All Broadcast articles in 28 May 2004 – Page 3
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NewsDyke to front C4 doc about his time as DG
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke is to front a film for Channel 4 charting his four years at the corporation.
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NewsFive merger still on agenda
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson said this week that the departure of chief executive Mark Thompson would not stop the broadcaster pursuing his controversial plan to merge with Five.
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NewsThompson to back BBC Charter plans
Incoming BBC director general Mark Thompson is set to rubberstamp the BBC's Charter renewal submission, which includes plans to move major services to Manchester, by the June deadline, whether or not he has joined the corporation by then.
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Radio 1 rejigs shows
Dave Pearce has been dropped from his 18.00 drivetime dance show on BBC Radio 1, but will continue to present a Sunday evening show. Meanwhile, DJ Zane Lowe will get a regular early evening slot to showcase new music. Veteran DJ John Peel retains his three weeknight slots but is ...
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Ten Alps pays£1m for indie Blakeway
Alex Connock, chief executive of Ten Alps Communications, said he is now looking to buy a factual entertainment or drama producer following his indie's£1m acquisition of documentary specialist Blakeway Productions.
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Thompson relied on reality at C4
The 2002 final of Big Brother was Mark Thompson's greatest ratings success as chief executive of Channel 4.
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C4 doc set to examine UK Asian stereotypes
Indie Juniper is making a two-hour peaktime documentary for Channel 4 that it hopes will dispel the stereotypes associated with British Asians, writes Glen Mutel.
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Endemol UK acquires rights to the farm
Endemol UK has picked up the rights to long-running Swedish reality format The Farm. The show, created by format house Strix, sends six women and six men to a remote part of the country where they have to fend for themselves on a 19th century farm for 10 weeks. The ...
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Discreet acquisition
Discreet has bought Unreal Pictures, developer of the award-winning character animation tool Character Studio. The move brings Character Studio in-house after nearly four years of collaboration, tying it permanently to Discreet's 3ds Max. Discreet now has full intellectual property and patent ownership to Unreal software and, importantly, retains the services ...
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St Anne's acts on Omagh drama
St Anne's Post has recently completed the post on Tiger Aspect/ Hell's Kitchen International's Omagh. The drama is based on the infamous 1998 bombing, the search for the perpetrators and the unmet need for a thorough examination. St Anne's Jamie Shemeld did the online work, while Kevin Brazier and ...
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IWC adds colour to the Russian revolution
IWC Media is to team up with a host of international broadcasters to produce a documentary about the Russian revolution, which includes new coloured prints of classic archive footage, writes Glen Mutel.
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Wall to Wall turns to agatha christie
Indie Wall to Wall is to follow up its George Orwell - a Life in Pictures BBC2 special by turning its gaze on novelist Agatha Christie. The 90-minute Agatha Christie - a Life in Pictures will look at the Poirot creator's life and work and be based on her autobiography. ...
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Second EQ at AHC
AHC Post has installed a second Quantel EQ, less than a year after buying its first, to cope with a demand for HD work. It has also bought a Quantel QEdit Pro editing system, which will be networked with the two eQs to handle preparation and SD-only work. 'It's been ...
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Trouble has inked a deal with Decode Entertainment to screen MTV Animation series Undergrads
Trouble has inked a deal with Decode Entertainment to screen MTV Animation series Undergrads. The 13 x 30-minute series follows the misadventures of a group of friends in their first year at college. It will begin its run on Trouble next month.
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Fund for animation
Producers' alliance Pact is calling on the government to set up an indie animation fund to help support the UK's struggling industry. Supported by broadcasters including ITV, Pact is looking for investment of around£50m over a number of years for the fund, which it said could eventually be self-sustaining. The ...
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MTV wins Leicester Square studio appeal
MTV is back on course to open its£1m-plus studio in Leicester Square after assuring Westminster City Council that the pull
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Stein to barge around coast of france
Celebrity chef Rick Stein is to travel on a barge around the coast of France for his next BBC2 culinary series. Rick Stein's Between Two Seas, through indie Denham Productions, will either be eight or 10 episodes long. It will be produced and directed by David Pritchard and executive produced ...
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Disney to launch Freeview channel in autumn
Disney has announced an autumn launch for its long-delayed Freeview entertainment channel, which it plans to call ABC1 after its US network ABC, write Naomi Rovnick and Michael Rosser.
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BBC strike threat
Staff at BBC Worldwide are on the verge of strike action following a disagreement over its latest pay offer. BBC Worldwide has offered to pay an inflation-inked 2.6% increase but has turned down union demands for a 5% rise. In response, the National Union of Journalists and broadcast union Bectu ...
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BBC triumphs on RTS sports day
The BBC dominated this year's Royal Television Society Sports Awards, picking up eight awards with ITV and Channel 4 each picking up three.