All Broadcast articles in 29 April 2005 – Page 2
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Ex-Tonight producer moves to Sky News
Sky News has poached Granada factual executive Gideon Joseph to help launch its new studios and evening schedule later this year. A former producer on ITV1's Tonight with Trevor McDonald, he helped secure exclusive interviews with Michael J Fox, Tony Blair and the Williams sisters. He ...
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Turning off the election
No wonder the public isn't following the election closely, argues Michael White, there's too much coverage through too many outlets by a media that's far too self-important
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ID sends documentaries to New Zealand
ID Distribution has secured a series of deals with New Zealand public network TVNZ. The UK sales house has sold Five documentaries Mini Me Me Meand Bisexual Girls, ITV's 8 x 30-minute series Running Away with the Circusand Discovery ...
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Sky One lines up docs for Monday
Sky One is beefing up its Monday night documentary strand with four one-hour specials on a diverse range of subjects from DNA fraud to obesity.
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Sky Travel gets in on poker deal with Heads-Up event
Sky Travel has become the latest channel to turn its hand to poker after buying the UK rights to the World Heads-Up Championship 2005.
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Frost criticises interview style
Sir David Frost has joined the list of people criticising interviewers' aggressive treatment of politicians as a 'disservice' to the electorate.
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ITV series gives contestants dream job
An ITV1 series is bringing a new twist to the Jim'll Fix Itconcept, by springing people's dreams on them by stealth. Don't Just Dream It,being made by Prospect Films, gives contestants just four days to train for their dream job. The 10 ...
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ETV content deal
UK movie distributor Greenlight Cable and Satellite has signed a rolling contract with Eicom to supply content to ETV World, Performance Channel and ETV Broadband channels. Greenlight also supplies Sit-Up TV's two movie channels, Bad Movies and Matinee Movies.
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Playboy hires Juke to head content
Playboy TV UK has appointed former Enteraction director of programmes Richard Jukes to fill the newly created position of head of content. He will oversee the strategy, development, and management of all programming and on-air content produced by Playboy TV UK. He will also look after content for European feeds ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Tom Lenham
London TV's director of programmes would like to turn the capital and all it has to offer into one big televisual e...
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True movie channel
Music broadcaster Chart Show Channels is launching a movie channel specialising in true stories. The 24-hour offering named True Movies will air on Sky EPG 333 from 6.30pm this Friday (29 April). Films include David's Mother starring Kirstie Alley.
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Doctor Who floors ITV's celebs
ITV1's new entertainment show Celebrity Wrestlingwas far from fighting fit on Saturday night as BBC1's Doctor Who continued its strong run.
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Fremantle takes Catherine drama
Fremantle International Distribution (FID) has acquired the global rights to forthcoming BBC drama Catherine the Great. The two-hour special will explore the turbulent life of the 18th-century Russian empress and is being made by Brook Lapping Productions. It will air on BBC2 later this year and ...
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Format focus: The Castle
Celebrities are thrown together to experience life in medieval times in this format.
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Turner creates healthy eating cartoon
Turner Broadcasting has created an animation series aimed at getting children to eat better. Elfy Foodis a six-part series featuring cartoon elves who use healthy food as weapons to combat evil monsters. It has been developed in consultation with Ofcom and the Food Standards Agency and ...
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Clunes to star as cancer victim
ITV1 has commissioned Clerkenwell Films to make a comedy drama starring Martin Clunes as a successful advertising executive who discovers he has testicular cancer.
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High speed camera
Video Europe has bought the Vision Research high speed camera for£50,000 which Sky is set to use on its cricket coverage and which could prove to be influential in controversial game decisions. The maximum speed of recording is 4,800 frames per second but it is expected to operate closer to ...
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Hat Trick and IWC Media call off merger talks
Hat Trick and IWC Media have ended merger discussions following a number of exploratory talks.
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RDF buys sealife series
RDF Rights has secured inter-national pre-sales for a self-funded adventure series in which explorer and marine biologist Monty Halls travels the world to swim with some of the sea's most spectacular creatures.
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Bollywood playout
Advanced Broadcast Services has won the contract to provide all playout for Bollywood movie channel B4U. B4U broadc...