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NewsInput animates JD sponsorship
Sports production facility Input Media has created a series of JD sponsorship sequences for the World Cup programme Destination Germany, produced by North One for Pitch International.
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The Farm ties up Sven spoof
The Farm created the title sequence and did promo and post work on Mentorn Production's spoof documentary Sven - The Coach, the Cash and His Lovers.
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Devilfish wraps up Nat Geo ident
Devilfish has completed the channel graphics package for National Geographic Channel HD. The brief was to convey the new channel as 'redefining the real world' while preserving its core brand identity.
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Comment - Why DTT is dumb digital
Dawn Airey applauds the BBC for realising HD is the future, but not for pressing on with DTT rollout
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Relaunched CD:UK ditches old presenters
Five has axed CD:UKpresenters Myleene Klass, Lauren Laverne and Johnny Pitts from its new-look version of the former ITV1 chart show.
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Big Brother no match for X Factor
ITV1's celebrity version of The X Factor is the most recent show in the commercial network's arsenal of event TV programmes as it tries to counteract Channel 4's Big Brother.
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Tributes pour in for TV pair killed in Iraq
Tributes have been paid to former ITN cameraman Paul Douglas and his British colleague James Brolan, whose deaths take the total number of media workers killed in Iraq to an estimated 117 since 2003.
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NUJ in warning over BBC news staff job cuts
More than 130 news staff are still facing compulsory redundancy at the BBC, prompting threats of a strike by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).
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DJ goes back to 7/7 bombers' roots
DJ Bobby Friction is to travel to the home town of several of the 7 July bombers for an authored documentary on British Asians. Bobby Friction: Generation 7/7, being made by Redback Films for Channel 4, sees the DJ talking to young British Asians about ...
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Carey hangs up Question Time boots
Mentorn director of programmes George Carey has stepped down as executive producer of Question Timefor BBC1 after eight years. Carey has quit the job to concentrate on his other duties at the Tinopolis-owned indie. He is acting as creative director while a replacement is found ...
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Sunset + Vine wins treble for Ashes
Sunset + Vine's coverage of England's cricketing triumph over Australia last year gained it three gongs at the RTS TV Sports Awards on Wednesday (31 May). The Tinopolis-owned indie won sports programme of the year and live outside broadcast of the year for its coverage of the Ashes Test Series ...
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Profile - Phil Bigwood: Channelling England's hopes
Profile of Phil Bigwood, BBC's executive producer of football
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NewsInterview - Scott Taunton: Still talking tough
UTV Radio's MD Scott Taunton plans to make Talksport the number one national commercial station
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NewsITV tackles BBC's grip
ITV intends to put up a fight over the BBC's traditional dominance of viewers in the World Cup
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Comment - Scoring an own goal
Emily Bell on the need for commercial broadcasters to have decent World Cup sites
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Two Way TV puts money on Deal or No Deal
Endemol UK has licensed Two Way TV the rights to create and run a betting format game based on Channel 4's Deal or No Deal.
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Comment - On the counter attack
C4's Julie Oldroyd believes that the broadcaster can attract viewers with no interest in the World Cup
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Bringing the World Cup back home
Production teams have already been working for months on the forthcoming World Cup coverage
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NewsWanted: the next US hit
The US networks offer plenty of quality shows, but standouts are in short supply. What will the UK buyers bid for?