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NewsBBC current affairs loses third exec producer
The BBC is to lose its third current affairs executive producer in just over a month, with Colin Savage due to move to another position at the corporation.
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NewsPEER POLL: Charles Allen
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Will Charles Allen still be at ITV at the end of the year?
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NewsOpinion - Comment - Killing the radio star?
With convergence changing the radio industry beyond recognition, BobShennan looks forward to next week's Radio Festival and asks: what is thefuture for our radio brands?
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Production - Rough cut - Is there life on Mars?
Malcolm Treen on the stealthy and worrying encroachment of thepart-time job in TV.
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Off the record - Ideas for TV shows being 'pinched'?
We've all heard about great ideas for TV shows being 'pinched' buthas the practice reached new heights? Last week ...
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Off the record - Cuts at ITV
Something fishy about those cuts at ITV. Last week the broadcasterrevealed that it was making savings of 100m and ...
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NewsITV targets producers for cost savings
ITV is demanding more value for money from the indie sector and ITV Productions, this week revealing a series of measures to help cut its programming costs and reduce budgets.
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NewsGovt claims new TV Without Frontiers could damage industry
New broadcasting minister Shaun Woodward has hit out at the European Commission claiming that current proposals to update the TV Without Frontiers Directive (TVWF) could do 'huge damage' to broadcasting in the UK.
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NewsRamsay's F Word cooks up 4.3m
Channel 4 took full advantage of a break in the World Cup as Gordon Ramsay's F Wordgrabbed 4.3 million (21%), helping the broadcaster to record its second highest all-hours share of the year so far.
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ITV tests HD
ITV has installed a trial HD playout facility at its Southern Transmission Centre. The facility, installed by system integration specialist Broadcast Network, was built to coincide with ITV's HD coverage of the World Cup in Germany. The contract included designing, building and commissioning a new HD playout channel to be ...
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Arqiva uplinks
Transmission company Arqiva has won the contract with interactive TV specialist Cellcast to provide the uplinking facilities for interactive channel Majestic TV. Arqiva also uplinks four other channels managed by Cellcast via the Eurobird satellite onto the BSkyB platform, including Get Lucky TV, You TV, You TV3, and Game Network.
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Sky HD encoders
BSkyB has invested in seven Snell & Wilcox Memphis encoders to master content for its new HD services. The systems will be used alongside Omneon servers to offer the broadcaster increased interoperability for playout and archiving applications.
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Garcia takes reins
Branding consultancy Turquoise has promoted associate director Linda Garcia to managing director. Garcia takes over from Sharon Wheeler, who will oversee the business and strategic development of Turquoise in the UK and Middle East, following the launch of Turquoise Dubai. Turquoise's recent projects include rebranding Irish broadcaster TV3.
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Autodesk launch
Autodesk has launched a digital colour grading system designed for working on HD television commercials and programming, as well as HDTV film projects. The Lustre HD is aimed to offer real-time primary and secondary colour correction and real-time formatting of video deliverables using advanced graphics processing unit (GPU) technology - ...
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Red Bee playout win
Red Bee Media has won the contract to play out Five's new digital channels, Five Life and Five US. The new channels, launching across all digital platforms in the autumn, will be played out from Red Bee Media's Broadcast Centre in west London. Red Bee already supplies disaster recovery, signing ...
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Pepper shows Scars for Kudos
Pepper has completed the post on Scars, a new one-off docu-drama from Kudos, directed by Leo Regan. Filmed in the style of a feature-length interview, it stars Jason Isaacs as Mark, a man who struggles to come to terms with the consequences of his violent ...
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BDA shoots Movies 24 idents
BDA has created the new channel idents for Movies 24, a new channel from Sparrowhawk Entertainment dedicated to made-for-TV movies. Each narrative ident represents different strands in the schedule and include a vase dropping to the floor and shattering, and a set of pearls falling to a desk.
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Addiction titles Transmission
Addiction has created the title sequence and graphics for At It Productions' Transmission with T-Mobile. The 12 x 60-minute music show, presented by Steve Jones and Lauren Laverne, features live performances from music artists in a different UK venue each week. Addiction designer Paul Clements ...
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Broadband TV for Cartoon Network
Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network is gearing up for the launch of a broadband TV service called SuperCartoonNetwork.co.uk.
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Condor Post closes doors and lays off half its staff
Soho-based broadcast and commercials facility Condor Post Production has shut down because of financial problems.