All Broadcast articles in 30 March 2012 – Page 2
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News6Music's Adam Buxton spins Sky Atlantic show
BBC 6Music DJ Adam Buxton is to front a music video series for Sky Atlantic produced by Clive Tulloh’s Burning Bright Productions.
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NewsMatt Edmondson to front BBC3 pilot
STV Productions has won its first ever commission for BBC3 – a non-TX comedy panel show pilot starring Radio 1 DJ Matt Edmondson.
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NewsBBC producer heads to Wise Buddah
Wise Buddah has hired the producer of Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show Clare Chadburn.
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Comment30 Mar '12
“The characters are archetypes. And it is almost totally humourless.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Schemes to offer opportunities to new entrants
Young documentary makers and small companies interested in producing digital content are being offered two separate opportunities to break into their respective areas of the industry.
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NewsFreeview set for channel shake up
Freeview platform manager DMOL is looking to shake up the EPG for HD, children’s and news channels, to make space for the anticipated growth in the number of general entertainment channels.
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NewsNew Girl remains top 4oD performer
Channel 4 acquisition New Girl has topped the 4oD chart for the second month running, despite recently taking a break from TV.
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NewsForbidden targets offline edit
The developer of cloud-based video platform FORscene has set its sights on the offline editing process as it looks to build on last year’s 25% increase in sales.
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NewsC5 heads behind bars
Channel 5 has commissioned a new three part series about crimes committed by some of the country’s most notorious serial killers entitled Killers Behind Bars: The Untold Story.
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NewsJames Grant buys Ant and Dec indie Gallowgate
Talent agency James Grant Group has acquired Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly’s production company Gallowgate Holdings for an undisclosed amount.
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Ratings'Honeymoon murder' Panorama beats Love Life
THURSDAY: A special Panorama investigation into a honeymoon murder proved popular for BBC1, easily beating the final part of ITV1’s underwhelming romantic drama Love Life.
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NewsRev blessed with four BPG awards
BBC2 comedy Rev has scooped four categories at the Broadcasting Press Guild TV Awards which will be held later today in London.
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NewsBBC wipes out Total Wipeout
The BBC is canning teatime hit Total Wipeout at the end of this year.
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FeaturesParade’s End (BBC/HBO)
A cynic might suppose that Parade’s End, the BBC/HBO five-part mini-series based on a group of novels by Ford Madox Ford, is an attempt to jump on the Edwardian/WWI drama bandwagon ridden by Downton Abbey, Upstairs Downstairs, Titanic and Birdsong.
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Comment29 Mar '12
“If ever a franchise was dying on its feet, it’s this.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsCrozier's 2011 pay package worth more than £2m
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier earned almost £2.15m last year after the broadcaster reported progress on its five-year transformation plan.
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NewsHackenbacker opts for VoiceQ ADR
Hackenbacker has become the latest UK post house to install Kiwa’s VoiceQ ADR software.
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RatingsThe Apprentice beats Barcelona
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice broadly held its audience on last week’s below-par opener and comfortably beat ITV1’s Champions League coverage.
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NewsNews Corp attacks Panorama as Murdoch takes to Twitter
News Corp has branded the BBC Panorama investigation into NDS a “gross misrepresentation” and Rupert Murdoch has taken to Twitter to talk of “lies and libel” and “preparing to hit back hard”.
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NewsCopyright reform 'could destroy' archive industry
The UK’s commercial archive market could be “devastated” and “destroyed” by a government review of intellectual property laws, according to key figures in the sector.