BBC2 season investigating the West’s relationship with Russia.
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Ballard’s 10 Star cuts ties with FremantleMedia
Bea Ballard’s 10 Star Entertainment is to cease operations and part company with minority backer FremantleMedia.
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Loft ups storage space
Loft London has invested £500,000 in hardware over the past 10 months to build storage capacity to 400TB, with potential for expansion to 1PB.
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Sky plans fresh comedy push
Sky head of comedy Lucy Lumsden outlined ‘phase two’ of the satellite broadcasters’ push into the genre at the Broadcast Business Breakfast held at the Corinthia Hotel this week.
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BBCW launches festive promo for iPlayer
BBC Worldwide is offering global iPlayer customers a free episode of festive themed content every day until Christmas.