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NewsJowell cleared in mortgage furore
Tony Blair has cleared media secretary Tessa Jowell of breaching ministerial codes, because her husband David Mills had not told her that he had received a£350,000 gift.
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NewsMT-Podcast device
Mobile audio company MagneticTime is set to launch MT-Podcast, a device that allows the production of podcasts without the need for voice recordings. It works by translating script from a Word document into a male or female voice in MP3 format, cutting out the current process of reading a script ...
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Lime fills out team
VFX outfit Lime is recruiting a new 3D operator, producer and Smoke operator. Smoke operator Marcus Millichop joins from M2, where he spent two years working on projects for E4 and Discovery using Editbox. 3D operator Howard Bell has been nabbed from The Hive and will focus on short form ...
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Smash Hits TV branded dreamy
Emap TV Design and UP Creatives have created the channel branding for music channel Smash Hits TV. It includes six channel idents featuring a series of surreal dream-like worlds, positioning Smash Hits TV as a space between reality and grown-up fantasy. Emap TV's head of creative & design was Alan ...
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Liquid TV makes Player idents
Liquid TV has created the logo and channel idents for Challenge TV's late-night casino entertainment zone, Player. The idents show the channel's new direction towards traditional male programming and sport. Jorg Schulz-Gerchow did the navigation elements in Shake and The Farm colourist Sonny Sheridan graded on Spirit. Head of design ...
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Somethin' Else rejig
Radio indie Somethin' Else has appointed its first chairman as part of an internal restructure. Non-executive director John Sanderson becomes chairman, while Steve Ackerman, formerly head of commercial radio, is made managing director and Paul Bennun, director of interactive, is named director of strategy. Co-founders Jez Nelson and Sonita Alleyne ...
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Gervais cashes in
Ricky Gervais is to charge listeners for the next run of his weekly podcast. The first 12 podcasts were available free from the Guardian's website and such was the demand that the show won a place in the Guinness ...
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NewsPlay for Today return
The BBC is to revive the Play for Todayconcept, commissioning six one-off plays from up-and-coming writers for primetime BBC1. Play for Todaytook over from the Wednesday Playseries in 1970 and ran until 1984. Classic works ...
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Life on Mars triumph
Kudos' hit BBC1 drama series Life on Marsended on a high note with its largest audience yet of 7.1 million (28.1%). The eighth episode at 9pm on Monday (27 February) hit a high of 7.3 million (28.9%) halfway through and never dipped below 7 million ...
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Life on Mars is a hit at Showcase
Two dramas from the UK indie sector dominated discussions at the BBC Showcase market this week, overshadowing the corporation's own in-house scripted productions.
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Format focus: Unan1mous
Contestants bid to convince each other they deserve a cash prize, but what's the chance of them all agreeing?
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RDF Rights gets first look at Raw shows
Raw TV, the indie behind BBC3 series Tower Block Dreams, has signed a two-year first-look deal with RDF Rights. The deal covers all international TV and consumer product rights. The first show to come out of the deal is Raw's forthcoming 4 x 60-minute Five ...
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Zenith finances King Arthur's Disasters
Zenith Entertainment has signed a further co-finance deal with Spanish producer Neptuno Films for another 13 x 30-minute second season of King Arthur's Disastersfor CiTV. Zenith will provide deficit funding on the series and as a result has all distribution rights outside Spanish and Brazilian-speaking ...
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Nominations for Interactive Emmys
BSkyB, Video Networks, Optimistic Network and the BBC have all been nominated in next month's inaugural International Interactive Emmy Awards. Sky has two nods in the TV Service category for Sky News Activeand Sky Vegas Live, while Video Networks has ...
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NewsWho is the best doctor?
The debate over who was the best Doctor Whomay finally be settled, after David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston were both nominated in the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
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Flame wins BBC daytime commissions
Flame TV has bagged a series of commissions including two from BBC daytime.
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UKTV finds Attenborough's top moments
UKTV Documentary has greenlit a 2 x 60-minute series, which sets out to establish the nation's favourite Sir David Attenborough wildlife moment. My Favourite Attenborough Momentwill end with a countdown of the top 20 moments and ask viewers to vote via SMS or online. It ...
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Wheeler Dealers gets fourth series
Discovery Real Time has ordered a fourth series of Attaboy TV series Wheeler Dealers. The 12 x 30-minute series, due to air late this summer, will see presenters Mike Brewer and Edd China use£2,000 to buy and restore a classic car. Filming on the latest ...
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Government to publish BBC white paper
The government is tipped to publish its white paper on the BBC's future next week, despite the furore surrounding media secretary Tessa Jowell. Jowell is being investigated by cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell over claims her husband accepted an alleged bribe from Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to pay off ...
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US Commander in Chief to air on More4
More4 will replace political drama The West Wing, which ends its run later this year, with US import Commander in Chief. The show, from Disney-owned Buena Vista International Television (BVITV), stars Geena Davis as US President Allen attempting to balance ...