All Broadcast articles in 4 December 2009 – Page 2
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NewsNews presenter drops tribunal proceedings against ITV
West Country news presenter Jemma Woodman has dropped tribunal proceedings against ITV after accusing her former employers of “hanging her out to dry”.
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NewsITV2 shows launched on iTunes
ITV has soft launched a range of programmes for download on Apple iTunes, to test whether consumers are willing to pay for online content.
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NewsBBC taps Northern Ireland indies for entertainment shows
Northern Ireland indies have landed a flurry of major BBC network orders, including an eight-part National Lottery series and an entertainment pilot starring Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert.
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Isaacs leaves Twenty Twenty as part of restructure
Twenty Twenty creative director Jamie Isaacs is to leave the company in a senior management reshuffle.
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NewsBBC1 orders third series of Merlin
BBC1 has ordered a third series of Shine Television’s hit family fantasy drama Merlin.
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NewsStephen K Amos gets BBC2 show
Comedian Stephen K Amos is to unveil a set of comedy characters in his own BBC2 show.
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RatingsBig Top is big flop
BBC1’s gamble of playing comedy at 7.30pm failed to pay off last night, with circus sitcom Big Top enjoyed by just 3.3m (14.8%).
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NewsChristmas TV is 600 hours of repeats
The spirit of Christmas past will highlight this year’s TV schedule with 600 hours of repeats on the main channels.
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NewsMurphy to overhaul Sky 1 roles
Sky 1 has embarked on a major restructure of its commissioning team which has resulted in the departure of commissioning editor for factual entertainment and specialist factual Emma Read.
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NewsRogerson named UKTV director of commissioning
UKTV has promoted director of factual and fact ent commissioning Jane Rogerson to the newly created role of director of commissioning.
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FeaturesRobson Green's Wild Swimming Adventure
Full post on a 2 x 60-minute doc series in which Robson Green swims the wild waters of Britain.
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FeaturesSmall Island vfx
Visual effects work that includes adding bomb damage to familiar London landmarks such as Battersea Power Station.
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FeaturesX-Machines titles
Titles and stings with a Transformers theme created by Darkside Animation
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NewsRefurbished De Lane Lea to reopen in new year
De Lane Lea, the facility worst affected by this summer’s Soho fire, will reopen with bigger and better studios in the new year, according to its chief executive.
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FeaturesNEC noise suppression
A predominantly software-based system, developed by NEC, that eliminates noise from the autofocus and zoom motors in digital camera videos.
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NewsHRA storyboarding system debuts
Lupus Films and The Picture Production Company are using a new proprietary storyboarding and preproduction management system to help with production of The Hive, a new CG children’s show for GMTV.
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NewsTop Teks and Electra pick up SRW-9000s
Sony specialist dealer Top-Teks has placed the first UK orders for Sony’s SRW-9000 camcorder and in turn has secured its first sale.
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FeaturesThe Big Personality Test
As BBC1’s landmark 20-year project Child Of Our Time reaches its midway point, presenters Professor Robert Winston and Sophie Raworth are attempting to capture the personality of the nation with this web project.
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News4iP funds web app that shows impact of bad habits on looks
Channel 4 is backing a web application that will show users how a lifetime of smoking, drinking or eating junk food could affect their physical appearance.
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NewsSky plans ‘muscular’ new Treasure Island
Sky is lining up a major adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic pirate novel, Treasure Island, and is eyeing Eddie Izzard to play Long John Silver.