All Broadcast articles in 31 October 2003 – Page 4
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Pilkington quits Sky for Monkey
Sky One's senior commissioning executive for factual entertainment, Jo Pilkington, is leaving to join independent production company Monkey.
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UKTV channel launch targets youth
UKTV is to drop its time-shift channel UK Gold 2, which shows UK Gold programmes 12 hours later, and replace it with a new channel with a target audience of younger, more contemporary viewers.
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ITV1 drama reveals Hitler invasion plan
Nazi troops are to be shown marching up The Mall while Adolf Hitler will be seen waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in a major new ITV drama that reconstructs Hitler's plans for the invasion of Britain.
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ITV takes ad spots on terrestrial rival
ITV has begun promoting its programmes on a rival terrestrial channel for the first time in a bid to pull in new audiences.
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At It to make C4 pop event
Channel 4 has commissioned indie At It Productions to create a new live music event following confirmation that the annual broadcast events from Top of the Pops and Smash Hits have been dropped this year.
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ITV supports regional fund
ITV has again given its backing to a regional production fund that offers£2m to companies outside the M25 to make shows for the ITV network.
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Abyss ventures into the Pacific
BBC Bristol will trawl the depths of the Pacific Ocean for a second series of underwater broadcasts under the banner Abyss - Live. One part of the day-long broadcast involves presenter Mike deGruy exploring surface waters using a 'movie helmet' that enables him to talk to viewers as he descends ...
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Monkeys front BBC ad campaign
The BBC launches a new advertising campaign this week to promote its six digital channels. The characters this time are a group of monkeys who turn into various celebrities including Alan Titchmarsh and Jack Dee. Artem Digital is again supplying the prosthetics for the BBC Broadcast production, with the monkeys ...
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NewsProfits fall at VTR
UK post-production giant VTR plc has suffered a significant drop in its year on year operating profits.
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RatingsTV awards reaches 9.7m
The sparkle of The National Television Awardsbrought ITV1 a bumper peak audience of 9.7 million (39.4%) as Trevor McDonald got his special recognition award from the Prime Minister at 22.02.
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NewsMy Family rapped for blind joke
The BBC has been rapped for poking fun at blind people in its primetime comedy My Family.
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NewsNews shows look to merge
Newsworld, the annual conference for the news industry, is holding talks with its rival News Xchange as the world's news organisations finally decide they can't afford to support two conferences dedicated to their business.
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NewsBBC teams up with Microsoft
The BBC has signed a contract with Microsoft to develop the technology to deliver its controversial£150m digital curriculum, which is due to launch in 2006 after extensive research and piloting.
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NewsLaw supports broadcasters against pirates
Broadcasters will be able to hit back against pirates who copy and sell their programmes thanks to new legislation which comes into force this week.
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NewsMcDonald gets special award
ITV newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald was moved to tears last night (Tuesday) after Prime Minister Tony Blair surprised him with a special recognition award at the National Television Awards.
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Wife Swap (C4) - Carol Midgley, The Times
'Wife Swap has become an opium for the masses, an Upstairs, Downstairs which allows us a glimpse of how the undercl...
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Can't Take It With You (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'At times, I did wonder how many viewers will actually have wanted so much information about the posthumous finance...
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Days That Shook the World (BBC2) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'Days That Shook the World does an excellent job of focusing on the individual stories with the bigger picture and ...
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer (BBC2) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'How can you not love a show where the cast list includes 'dead janitor' and 'dead nerd'?...
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The Mark Steel Lectures (BBC4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'The Mark Steel Lectures is surprisingly funny for an informative programme, and surprisingly informative for a fun...