All Broadcast articles in 24 October 2008 – Page 3
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NewsC4's Auerbach to join ent indie start-up
Channel 4 entertainment commissioning editor Andy Auerbach is to step down to run a start-up indie with former Princess Productions head of entertainment Dean Nabarro.
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Off Cuts: 23 October '08
All aboard for AutumnwatchOver at the BBC's Natural History Unit, there is no shortage of shows about the annual autumnal migrations of flora and fauna.
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NewsAnimal Planet's London base faces axe
Animal Planet International is poised to disband its London-based headquarters and split commissioning power between parent company Discovery Networks International's (DNI) offices in the US and UK.
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NewsVaizey supports ITV regional news plan
Shadow culture minister Ed Vaizey has backed ITV's withdrawal from regional news, and cautioned MPs who have criticised the commercial broadcaster's plans.
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NewsITV lines up duo for Christmas
Alan Titchmarsh will reunite families and Aled Jones is to explore the most popular carols as part of ITV1's Christmas line-up.
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NewsBBC may sell Jam content to recover licence funds
The BBC is proposing to commercially exploit mothballed BBC Jam content in a bid to recover some of the millions of pounds of licence- fee funding spent on the axed education service.
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NewsFremantle to launch Britain's Got Talent pants
Fremantle Media and Simon Cowell's Simco are planning to launch a Britain's Got Talent clothing line in 2010.
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NewsDuncan joins Grade in attack on Google
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has joined Michael Grade in attacking Google, branding its failure to invest in UK content creation unfair.
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NewsFincham: put your money in ITV
ITV director of television Peter Fincham has told 130 of London's top media agency executives that ITV is the place to spend their money in 2009.
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NewsBBC kicks off XM25 indie scheme
Established indies like True North and Presentable will sit alongside smaller players such as Bristol's Avatar in the first intake of the BBC's XM25 access scheme.
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NewsAcclaimed novel Small Island comes to BBC1
BBC1 is planning a major dramatisation of Andrea Levy's bestselling novel Small Island.
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NewsWatch launch hampered by Virgin package hitch
More than a million Virgin Media customers were unable to view UKTV's Watch for a full week after it went live - undermining its flagship show, Richard & Judy's New Position.
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NewsStart-up indie lands Rastamouse order
Former As If and Suburban Shootout producer Greg Boardman has started an indie and landed a 50-part kids animation for CBeebies called Rastamouse.
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FeaturesEureka!: Young at Heart
As his TV doc - produced by Walker George Films for More 4 - enjoys a cinema run, Stephen Walker reflects on an incredible journey.
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NewsMotive sets up rescue fund
Motive Television has set aside a£1m “lifeboat fund” to rescue indies that have hit cash-flow difficulties because of the economic downturn.
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BBC4 orders Capaldi show
The Thick of It star Peter Capaldi is to direct a BBC4 comedy series about a hospital ward for elderly people.
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CommentSolutions to the Google row
Why Duncan and Grade may be better off building bridges with Google.