All Broadcast articles in 28 November 2003 – Page 2
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Something old, something new
The 50th BBC Sports Personality of the Year is getting closer. All previous winners can be nominated for the anniversary special, and all are featured in a promo from BBC Broadcast, directed by Jon Dennis. Executive producer Ollie Harnett, BBC creative producer Marcus Jones and Dennis came up with the ...
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ORTV replaces MD
ORTV managing director Lynne Osborne is taking early retirement in the new year. Her replacement, director of programmes Nicholas Claxton, will assume immediate control of the indie.
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ITV's The vault returns for third series
ITV has recommissioned Carlton gameshow The Vaultafter it recovered from a shaky start as a Saturday night show. The show is set to return for a third series next spring - although it is likely to be given a midweek berth. Meanwhile, ITV controller of ...
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RDF wins more orders from ITV
RDF Media has tightened its grip on ITV1 with a batch of commissions including a six-part factual entertainment show and a one-off documentary.
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ITV introduces rolling offers sessions
ITV director of television Nigel Pickard is to free up the commissioning process at the channel by introducing 'rolling offers sessions'. Pickard said he would still keep the current system of two offers sessions in April and October, but would allow commissioners greater flexibility to respond to ideas at any ...
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Indies recruited for Teachers TV
Education Digital, the Brook Lapping and Carlton-backed consortium, appointed by the government this week to launch Teachers TV, has been granted a budget of around£45m subject to a successful pilot. The bulk of the money will be spent with indies.
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Rugby scores a massive hit for ITV
ITV1's coverage of the Rugby World Cup has proved to be a major ratings and financial triumph for the commercial broadcaster.
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New role for Henry
Hallmark Channel chief executive Jeff Henry has joined brand exposure experts Margaux Matrix as non-executive chairman. The company, which was set up by former Cap Gemini consultants Steve Burgess and Joe Sweeney, specialises in optical recognition technology to measure brand exposure in TV adverts.
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Full Monty writer to pen muslim movie
Channel 4 head of documentaries Peter Dale and Parallax are developing a film scripted by The Full Montywriter Simon Beaufoy that looks at the experiences of Muslims living in the north of England. Spark, which is being directed by Kenny ...
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First to smoke
Golden Square Post Production is the first facility in the UK to take delivery of Discreet's Smoke 6 non-linear editing system. Managing director Phil Gillies said that he needed a 'multi-format editing suite, and we can throw just about everything at Smoke'. The system means Golden Square can offer its ...
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Discovery orders model town from oval
Discovery Home & Leisure channel director Paul Welling has commissioned indie Oval to make a 15 x 30-minute series reconstructing a coastal town in miniature. Model Town, to be aired from July, is being executive produced for Oval by Dave Hatter and for Discovery by ...
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Twins with a difference
The Boy who Gave Birth to his Twin follows the heartrending story of the seven-year-old Kazakhstan boy who was admitted to hospital with a cyst, only for medics to discover he was actually carrying a parasitic foetus that had started life as his twin.
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Granada takes a look at extreme dieters
Discovery Health channel director Clare Laycock has commissioned Granada to make a show about extreme dieting techniques and asked GMTV to make a series on life coaching. Desperate Dietersis a 15 x 30-minute series which looks at people who turn to radical approaches like jaw ...
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Touchdown sells property to denmark
Touchdown Television has sold celebrity lifestyle format Whose House is it Anyway?to Danish state broadcaster Danmarks Radio. Devised by Julie Christie, the show features three celebrities who all claim to
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Rainbow wins deals
Rainbow Post has won the post work for three new productions, including two first-time contracts. Friendly Fire is a one-hour special for 3BM TV and Channel 4 about how soldiers come to be shot at by their own side. Shergar, from Mint Productions, examines the kidnap of the famous race ...
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Cowey moves to urban music show
Former Top of the Pops (TOTP) executive producer Chris Cowey has taken on his first role since leaving the BBC, producing an urban music show for new digital entertainment channel Nation 277.
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Via Digital's Queer coup
Indie Via Digital has won a lucrative commission to produce US 'pink' dating show Queer Eye for the Straight Guyfor Living TV, writes Michael Rosser.
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Resources denies kit cost Rally title
BBC Resources and Chrysalis Television have admitted that there were technical problems with on-board car equipment during this month's World Rally Championship race in Wales. But both companies are strongly denying that they caused Spanish driver Carlos Sainz to miss out on a World Championship title, ...
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Digital Film Lab closes London office
Post-production house The Digital Film Lab (DFL) is closing its London office with the possible loss of eight jobs, writes Sam Espensen.
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Sky channels dominate 'millionaires club' chart
Despite a recent spate of poor ratings for its flagship channel, Sky One, BSkyB continues to dominate multichannel's