All Broadcasters articles – Page 995
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NewsC5 and ITV mull digital solution to tape crisis
ITV and Channel 5 are accelerating plans for file-based delivery of HD programmes if Sony’s HDCam SR tape runs low following the Japan earthquake.
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NewsC4 to court more controversy
David Abraham has tasked Jay Hunt with increasing the volume of controversial output on Channel 4, the chief creative officer revealed at her first out-of-London indie meeting.
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NewsWindfall recreates Dam Busters mission for C4
Channel 4 has recreated the WWII mission to destroy two German dams that was immortalised in classic film The Dam Busters.
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NewsSky 1 gets Trollied in drive for original UK comedy
Sky 1 has ordered a comedy set in a budget supermarket in the north-west, featuring bored checkout assistants, ineffectual managers and angry customers.
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NewsWorld Service report offers "false hope"
The Foreign Affairs committee report on the World Service is unlikely to have any impact on funding for the BBC arm, insiders have indicated.
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NewsDisney co-pros Awesome cartoon series
Disney’s UK-based production hub has co-produced a CG animated comedy which will in 129 countries on the Disney XD channel.
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NewsBlick: BBC2 is "our HBO"
The drama community should think of BBC2 as “our HBO”, according to Shadow Line writer Hugo Blick.
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NewsBBC news boss admits being wasteful
The BBC’s director of news has admitted that there has been times when an anchor has unnecessarily been sent to the scene of a big story.
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NewsDavid Jason returns to BBC comedy
David Jason is to star in a new sitcom for BBC1 – his first for the channel since Only Fools and Horses.
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NewsVirgin adds second TiVo box
Virgin Media is extending its TiVo range of set-top boxes with the launch of a lower capacity version.
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NewsC4 proposes Royal gypsy wedding special
Channel 4 has ordered an hour long one-off of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings that will broadcast the day before the Royal Wedding.
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NewsPatsy Kensit to 'nab a prince' for Sky Living
Sky Living has ordered a tongue-in-cheek three-part series ahead of the Royal Wedding advising viewers how to bag their own prince.
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NewsBBC Drama: spring 2011
VIDEO: Highlights of new drama coming to BBC2 including United, The Hour, The Shadow Line and The Night Watch as well as current series The Crimson Petal and the White.
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NewsRed Dwarf X set for autumn 2012
Classic sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf is set to make a return to Dave next autumn as broadcaster UKTV gets close to a recommission.
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NewsITV poaches C4 marketing boss
ITV has lured Channel 4 marketer Rufus Radcliffe to become the company’s new group marketing and research director.
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NewsSky Arts to broadcast festivals in 3D
Sky Arts is to air 12 music festivals this summer including Cambridge Folk Festival, Download and Lovebox - with two broadcast in 3D.
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NewsClaudia Winkleman to host C4 chat show
Channel 4 has confirmed that Claudia Winkleman will be the host of a new comedy chat show due to start next month.
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NewsChildren 'watching too much TV'
As children break up from school for their Easter holidays, almost three-quarters of parents are worrying they will spend most of it in front of the TV, according to new research.
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NewsMisfits' Sheehan to leave in online special
Robert Sheehan is leaving superhero series Misfits and will be written out of the programme in a special online episode.
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NewsKatie Price rejects C4's Tramadol defence
Katie Price has said the boss of Channel 4 showed “a lack of judgment that cannot be acceptable” after he defended the organisation over jokes made by comedian Frankie Boyle regarding her disabled son Harvey.