All Broadcast articles in 26 August 2005 – Page 3
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MTV channel launches weekly games round-up
MTV's Freeview offering The Music Factory (TMF) is teaming up with French channel Game One to co-produce a weekly gaming show.
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Top Up to show Toonami kids channel
Top Up TV is launching Cartoon Network's kids channel Toonami on its platform early next month. The channel will broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays from 5am to 9am. It will replace Xtraview, its pay-per-day trial service which is being removed at the end of the month. Top Up bosses are ...
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Champions League clubs on Talksport
Talksport has secured commentary rights for Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool Champions League matches, renewing its deals with the London clubs and striking its first deal with Liverpool. The deals cover Uefa Champions League fixtures for all three clubs on a national basis, as well as Premiership home games involving Chelsea ...
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Champion to host Virgin chill-out show
Virgin Radio has recruited Horizon 103.3 FM drivetime DJ Sarah Champion to host a Friday and Saturday 10pm chill-out show. Champion is also hosting VH2's summer festival coverage, and is a regular presenter on Sky's interactive gaming channel Vegas Live. This will be her first national radio show.
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FM challenge fails
Ofcom has defeated a second High Court legal challenge to one of its FM radio licence decisions. John Grierson, former managing director of the CKFM bid for the Cornwall licence, challenged Ofcom's decision to award the licence to Atlantic FM, whose bid he said did not comply with the regulator's ...
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Cellcast to list
Mobile content and interactive TV specialist Cellcast is planning a launch on AIM next month to raise£4.5m for expansion. The company already broadcasts gameshows on Sky's Get Lucky TV and on a series of Middle East channels, and raises revenues through telcos with its gaming, betting, dating and chat formats.
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Trio to present revamped CD:UK
Former Hear'Say singer Myleene Klass, Xfm DJ Lauren Laverne and Trouble TV presenter Johny P will front a revamped CD:UKshow from 17 September. The 60-minute programme, which has had guest presenters since Cat Deeley left in March this year, will return to its 11.30am ITVI Saturday ...
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Cartoon Network UK starts Robotboy
Cartoon Network UK has joined forces with French animation company Alphanim to co-produce a new cartoon series, Robotboy. The 26 x 30-minute series revolves around a super-robot, described as a cross between the Terminator and Pinocchio, who wishes he were a normal human boy. The show, aimed at six to ...
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Second US run for Carr's Distraction
US cable channel Comedy Central has ordered a second run of Distraction, the gameshow from British comedian Jimmy Carr. Produced by FremantleMedia North America, the show will return early next year for 14 episodes. Ordered by Comedy Central executive vice-president, original programming and development, the show ...
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Six Sky channels boost HD drive
BSkyB will add six of its own channels to its high definition (HD) TV package, which launches next year.
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Ware picks bloom for community
The Community Channel's new channel controller Nick Ware has made his first commissions. RHS Britain in Bloomis a 45-minute special following three communities representing their region in the national Britain in Bloom finals. Meanwhile Beach Loversis a 30 minute spin-off show of ...
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Pepper onlines BBC's Messiah
BBC1 gets in sombre mood this bank holiday with its latest Messiahouting - a harrowing three-part drama starring Ken Stott as DCI Red Metcalfe on the trail of another serial killer. Shot on 35mm by Daf Hobson, the show was transferred on the telecine by Pepper's ...
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BBC pioneers HD with Timewatch
Hot on the heels of the BBC's factual and learning department's decision to adopt low-cost editing system Final Cut Pro, the department is on the verge of notching up another technological first - the first BBC flagship strand to go HD.
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BBC car quiz taps Top Gear success
BBC2 is aiming to capitalise on the success of Top Gearwith a motoring quiz show starring presenter Richard Hammond.
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Barker quits IWC Media
IWC Media director of contemporary factual Adam Barker has left the company for personal reasons.
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TCM launches autumn idents
TCM (Turner Classic Movies) has created a series of idents to kick off its autumn season with the tagline 'Escape to a world of film', inspired by classic film imagery. Four separate idents which each begin with an everyday situation but end in the unexpected were created by the channel's ...
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St Anne's posts war
St Anne's Post has completed the grading on ITV1's latest series of detective drama Foyle's War. Colourist Samantha Hollingdale graded the 2 x 120-minute films on its C-Reality with wet-gate system. The two shows were directed by Jeremy Silberston and Gavin Millar, with Peter Middleton as ...
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Sky Sports to screen America's Cup
Sky Sports has secured exclusive UK rights to the America's Cup, being staged in Valencia in 2007, as part of a wider sailing coverage deal. Sky Sports will cover a minimum of five races between Swiss holders Alinghi, and their eventual challenger. The deal also includes coverage of the final ...
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Daytime accolade added to awards
The Broadcast Awards has introduced a new category for daytime television to reflect the growth in original production and quality of work in the daytime schedule. The awards will take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel on 25 January 2006. Entries are now being invited for this category and others ...
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Root6 updates tool
Root6's technology division is to unveil the latest version of its ContentAgent workflow tool, which encodes and distributes compressed digital files, at next month's IBC. It offers improved flexibility in handling SD, HD and 2K DPX film projects.