All Broadcast articles in 8 April 2011 – Page 8
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NewsFacebook launch for Deal or No Deal
Endemol is to start distributing play-along versions of its gameshows 1 vs 100 and Deal Or No Deal via Facebook this spring.
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NewsSchlesinger to leave BBC comedy
Paul Schlesinger, the award-winning executive producer of BBC4 sitcom Twenty Twelve and Comic Relief, is to leave the corporation.
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NewsBBC1 orders live weather show
BBC1 is hunting live and interactive programmes and has kicked off by ordering The Weather Show Live (w/t) from Love Productions.
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NewsSky to invest £500k into arts
Sky Arts has created a £500,000 annual fund which it will use to invest in new arts projects and emerging artists.
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NewsC4 bosses defend Kosminsky drama
Channel 4 boss David Abraham has defended Peter Kosminsky drama The Promise following a wave of complaints that claimed its was anti-Jewish.
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NewsITN returns to profit
ITN returned to profit last year, despite posting a 2% fall in revenue amid “challenging” operating conditions.
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NewsOutrage over Time Team move
Channel 4’s re-schedule of Time Team sparked more than 130 complaints.
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NewsX Factor betting scam revealed
Three Virgin Media employees have been caught using inside information to place more than £16,000 in bets on the hit TV talent show The X Factor.
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NewsBBC drama pulled over legal row
A BBC production of classic 1950s novel Room At The Top had to be pulled from the schedule at the last minute due to a row over rights to the story.
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NewsCompact Media Group hires finance chief
Compact Media Group has appointed Warren Newbert as its new finance director.
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NewsITN seals online deal with Independent
The Independent has become the latest national newspaper to commission ITN Productions to make video content for its website.
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NewsMipTV figures revealed
MipTV organiser Reed Midem has unveiled levels of attendance for this week’s international content market.
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NewsC5 head of digital departs
Jonathan Lewis, head of digital at Channel 5, is leaving the broadcaster after 15 years to become managing director of music site Vevo.
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NewsITV1 acquires CGI dino film
ITV1 has acquired the rights to March of the Dinosaurs, a feature-length CGI film tracing the 1,000-mile migration once trekked by the extinct beasts.
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NewsEndemol duo set up multiplatform indie
Endemol’s former head of original digital productions Pasa Mustafa has left the super-indie after eight years to establish his own multiplatform production company, East London Productions.
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NewsDave maps out UK’s comedy landscape
UKTV comedy channel Dave is launching an interactive map of the UK that allows viewers to browse more than 4,000 comedy venues ahead of the second series of Dave’s One Night Stand.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: Royal wedding celebrations
The end of this month will see Royal wedding fever grip the broadcasters, with Channel 4 the latest to unveil its line-up of programming.
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CommentMipTV: what a difference a year makes
The mood at MipTV 2011 may not have been quite as sparkling as the champagne, but still fizzed with more energy than its immediate two predecessors, weighed down as they were by the travails of the financial sector, writes Colin Howes.
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NewsGrass Valley unveils new workflow tool
NAB 2011: Grass Valley today introduced Stratus, a platform for streamlining producers and content providers’ workflows.
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NewsDickson quits C4 for Dragonfly
Channel 4 deputy head of documentaries Simon Dickson is leaving the broadcaster to join Dragonfly Productions, the indie behind One Born Every Minute and The Family.