All Broadcast articles in 25 September 2009 – Page 3
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ITV Studios makes German version of Loose Women
ITV Studios will remake Loose Women for German broadcaster VOX in its first international format deal for the panel talkshow.
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NewsWarwick takes on producing role at Shine format unit
Former ITV entertainment commissioner Paula Warwick has joined Shine Group as part of its new format-sharing unit, Shine Network.
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NewsFry’s indie plans to film series of Wilde mysteries
Stephen Fry’s indie is planning to turn a set of novels about Oscar Wilde into a TV drama franchise.
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RatingsFace-off results in ITV win
The battle of the schedules saw The X Factor victorious over BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.
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NewsUS indie DLT sets up joint venture with NI’s Waddell
DLT Entertainment, the US indie behind My Family, has launched a joint venture with Northern Ireland-based Waddell Media.
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NewsFive revives Shake! with Disney
Five is to reinstate Shake!, the tween strand it dropped in 2007, after signing a strategic sponsorship deal with Disney.
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NewsITV takes STV war to courts
Tensions within the ITV network erupted into all-out war this week, with STV and ITV squaring up for a court battle.
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CommentHow to control the networks
The leadership wrangling at C4 and ITV risks descending into farce.
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NewsPact slams ITV for ‘bullying’ suppliers to waive terms of trade
Pact has hit out at ITV’s tough new negotiating tactics, condemning the letters of intent it is sending to would-be suppliers that demand they waive the terms of trade.
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FeaturesConch Awards: Sounding out the winners
To celebrate the 2009 Conch Awards, Will Strauss and Colin Birch talk to the winners in the TV sound editing and TV dubbing mixer categories, finding out what makes them tick and gathering their views on some of the burning issues in the audio sector.
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NewsTurner’s Arnesen lines up animation before exiting
Turner Broadcasting’s European animation studio has won its first-ever commission - but the executive who got it off the ground, Finn Arnesen, is leaving the company.
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CommentDon’t tar us all with compliance brush
With reference to ‘Mulville and Fry savage TV’s compliance culture’ (Broadcast 04.09.09), please don’t tar everyone with the title of compliance in their remit with the one brush that gives us all a bad press!
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Why Adobe's deal is not so strange
Adobe’s move to acquire the web specialist Omniture for $1.8bn highlights the growing value of the online consumer behavioural targeting market (www.omniture.com/press/777).
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NewsFears mount over smaller C4
The prospect of a downsized Channel 4 will hit new talent and regional indies the hardest, outgoing chief executive Andy Duncan has warned.
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NewsE4 acquires US teen drama Glee
E4 has picked up UK rights to glossy US teen musical drama Glee, from Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy.
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C4 orders 'Victorian' Muslim terrorist doc
Channel 4 is to draw parallels between British Muslim terrorists and Victorian anarchists in an “unsettling” 60-minute doc from the maker of The Seven Sins Of England.
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CommentSofa, so good for C4
Channel 4, Friday night, around 9.50pm: Derren Brown attempts to stick viewers to their sofas. Channel 4, Friday night, 10pm: Peep Show begins with Jez and Mark getting rid of their sofa.