All Broadcast articles in 26 October 2007
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FeaturesRisks that paid off
This year’s Broadcast Creative Report rewarded the risk takers and those with serious staying power. Read on to learn more about which programmes, people and channels were deemed to be the most orginial and inspirational in 2007.
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FeaturesDrama series
“Superb, layered, innovative, bold, glorious, totally irresistible,” was the verdict of one judge on...
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NewsLion beefs up US presence
Tony Tackaberry has been promoted to chief executive of Lion Inc and LA-based executive VP Tracy Green has been given an expanded role.
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NewsRDF takes Blast Films stake
RDF Media Group has completed its first deal through Ignite, the fund set up to invest in small indies.
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NewsGCap to sell GMG ad space
Guardian Media Group has handed its national advertising sales contract to GCap Media following the termination of its deal with Global Radio.
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NewsReal Radio Scotland grabs 31% reach
Guardian Media Group station breaks regional commercial radio records.
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CommentBlog: C4 and PSB
City University’s Dr Petros Iosifidis argues that C4’s public service remit needs to be safeguarded by funding directly by the government.
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Entertainment
There’s little doubt where the big creative emphasis in entertainment has been over the past year.
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NewsSBC to avoid Scottish Six debate
The Scottish Broadcasting Commission (SBC) will not be sidetracked from investigating the stuttering Scottish TV sector by the political issues surrounding a “Scottish Six”, chairman Blair Jenkins has insisted.
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FeaturesA word from our sponsors
The UK’s production industry is highly respected across the globe - hence its position as the biggest exporter of programmes after the US.
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FeaturesNews programmes
Bulletins such as Granada Reports - produced out of ITV’s Manchester base - are enjoying unprecedented success.
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CommentBlog: BBC shock - managers’ jobs safer
Surprise, surprise, junior staff will bear the brunt of the BBC job cuts, says Conor Dignam
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FeaturesDocumentary series
The BBC Natural History Unit’s big budget HD mega-series Planet Earth was emphatically the most...
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How the report was worked out
The Creative Report aims to establish which channels and producers are succeeding creatively and to generate debate about how the TV industry measures creativity.
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News4oD to get top Fox shows
Channel 4 has lined up US shows The Wire and 24 for its 4oD service after signing a third-party deal with Fox International’s entertainement channel FX.