All Broadcast articles in 23 November 2007 – Page 4
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NewsHundreds of volunteers for BBC News cuts
More BBC News staff have expressed interest in taking voluntary redundancy than the level of cuts the department needs to make in the first year.
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Bravo to Work Out again
Bravo in the US has commissioned Mentorn USA to produce a third series of Work Out.
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NewsBBCW pioneers on-demand HD in Asia
The BBC will become the first provider of on-demand HD content in Asia after commercial arm BBC Worldwide completed its biggest deal in the continent to date.
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NewsThe One Show gets year-long commission
BBC1 has given The One Show a massive vote of confidence, committing to it until March 2009.
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FeaturesEureka! Arrange me a marriage
Betty’s Liz Warner reveals how she sold the concept of Arrange Me a Marriage to Roly Keating.
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Composer leads Five’s new year
An epic biography of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams from prolific music film director Tony Palmer will form the centrepiece of Five’s New Year’s Day programming.
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NewsVirgin targets men in digital rethink
Virgin Radio has insisted it is not turning its back on digital radio despite axing soul station Virgin Groove and pulling out of launching female-oriented Virgin Radio Viva on the Channel 4 digital multiplex next year.
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NewsLiving to air unseen Spice films
Living is to celebrate the re-forming of the Spice Girls with a one-off special on the birth of “girl power” featuring unseen early footage.
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NewsSpun Gold makes 140 hours of Titchmarsh
ITV1 has committed to a massive 140 hours of The Alan Titchmarsh Show after signing a two-year deal with producer Spun Gold TV.
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NewsDisney joins Sky’s Picnic
Disney Channel is the first third-party brand to agree carriage on BSkyB’s controversial proposed digital terrestrial television (DTT) service, Picnic.
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NewsITV1 marks 50 years of Queen’s Xmas speech
ITV1 has secured exclusive access to the entire archive of the Queen’s televised Christmas messages for a documentary to mark the 50th anniversary of the first TV broadcast.
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ITV’s Lupton leaves to join BBC comedy commissioners
The BBC has beefed up its comedy commissioning team with the appointment of ITV Productions development editor for comedy, Simon Lupton.
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Miles calls time at ID Distribution
ID Distribution chief executive officer Sally Miles will leave her post at the end of the year.
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FeaturesHow Sony deals with change
Nicola Brittain travelled to Madrid to hear how Sony’s international dealer network is responding to the massive changes in the broadcast technology market.
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NewsDigital UK chief quits
Ford Ennals has quit as chief executive of Digital UK, the group charged with leading digital switchover.
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CommentA business model for striking writers
Disgruntled US writers might take encouragement from a spate of new media deals, argues Dominic Schreiber.
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NewsDispatches editor commits to indie investigations
Kevin Sutcliffe has pledged his support to indies producing hard-hitting docs for Dispatches after Ofcom cleared Channel 4 over complaints about its Undercover Mosque film.
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NewsBrand taking the mic for C4
Russell Brand is to compere a one-off Saturday Night Live-style comedy show for Channel 4.
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FeaturesMaking sense of classics
A glut of recent period dramas suggests that commissioners believe that they are perennially popular, but what does it take to make a classic appeal to a modern audience?
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NewsC4 tucks into food season
Channel 4 is lining up specials featuring celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall as part of its two-week food season in January.