All Broadcast articles in 8 October 2010
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FeaturesA natural home for 3D film-making
Like sport, natural history is a perfect fit for 3D TV - but making it work requires a whole new approach. Ann-Marie Corvin speaks to the experts.
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Behind The ScenesThorne: Sleepyhead, Sky1
After discovering that author Mark Billingham wanted him to play his character DI Thorne, David Morrissey set the wheels in motion.
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The Broadcast InterviewRoma Khanna: Building for the future
NBC Universal’s president of global channels and digital initiatives tells Michael Rosser how the UK will play a key role in the company’s continued growth.
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RatingsPhoneShop calls 270,000
THURSDAY: New E4 comedy PhoneShop answered the call to more than 270,000 viewers, as a new series of Sky1’s A League of Their Own kicked off with a strong audience.
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RatingsAutumnwatch returns with 2.5m
THURSDAY: Live nature show Autumnwatch made its timely return to BBC2 and raked in 2.5m.
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NewsSalary cover up director to leave BBC
The BBC’s “reward director” who admitted trying to disguise the number of high earning staff at the corporation is leaving for a “less high profile and demanding role”.
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NewsAlan Partridge returns in Fosters AFP
Foster’s has funded an online comedy series from indie Baby Cow that features Alan Partridge and is written by Armando Iannucci.
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NewsLiving TV orders paranormal special
Living TV has ordered a Halloween special from STV Productions that will see competing teams hunt for paranormal activity in a haunted location.
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NewsC4 ad sales to pass £1bn
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has issued a rallying cry for free-to-air TV and predicted the broadcaster will sell more than £1bn of airtime in 2011.
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News2012 Olympic radio station scrapped
Plans to launch an Olympic radio station to cover London 2012 have been scrapped after a lack of interest in the project.
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NewsRupert Murdoch to deliver Thatcher lecture
Rupert Murdoch will deliver a keynote speech in London later this month reflecting on the legacy of Baroness Thatcher.
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NewsPuttnam criticises Film Council axing
The coalition’s decision to “demolish” the UK Film Council shows a failure to learn the lessons of history, a Labour peer has warned.
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NewsBBC chief wants News Corp bid probe
The coalition Government should intervene in News Corp’s bid to take full control of BSkyB, the director-general of the BBC has claimed.
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NewsReport reveals Freeview takeup
Ofcom has published a new report that shows more than 60 million Freeview devices are now in use across the UK.
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RatingsRyder Cup hits the Sky
Jasper Carrot once described golf on the telly as hours of televised sky. And mostly it is, but every two years it becomes a proper sport and ironically on Sky, the 2010 Ryder Cup was a cracker.
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RatingsCooking up a Grand Design
This week’s top 10 dominated by BBC2 contains stuff we Brits do best; watch people cook and talk about houses.
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RatingsNo ray of light for Daybreak
The breakfast show’s audience continues to fall, but there’s better news for ITV1 on Sunday nights.
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NewsC4 unveils interactive marketing push
Channel 4 is to give viewers the chance to assemble on-air messages featuring clips from its biggest stars in its latest marketing campaign.
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RatingsE4 will miss those Inbetweeners
England in 1912 and ’86 as well as an anti-Marco Polo each vie for attention this week – but it’s those popular spotty teenagers that keep hogging the headlines.