All Broadcast articles in 2 March 2012 – Page 3
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NewsBBCW secures major content deal with Australia’s FetchTV
Australia’s FetchTV has acquired more than 1,750 episodes of BBC Worldwide programming for its VoD service.
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NewsOxford Union debates to be televised
Oxford Union debates, which attract speakers as diverse as Johnny Depp and David Cameron, could be televised after a new production company clinched the rights to broadcast the events.
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NewsBBC Daytime head given peaktime powers
BBC Daytime controller Liam Keelan has been given responsibility for an additional 30 hours of peaktime programming.
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NewsContent to sell BBC thriller Line of Duty
Content Television has secured the international distribution rights to new BBC thriller Line of Duty.
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NewsCatweazle creator Richard Carpenter dies
Richard “Kip” Carpenter, the Bafta-award winnning television screenwriter behind Catweazle and Robin of Sherwood, has died aged 78.
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BBC2 to probe Mitt Romney's Mormonism
The Mormon beliefs of US presidential candidate Mitt Romney is to be examined in a new documentary for BBC2.
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CommentRobinson on BBC local radio cuts
Cuts to BBC local radio drivetime programming proposed by BBC management have been decisively rejected by a new report in the wake of falling listening figures, writes Paul Robinson.
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Soho firm th1ng heads to New York
Animation and graphics company th1ng Corp is opening a New York studio.
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RatingsGypsy Weddings back over 4m
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings soared back over the 4m mark, following a dip in viewers last week at the hands of the Brit Awards.
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NewsCrozier: product placement rules 'too restrictive'
ITV is being prevented from making serious money on product placement deals as a result of overly restrictive regulations, Adam Crozier has said.
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NewsDTG updates Freeview EPG
The Digital TV Group’s (DTG) latest technical specifications for Freeview include a backwards EPG and navigation from the programme guide to the web.
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NewsJames Murdoch quits News Int'l; remains at Sky
James Murdoch has stepped down from his position as executive chairman of News International but remains chairman of BSkyB.
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NewsMusic & Sound Awards winners announced
Envy and Clerkenwell Films were among the first winners of the inaugral Music & Sound Awards, which took place last week.
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NewsITFC restores Renown films
ITFC has signed a deal with Renown Films to restore and archive some of the UK production and distribution company’s vintage black and white films.
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NewsC4 acquires Labyrinth and Pillars of the Earth sequel
Channel 4 has acquired an adaptation of Kate Mosse thriller Labyrinth and the sequel to medieval drama The Pillars of the Earth.
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NewsBroadcasters to appeal Dale Farm footage ruling
The NUJ, BBC, ITN, BSkyB and Hardcash Productions are appealing a Crown Court order for them to hand over footage to the police that was recorded during the Dale Farm evictions.
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C4 picks up Fred Perry subculture doc
Channel 4 has picked up a series of online films ordered by clothes brand Fred Perry that will document six decades of subculture - from soul boys to punks.
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NewsUS firm to control Agatha Christie literary estate
IP firm Chorion has sold a majority stake of the Agatha Christie’s literary estate to US firm Acorn Media Group.
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NewsRed Arrow completes CPL deal
Red Arrow Entertainment has completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in A League of Their Own producer CPL Productions.
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CommentLove Life / Alcatraz / The Indian Doctor
PBS’s Katie Cook and Objective’s Paul Routledge on love triangles, lost inmates and smallpox.