All Broadcast articles in 21 January 2011 – Page 3
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NewsHuggers quits as BBC technology boss
Erik Huggers, the BBC’s Future Media and Technology chief, will leave the broadcaster at the end of February to take up a role with technology firm Intel.
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NewsErik Huggers quits BBC FM&T to join Intel
The BBC’s Future Media and Technology chief Erik Huggers will leave the broadcaster at the end of next month to take up a role with US technology firm Intel.
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NewsHunt unveils plans for new national TV channel
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has today unveiled his vision for local television, which will kick-off with the launch of a prominent and independently-run national TV channel.
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NewsITV2 to pick up US Jeremy Kyle
ITV2 is close to agreeing a deal that will see it acquire the US version of The Jeremy Kyle Show.
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NewsFrankie Boyle sketch show may be scrapped
Frankie’s Boyle’s sense of humour seems to have proven too much for Channel 4 bosses, as rumours spread that they want to ditch his new comedy sketch series Tramadol Nights.
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Comment19 Jan '11
“Gimmick-free, grown-up television about different ways of life.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsLisa Opie joins Twofour
Lisa Opie, former managing director of content at Channel 5, has been named channel strategy director for indie Twofour.
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NewsC4 poaches C5 scheduling boss
Richard Brent, head of planning and scheduling at Channel 5, has become the latest executive to join Channel 4 in the wake of Jay Hunt’s appointment.
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NewsHunt: we will “radically rethink” media regulation
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has fired the starting gun on the creation of a new communications act, promising the publication of a green paper by the end of 2011.
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NewsITV dramas head to Latin America
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has sold more than 170 hours of programming into Latin America, including Trevor Eve drama Bouquet of Barbed Wire.
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NewsCelebrities to "control" new C4 music show
Stars of the Inbetweeners and Misfits will take control of a new Channel 4 music series, funded by fashion retailer Topman.
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NewsExtreme orders skate doc
Extreme Sports Channel has commissioned a new documentary about a world record breaking jump from the Eiffel Tower.
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Shine Intl boss to co-chair Natpe
Shine International president Chris Grant has been named co-chair of the Natpe association, ahead of the launch of its annual event in Miami next week.
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NewsLand Girls sold worldwide
BBC daytime drama Land Girls is to be broadcast in Asia, Eastern Europe and Australia following a series of deals by DCD Rights.
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NewsOnline Corrie spin-off to air on ITV2
An online Coronation Street spin-off series is to be shown for the first time on ITV2 later this month.
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NewsThompson: free TV "has a lot to prove"
Free-to-air broadcasting has “a lot to do and a lot to prove” if it is to exist in the future, Mark Thompson has claimed.
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NewsSky News to produce Queen's Speech
Sky News is to produce The Queen’s Christmas Broadcast for the first time, sharing the speech with terrestrial broadcasters the BBC and ITV.
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The Broadcast InterviewDavid Abraham, Channel 4
Eight months into his tenure, C4’s chief exec has built his team and laid the foundations for post-Big Brother creative renewal. He tells Chris Curtis what to expect from the revamped PSB.
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FeaturesE4: A decade of TV innovation
The launch of E4 in 2001 created a whole new style of youth-skewing TV. In the 10 years since, the channel has proven consistently entertaining, daring and different, says Balihar Khalsa.
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Behind The ScenesFreddie vs the World, ITV4
The brief was to take Freddie out of his comfort zone - and the extreme sports he was asked to try out certainly did that, says Dominic Sharman.