All Disability articles – Page 36
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NewsITN to produce news for the disabled
ITN and Community Channel production arm Media Trust Productions have joined forces to make a news programme for people with learning disabilities.
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Comment
Broadcast letters issue 21 March 2008
iPlayer DRM restrictions make for poor valueI am most disappointed the BBC has closed the loophole that allowed people to download BBC content to any available operating system without the need for digital rights management (DRM).This loophole offered several benefits. Firstly, it allowed users to download a higher quality video ...
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CommentBlog: Beautifying Disability
BBC3 has commissioned a new show that would attempt to launch a disabled woman as a mainstream fashion model. Emma Bowler questions the challenges it will face and how challenging it will be to viewers preconceptions.
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NewsBBC3 orders disabled model hunt
BBC3 will attempt to launch a disabled woman as a mainstream fashion model in a new twist on an established format.
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CommentNarrow perspectives
TV's white, middle-class bias will remain unless attitudes to diversity change.
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CommentBlog: Disabled disadvantage
Disabled programme makers are struggling to tackle prejudices in television and they don't have a celebrity like Lenny Henry to fight their corner, says Emma Bowler.
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NewsHot 100: Talent
We profile the actors, comedians and presenters who are commanding screen time, winning plaudits and wooing television audiences in impressive numbers.
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NewsHot 100: Talent
We profile the actors, comedians and presenters who are commanding screen time, winning plaudits and wooing television audiences in impressive numbers.
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Disabled film-makers shoot for glory on C4
Channel 4 is to chart the progress of nine disabled novice film-makers in a 12-part series from Maverick Television and Resource Base.
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How the report was worked out
The Creative Report aims to establish which channels and producers are succeeding creatively and to generate debate about how the TV industry measures creativity.
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NewsC4 to air von Hagens lectures
Channel 4 has commissioned Firefly to make a fourth series with controversial anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens. [ALL]
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FeaturesOn location: Born to be Different
Series producer Dee Lahiri charted the lives of six disabled children - and built lasting relationships
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NewsExtraordinary People to go beyond shock doc appeal
Five is moving its flagship Extraordinary Peoplestrand away from its shock doc roots with its latest round of commissions.
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NewsRead Andy Duncan's speech in full
Maximising public value in the 'now' media worldThe New Statesman media lecture, 21 June 2006
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E4 greenlights comedy shorts to lead into BB
E4 has ordered a series of 10-minute comedy shorts to run at 10pm before Big Brother's Big Mouth.
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OAPs given£100 to make digital switch
Pensioners taking part in a digital switch-over trial in Bolton have been given an allowance of£100 each to make the change to digital television.
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Leopard leaps on true drama
ITV drama controller Nick Elliott has commissioned a hard-hitting one-off drama about disability, starring Brenda Blethyn and Timothy Spall.
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NewsSecond helpings for Beyond Boundaries
8am: BBC2 controller Roly Keating has ordered a second series of disability adventure travel programme Beyond Boundaries while the first series is still on air.