All Broadcast articles in 28 August 2009 – Page 7
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NewsBall and Theakston to reunite for Five show
EDINBURGH: Zoe Ball and Jamie Theakston are to reunite for the first time in nearly 10 years for a new gameshow on Five.
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NewsHadlow eyes female-friendly panel shows
EDINBURGH: BBC2 boss Janice Hadlow’s comedy plans include uncovering a “broad comic” success in the vein of Goodness Gracious Me and Ab Fab, and solving the problem of men dominating panel shows.
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NewsByrne calls for more C4 online spend
EDINBURGH: Channel 4 does not spend enough money on its news website according to C4 head of news and current affairs Dorothy Byrne who recently axed News at Noon and More 4 News.
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More 4's Crufts coverage to explore controversies
EDINBURGH: More 4’s coverage of pedigree dog show Crufts will focus on inbreeding controversies and animal welfare, as well as the glory of the prizes.
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NewsTory government will force BBC to publish star salaries
EDINBURGH: A new Conservative government would force the BBC to reveal the amount it pays stars like Jonathan Ross, Ed Vaizey, the Tory shadow minister for culture told the Edinburgh International TV Festival today (Friday).
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NewsFive freezes drama and comedy commissions
EDINBURGH: Five channel controller Richard Woolfe has warned it will not be able to commission original drama or comedy until after the recession.
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NewsClock ticking on Lloyd Webber ITV deal
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is fighting to extricate himself from his BBC contract so he can move to ITV before his rights to stage the Wizard of Oz expire in 2010.
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NewsWire creator urges bravery in drama
EDINBURGH: David Simon, creator of acclaimed US crime saga The Wire, has said that TV drama should be brave enough to appeal to a niche audience.
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NewsMurdoch: give TV same freedom as newspapers
MACTAGGART: James Murdoch has launched a furious attack on Ofcom’s “half a million words every year telling broadcasters what they can and cannot say”, and called for TV news to be granted the same freedom as newspapers.
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NewsClarkson: stars who do stunts may get hurt or die
EDINBURGH: Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has scorned health and safety checks, saying presenters who do dangerous stunts will inevitably sometimes get hurt or die.
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CommentJames Murdoch's MacTaggart speech
James Murdoch’s MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival 2009.
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NewsComedian to host BBC3 news show
BBC3 has lined up comedian Russell Howard to host a younger-skewing take on Charlie Brooker’s Newswipe, in a bid to boost the channel’s coverage of current affairs.
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NewsITV's Mackie defends Bill move
EDINBURGH: ITV director of drama Laura Mackie has defended the decision to move long-running police show The Bill to 9pm, saying that the show’s new format will need time to bed in.
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NewsJay Hunt speaks of distress over bad press
EDINBURGH: BBC1 controller Jay Hunt has spoken of her distress at negative press coverage about her – and fears that it will discourage other women from taking senior TV roles in the future.
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CommentRobert Peston on the future of news journalism
BBC business editor Robert Peston considers the future of news journalism in the Richard Dunn Memorial Lecture, delivered at the Edinburgh International Television Festival on 29 August, 2009.
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NewsBBC1 orders Ipswich murders drama
The discovery of five young women murdered in Ipswich in 2006 is to form the basis of a new BBC1 drama.
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NewsWallace and Gromit to front science show
EDINBURGH: Animated characters Wallace and Gromit are to present a new BBC1 programme about inventions.
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NewsC4's Duncan tight-lipped on exit rumours
EDINBURGH: Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has told Broadcast he has nothing to announce, despite rumours of his departure sweeping the Edinburgh TV festival.
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NewsMurdoch: top slicing BBC would be catastrophic
EDINBURGH: James Murdoch continued his attack on the BBC today (Saturday) but said he was against top-slicing the corporation as it would be “catastrophic” for commercial media companies to become dependent on public money.
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NewsPeston responds to Murdoch's BBC bashing
EDINBURGH: Robert Peston has admitted that the BBC’s offering – particularly its online news – may look like “unfair competition” in a news market where commercial players are moving to charge for online access.