All Broadcast articles in 28 November 2008 – Page 4
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FeaturesHow I... designed 600 period costumes
Michele Clapton on training a South African team to make 17th-century outfits in 12 weeks.
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NewsGovt scraps plans to help C4 with switchover costs
The government has scrapped proposals to hand Channel 4£14m of licence fee funds for digital switchover as it prepares to speed up wider plans to address the future shape of public service broadcasting.
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NewsBBCWW may buy out DVD arm from Woolworths
BBC Worldwide is in talks with struggling high street retailer Woolworths to buy out its stake in DVD publisher 2Entertain.
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NewsDe Agostini unveils €1bn goal/new brand
Pan-European media business De Agostini Group has revealed ambitious plans to become a €1bn player in the global TV content market.
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NewsOctober Films to produce Nobel Laureate doc
October Films is producing a documentary on the 2008 Nobel Laureate Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio.
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NewsAll Star Mr & Mrs to return
ITV1 has ordered a second series of All Star Mr & Mrs following its successful revival earlier this year.
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NewsC4 unveils star-studded Christmas line-up
Channel 4 faces including Russell Brand, Charlotte Church, Alan Carr, Justin Lee Collins, Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are all fronting Christmas specials for the channel.
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NewsMiss Naked Beauty ends on 1.8m
The final of Channel 4's Miss Naked Beauty finished its six-part run with a respectable 1.8m viewers (7.3% share) last night at 8pm.
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NewsDavid Tennant steps up for Shakespeare doc
Doctor Who star David Tennant is set to make a second Christmas Day appearance in a More 4 documentary celebrating Shakespeare's greatest heroes.
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NewsThinktank backs contestable PSB funding
An economic thinktank has called on the government to protect the whole “family” of PSB channels by inviting commercial broadcasters to bid for PSB contracts.
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NewsWorking mums get online soap
Twofour-owned IPTV specialist Digital Bridge is set to launch an online soap targeted at working mothers, which will run weekly on new webTV channel and social networking site Mumspower.com.
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NewsBourne takes top prize for BBC Alzheimer doc
Documentary-maker Sue Bourne and Century Films' documentary Forgotten Heroes: The Not Dead picked up special awards at this year's Mental Health Media Awards.
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Winners: Mental Health Media Awards
Full list of winners at this year's Mental Health Media Awards.
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NewsKaty Brand to front ITV2 special
Comedian Katy Brand will return to ITV2 screens next month in a spoof musical countdown of the “hottest songs of the year”.
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NewsBroadcasters mull web hit Toyboize
TalkbackThames is in talks with broadcasters to take its web comedy series Toyboize to the small screen after its audience topped 1 million.
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CommentBlog: Indie success at the Emmys
After sweeping the board at the International Emmy Awards this week, John McVay says broadcasters need to wake up to successes of the British indie sector.
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NewsTV Critics 26 November ‘08
“Part of a season that rather has it in for the Royal Family.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsBen Shephard to host revived Krypton Factor
Ben Shephard will host the revived game show The Krypton Factor.
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NewsRamsay to cook up a storm in Mexico
Optomen International has secured its first bulk deal in Latin America, selling four series of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares into Mexico.