All articles by Alex Farber – Page 236
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NewsVirgin sees VoD revolution
Virgin Media has revealed detailed insights about the on-demand revolution taking place among its 3.8 million TV customers.
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NewsSlavery series heads up Wall to Wall’s US push
Wall to Wall has won a commission from PBS for a series on slavery in South America, as it beefs up ties with the US.
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NewsBBCW signs deal to help Atomized reformat web series for TV
Multiplatform indie Atomized has struck an innovative deal with BBC Worldwide that will see the distributor help fund the reformatting of the indie’s web series as TV shows for international broadcasters.
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NewsR2 ups indie output to a third of total
BBC Radio 2 plans to commission a third of its output from the indie sector within 12 months, controller Bob Shennan has revealed.
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NewsC5 move Vanessa to boost flagging ratings
Channel 5 is to reschedule daily chat show The Vanessa Show in a bid to up its audience figures.
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NewsSky Living orders Jade Goody tribute
Sky Living will to mark the anniversary of reality star Jade Goody’s death with a new documentary.
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NewsBBC to offer Desert Island downloads
BBC Radio is to make an ten-year, 500 episode archive of Desert Island Discs available to download as part of a wide ranging strategy to boost its digital content offering.
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NewsR2 revives comedy award
Steve Wright has kicked off a hunt for the best UK stand-up comedy talent with the revival of the BBC Radio 2 New Comedy Award.
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NewsSky to axe magazines
Sky is axing two of its customer magazines and cutting the number of issues of monthly Sky Magazine to focus on a new weekly email.
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NewsMoyles to host longest R1 show
Chris Moyles is set to broadcast on BBC Radio 1 for more than 37 hours in a bid to break the station’s former record for Red Nose Day.
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NewsVirgin Media predicts billion on-demand views
Virgin Media is predicting it will serve one billion on-demand programme views in 2011, boosted by the rollout of its next generation Tivo platform.
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NewsITV signs first product placement deal
ITV has signed the first product placement in the UK that will see a Nescafe coffee machine included in This Morning.
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NewsBBCW develops multiplayer Doctor Who game
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with games developer Three Rings to roll out a free online multiplayer Doctor Who game.
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NewsC4 happy to order dwarf doc
Channel 4 has ordered an new “fixed rig” series following seven dwarves as they take part in Snow White during pantomime season.
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ITV unveils product placement campaign
ITV and Sky are to kick off an advertising campaign educating viewers about product placement ahead of its introduction to shows on the channel.
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NewsOnline health check to shape C4 shows
Channel 4 is launching an online health-check tool that will feed into Embarrassing Bodies, Supersize vs Superskinny and other health-related shows.
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NewsSherlock and Downton to face off at BPG Awards
The Broadcasting Press Guild’s annual awards will see Downton Abbey and Sherlock go head-to-head in three categories.
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NewsBoomerang Plus grows profits 74%
Welsh indie Boomerang Plus has grown its turnover to £16.3m for the six months to 30 November as it eyes future acquisitions from a variety of media businesses.
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NewsTop chefs go head to head for Good Food series
UKTV channel Good Food has ordered a 20-part series from Optomen in which 26 of the world’s top chefs compete head to head.
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NewsCracknell gets back on his bike for Discovery trilogy
Discovery Channel UK has sent Olympic rower James Cracknell on a new adventure, despite the highspeed cycling crash during his last challenge for the channel, which could have left him brain damaged.