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FeaturesRATINGS FOCUS: ITV disaster drama draws holiday crowd
The sunny weather may have been the attraction over the bank holiday, but the terrestrial channels did manage to get a look-in here and there.
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Eureka!: Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue producer John Edwards on pitching an Australian soap to the UK.
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FeaturesFormat Focus: What's your limit?
A new gameshow challenges players not just to win cash but to keep hold of it.
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FeaturesWhat next for Five?
While the surprise hiring of Dawn Airey to replace Jane Lighting to lead Five may seem inspirational, Michael Rosser questions if it will be enough to turn around a channel that has always seemed to lack a clear direction.
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FeaturesITV4 re-loads for next assault
Once languishing behind ITV lines, ITV4 has been ordered to advance, with a 24-hour slot and more cash to expand its brand of male-friendly thrills, write Liz Thomas and Jon Rogers.
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FeaturesEntertaining times for UK studios
Light entertainment and HD are driving a boom for some studios, while others are hit by falling wet hire demand and deferred commissioning decisions. Nicola Brittain reports on a sector in flux.
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FeaturesTracey takes on the US
The experience of becoming a US citizen inspired Tracey Ullman's new sketch show, while husband and business partner Allan McKeown is looking further afield to India for his expansion plans, writes Dominic Schreiber.
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FeaturesInternational formats bolster ITV weekend
A few weeks ago I was enjoying a coffee in the Roma café in Cannes when a van went past displaying one of the most amusing posters of the MIP TV market: “40 Days Without Sex - the most talked about show in the Netherlands”, it read.
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FeaturesCreative Review - It's Not What You Know
Graphics and titles created by Post at TLS for a new Chris Tarrant gameshow on Challenge TV.
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FeaturesCreative Review - Derren Brown Trick or Treat
Titles and stings created by Nuts at The Joint for a Derren Brown fronted series.
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FeaturesCreative Review - All Star Mr and Mrs
Post production work done by Suite on a revitalised ITV1 gameshow fronted by Phil and Fern.
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FeaturesEureka!: A masterclass in rudeness
Damon Beesley and Iain Morris drew on their teen years to write E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners.
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FeaturesInterview: radio content must become more visual, says BBC radio boss
One of the biggest challenges facing radio is television, claims BBC Radio 1 head of programmes Ben Cooper.
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FeaturesFormat Focus: Samurai 5
A new gameshow from Japan challenges players not just to win cash but to keep hold of it.
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FeaturesContent Focus: Vuze
High-quality content site Vuze is proving a hit in the newly competitive on-demand market.
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FeaturesBehind the news: Science-fiction comeback
It's hard to move these days for shows about space, time-travel and superpowers as sci-fi enjoys a full-throttle comeback after years in the wilderness. How did it happen?
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FeaturesSports technology: Beijing 2008
The latest streaming technology will deliver the most comprehensive online coverage of the Olympics to date.
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FeaturesWhat TV thinks of PSB proposals
The debate over what PSB is and who should pay for it rages on, according to Broadcast's survey, with the future of kids and regional news arousing the strongest feelings.