All Broadcast articles in 22 April 2005 – Page 3
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Egg-throwing quiz livens up Five Live coverage
THREE MPs are to line up for a political version of quickfire sports quiz show ...
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Sky One co-funds series of serial killer profiles
Sky One has poured funding into a new series that explores the psychology behind six of the worst serial killers of the 20th century.
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Yahoo! UK chief to head Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio-owner SMG has poached Fru Hazlitt, the managing director of Yahoo! UK and Ireland, to be its new chief executive of radio.
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Format focus: Caraoke
Combining two popular pastimes in a knock-out contest should find plenty of takers.
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Cadle plans major new Soho facility
Former Blue managing director Dave Cadle is set to open a large Soho facility to compete with The Farm and The Moving Picture Company.
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Filmlight bought
Framestore CFC and Molinare have both invested in FilmLight film scanning equipment. Framestore has invested in two Baselight Eight grading and finishing systems and a Northlight scanner, in total worth around£1m. Molinare has bought a£280,000 Northlight film scanner. Its technical director, Darren Woolfson, completed the deal at the NAB conference ...
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Mortimer to Blue
Blue has appointed Chris Mortimer as its new head of visual effects. Mortimer has previously worked on projects including Walking with Dinosaurs, feature film A Life Less Ordinary,as well as idents for CNN, Film Four, the BBC and ITV. He joins from fellow Soho facility Red ...
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Hit extends bidding deadline
Hit Entertainment has extended the deadline for rival bidders to step in and scupper a£489m offer from Apax Partners. Hit, the company behind Thomas the Tank Engineand Bob the Builder, said it would give two potential bidders a further 25 days to ...
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Biased and proud of it
The Today programme can't afford to be impartial, argues Kevin Marsh - it has to be outrageously biased against dishonesty and obfuscation, and in favour of open debate
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BBC hires WOCC exec
The BBC has appointed an executive to head its review into the Window of Creative Competition. Bal Samra is to take over as head of the content supply review immediately, following the departure of Charles Constable to Five last month. The job will involve running the inquiry into the WOCC, ...
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Producer defends BBC village reality series
The producer behind The Week the Women Wenthas defended the BBC programme's public service credentials after it came under fire from an indie producer who lives in one of the villages first considered for the show.
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Thatcher seeks damages for BBC clip
Lady Thatcher is demanding damages from the BBC after it used one of her most famous quotes without permission. BBC/Flextech joint-venture channel UK History broadcast the clip, in which the former prime minister branded the attempt to edge her out of office as 'treachery with a smile on its face', ...
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BBC Broadcast in video-on-demand deal
BBC Broadcast is creating a video-on-demand tool that will allow users to search for tele-vision content and have it sent to their home computers and mobile phones.
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Broadcast backs skills day
Broadcasthas teamed up with Skillset, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, BSkyB, Pact and Bectu to back National Skills Day on Thursday, 26 May. The day will highlight the need for a skilled workforce with a series of events from job swaps to yoga lessons. For more information visit www.skillset.org.
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Shameless scoops three BPG awards
Channel 4's Shamelesstook three awards, including one for best drama series/serial, at the Broadcast Press Guild Awards on Friday, 15 April. C4 won three further awards: best single drama for Omagh, best single documentary for The Boy Whose ...
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Queen's Award for Kemistry
London-based branding company Kemistry has won a Queen's Award for Enterprise for its international broadcast design work.
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Animal Logic's toon campaign
Cartoon Network has used Animal Logic to create its new promo campaign. Animal Logic created 360-degree CG models of both Cartoon Network locations and everyday situations, which were then populated with the channel's cartoon characters. For instance, Samurai Jack and Johnny Bravo meet off-duty doing their washing at a local ...
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Allen turns down top comedy post
The BBC's comedy commissioning structure has been left in limbo after comedy editor Kenton Allen turned down the top job. Allen was offered the post of head of comedy commissioning following the departure of current head Mark Freeland but he rejected the offer, saying he wanted to stay in comedy ...
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C4 combines fitness with surgery in makeover show
Channel 4 is combining fitness regimes, pioneering technology and surgical procedures in an eight-part makeover series which aims to change people both inside and out..
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Sex Traffic leads C4 Bafta triumph
Channel 4 had a good night at the Bafta Television Awards this week, scooping a total of nine awards, with human slavery drama Sex Trafficwinning in the best actress and best serial drama categories.