All Broadcast articles in 30 November 2007 – Page 3
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Off cuts - 30 November
Funny stories, gossip and general off-the-record, wicked whispers from the broadcast industry.
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NewsBBC3 signs 'angelic' Ellison
BBC3 has lined-up Jennifer Ellison to play an angel in a contemporary version of the Christmas story.
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Celebrity takes on all comers
Did I really hear Zai Bennett, ITV2 director of programmes, say that he intends to move away from extension programmes such as I’m a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here Now at the Broadcast Commissioning Conference in Manchester last week?
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FeaturesClever versus fun will be the new ratings battle
In a week when the England football team provided us with a lesson in how not to compete, we should spare a thought for channels that do not have schedules loaded with primetime jungle or song and dance contests. How should Channel 4 and Five react to this kind ...
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Wag TV expands into kids factual
The factual indie behind controversial Channel 4 documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle has entered new territory by launching a department for kids and family factual programming.
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FeaturesAffording archive
With production budgets under pressure, finding the best archive footage is tougher than ever. To understand the complexities involved Broadcast invented a documentary and Meg Carter enlisted three archive researchers to help her find the right footage for it.
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NewsUS orders boost business for September
September Films has won more than $6m (£2.9m) worth of US business in two major orders from US cable network WE: Women’s Entertainment tv and The History Channel.
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FeaturesQueen’s ‘huff’ proves a BBC ratings winner
It caused a trust crisis and the downfall of a controller, but BBC1’s troubled documentary series Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work was a ratings winner.
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NewsFactual partners join Sky Anytime
BSkyB will add third party channels to its Sky Anytime on PC offering for the first time when it updates the service next week.
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NewsMinghella sets up own drama outfit
Dominic Minghella, creator of ITV1’s hit drama Doc Martin and co-creator of BBC1’s Robin Hood, has set up his own drama production company, Plain Vanilla.
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NewsIndustry pays tribute to a drama pioneer
The TV industry has paid tribute to prolific producer Verity Lambert, who died from cancer last week at the age of 71.
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BBC4 airs Father Ted doc
BBC4 is to air a documentary made for Irish broadcaster RTE that tells the story of Ireland’s most notorious priest.
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Talent grows in Japan deal
Talent Television has extended its relationship with Japanese indie TV Man Union following four Test the Nation specials for Japanese network TV Asahi.
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Indies sign up to Disney
Coolabi and Blue-Zoo Productions have become the first companies to develop kids shows with Disney Channel Worldwide’s global original programming hub.
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FX to air MySpace clips
Fox-owned channel FX is to air user-generated video from MySpace TV in its Thursday night TV comedy line-up, which features Family Guy and The Newsroom.
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NewsTarget signs V Good deal
Target Entertainment has signed a development deal with V Good Films for all its fictional output.
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Food for thought for BT
UK distributor Electric Sky is offering more than 60 hours of international programming to BT Vision.
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Joost loses comedy boss
Joost head of comedy Tony Orsten is to leave the peer-to-peer online TV service this week after 15 months.
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FeaturesFormat Focus: Celebrity
A new show from Spain is promising to find the next generation of talented artistes.
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Transmission goes mobile
Channel 4 has extended its music series Transmission with T-Mobile across mobile phones.