All Broadcast articles in 29 October 2010 – Page 3
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NewsMore names emerge for top job at BBC3
The race to become the next BBC3 controller is heating up, with more names entering the frame ahead of a decision being made at the end of November.
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NewsYouView must raise its profile, says chairman
YouView chairman Kip Meek has acknowledged that the connected-TV service must do more to engage with the indie production community.
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NewsIndies worried by cull of BBC multiplatform list
The BBC is culling its list of more than 300 approved digital suppliers to a dedicated roster of 30 tech companies – a move that is adding to indies’ fears of investment in multiplatform projects being stifled.
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NewsC4 sets aside £2m for YouView revolution
Channel 4 is putting £2m up for grabs for content designed for YouView and other connected TV services, and is hunting for three new multiplatform commissioners.
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NewsBin Weevils kids’ site in major content push
Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon are to distribute 200 hours of on demand content as a social video service on kids’ virtual 3D world Bin Weevils.
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NewsBBC2 takes a look around town in Coast follow-up
BBC2 has ordered Towns, a four part documentary that is being touted as a potential follow-up to long-running series Coast.
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Being... N-Dubz set for second outing on C4
Members of N-Dubz are to open up their lives for a second series and a Christmas special of their Peep Show-style Channel 4 format.
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NewsIambic Media moves into fact ent with two new divisions
Iambic Media is to start creating factual entertainment programmes as part of an expansion drive through two new divisions.
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NewsRadio 3 boosted by Proms coverage
RAJARS: BBC Radio 3 added almost 300,000 listeners in the last quarter, boosted by its extensive coverage of every Prom event from the Royal Albert Hall.
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NewsS4C to cut 40 jobs, commissions budget by 10%
Some 40 positions will be cut at S4C over the next two years, and potentially “hundreds of jobs in the independent sector” could go as a result of the government-imposed cuts, the broadcaster has confirmed.
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CommentA lot to like about Later
Later with Jools Holland is a masterpiece of planning and execution, writes Lisa Campbell.
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NewsITV orders motorsport doc
ITV is to examine the lives of motorsport legends James Hunt and Barry Sheene for a special documentary.
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Comment27 Oct '10
“It manages to appal, tickle and move, all at the same time.” Read on for more of last night’s reviews.
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NewsLiving orders Liz Hurley doc
Sky Living has ordered a 60-minute documentary about Elizabeth Hurley’s glamorous life in the spotlight and less glamorous life on a farm.
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NewsC5 pays off £1m Shine debt
Channel 5 has paid Shine Group the £1m it owed the super-indie for entertainment show Don’t Stop Believing.
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NewsBrooke to rejoin Channel 4
Dan Brooke, previously managing director of Discovery UK and indie Rare Day, is to become Channel 4’s first director of marketing, communications and corporate relations.
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RatingsDaybreak hits new low
TUESDAY: ITV’s breakfast show Daybreak hit its lowest point on Tuesday as its audience dipped below 600,000 for the second day in a row.
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NewsVirgin adds 100,000 Sky content subscribers
Virgin Media’s revenues have grown to £978m in the three months to the end of September, boosted by the addition of 52,000 Sky Sports or Movies subscribers since August.
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NewsBBC orders online spin off of Being Human
The BBC’s Drama Multiplatform division has commissioned an online spin off of the BBC3 drama Being Human.