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NewsFormat Focus: No smoking
Scandinavian production company Strix is rolling out a format which helps people quit smoking by locking them in a house with no cigarettes.
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Maddigan's Quest to air on HD network
All3Media International has licensed CBBC drama Maddigan's Questto HDNet USA, the first American network broadcasting fully in 1080i HD. The 13 x 30-minute fantasy drama was produced by All3Media New Zealand company South Pacific Pictures as a co-production with CBBC, Nine Network Australia and TV3 ...
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Lagardere to distribute Performance
UK arts and entertainment digital broadcaster Performance Channel, which is owned and operated by Eicom, has entered a distribution agreement with French channel distributor Lagardere Networks International, a subsidiary of Lagardere Active. Under the terms of the agreement, Lagardere will be the exclusive representative for the channel's distribution within continental ...
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Zone signs mobile deal with Player X
Zone Mobile, the newly created mobile media division of Zone Vision Networks, has concluded a deal with mobile content publisher Player X to distribute mobile video clips of its Reality TV channel. The deal will see clips distributed to operators in a number of territories including the UK, eastern and ...
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Seeing the news from a different perspective
Ties with its Arabic-language namesake have made life difficult for Al Jazeera International, says Kate Bulkey.
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Five spotlights Ant and Dec in showbiz marriage season
After tell-all specials on Noel Edmonds and Richard and Judy, Five is now turning its attention to showbiz pairs Ant and Dec and Matt Lucas and David Walliams.
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Two Way TV to supply ITV Play
Interactive TV specialist Two Way TV is looking for a slice of the£20m profits ITV Play is expected to make over the next year after securing a licensing deal to provide the channel with texting services for TV games.
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Saga wins FM slot
Saga has won the new FM radio licence for the north-east of England, beating applications from all the major UK radio groups. Saga FM, which will play easy listening and melodic music, got the nod from regulator Ofcom over 12 other applications. The new station, which will reach a potential ...
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GCap Disney talks
GCap Media is in negotiations with Disney over the future funding of digital radio station Capital Disney, which could see the outlet change hands or close. The station, which is aimed at children aged eight to 14, is available on 10 DAB multiplexes, NTL and Sky. GCap currently fully funds ...
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Hat Trick spin-off
Hat Trick Productions has launched a talent agency for writers, directors and producers called The Writers' Company. Managed by Ligeia Marsh, who joins from The Agency, it has already signed up writers Danny Brown ( Hustle), Asch Ditta ( No ...
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True Movies 2
The Chart Show Group is launching a second True Movies channel following the success of its original real life film offering. True Movies 2 will air complementary movies to its sister channel, which launched this time last year, with titles including David's Motherstarring Kirstie Alley ...
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RDF hires ABC executive to run US arm
RDF Media has poached an executive from major American network ABC to run its US development operation. Greg Goldman, the executive director of alternative series and specials at ABC for the past two years, will run the department's day-to-day activities and oversee RDF's US reality series, which include ...
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Radio 5 Live cuts back 12 staff
BBC Radio 5 Live is to lose a dozen staff - most of them reporters - over the next year as part of director general Mark Thompson's programme of job cuts. The station will lose the 12 workers as part of Thompson's three-year plan to cut 3,780 jobs across the ...
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News 24 to be streamed online in UK
The BBC is planning to stream its News 24 channel over the internet, using special technology to prevent users outside the UK from accessing it. The corporation already offers clips online, but will now offer a 24-hour stream through its website. Head of TV news Peter Horrocks said the service ...
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Show us their money
What do Dame Sue Street, a former senior civil servant, and Chris Moyles, the Radio 1 DJ, have in common? The answer is a. not much, and b. their salaries were disclosed by the national press in the past week.
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I want that one...
As delegates of the National Association of Broadcasting prepare for the 10-hour flight to Vegas this week, Adrian Penningtonfinds out what's on their shopping list
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Still a lot of Living to do
Claudia Rosencrantz has traded her top job at ITV for running Living TV. But how will the doyenne of entertainment handle life in the multichannel world?
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Is HDV the way ahead for docs?
HDV camcorders are fast becoming a must as a second or field camera on many factual productions. But camera operators have complained about the format's quality and, while it's been flagged as a pure HD technology, most HD broadcasters only accept up to 25% HDV material. ...
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Four into one makes...?
As the newly merged NTL/Telewest adds Virgin Mobile to its business, it's making plans to pioneer TV, telephony and broadband under one brand. Lucy Rouseasks whether the 'four-play' package will add up
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More money than sense?
When the BBC unveiled its bid for a new licence fee last October it enthusiastically clapped itself on the back for being prepared to do its sums in public. For BBC chairman Michael Grade it was yet another example of the secretive old BBC throwing open its doors to external ...