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NewsLicence fee rises to£126
The BBC licence fee is to rise by£5.50 to£126.50 from April, media secretary Tessa Jowell announced yesterday (Thursday).
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NewsBBC4 adapts 20,000 Streets Under the Sky
Author Patrick Hamilton's classic trilogy Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky is to be adapted by the BBC to mark his centenary.
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NewsPEER POLL: Manchester
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should BBC3 be part of the corporation's move to Manchester?
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Jumping the shark?
The phrase 'jumping the shark' was coined after an excruciating moment on the long-running US sitcom Happy Days when the Fonz, played by Henry Winkler, attempted to literally jump over a shark in a water-skiing contest, an incongruous moment that has come to symbolise the ...
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BBC airs stem cell drama-doc
The BBC is to join the controversial debate on stem cell research by screening a drama-documentary in which viewers will be asked to decide the outcome, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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No junk food ad ban - yet
The government has backed away from banning junk food ads before 9pm, a move that could have cost broadcasters up to£30m in lost revenue, writes Susan Thompson.
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Redmond: Mersey can run C4 as PSB
At last week's Nations and Regions conference, Mersey Television's Phil Redmond revealed why he wants to buy Channel 4 and unveiled his plans for a new public service channel.
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Hewlett chairs fest
Former Carlton director of programmes Steve Hewlett is taking over from Fulcrum Television's Christopher Hird as chair of the Sheffield International Documentary Festival. Hewlett, a non-executive director at indie Tiger Aspect, is already one of the festival's patrons. The festival will go on tour in February, kicking off with a ...
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Mersey launches community digital channel
Mersey Television is launching a grassroots digital public service channel to create a 'stronger voice' for local community issues such as health and education and campaigns such as Fathers for Justice.
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Hive staff depart to establish Lime
Four members of The Hive have left VTR Media Services to set up a new company, funded by M2 Television's finance director.
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C4 upgrades broadcast servers
Channel 4 has spent more than£300,000 upgrading its broadcast servers.
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Century opens Leeds office for drama push
Century Films, the producer of Channel 4's Pornography - The Musicaland Robbie Williams documentary Nobody Someday, is opening a regional office in Leeds to spearhead a push into drama.
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Tapeless BBC will save cash on transfers
The BBC spends£8.5m a year transferring footage to and from tape.
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Outpost puts£100k into HD
Outpost Facilities at Pinewood Studios has invested more than£100,000 on HD equipment.
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Five finishes dentist doc's titles
Five Creative Services has made the titles for upcoming documentary series Can You Trust Your Dentist? The titles evoke the nightmarish experience of being at the mercy of shady dental practitioners. Senior designers Timothy Evans and Barney Steel completed compositing and created the 3D waiting ...
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Liquid's Celeb work completed
Liquid TV has completed titles for I'm a Celebrity? Get me out of Here! The sequence features a limo crashing through a jungle canopy and spilling its contents - a car-load of celebs - into a storm of camera flashes. The car and the celebrities ...
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Frontier finalises So Solid film
Frontier Post has completed post-production on Maroon Productions' Sticks and Stones for C4. The one-hour documentary follows So Solid Crew's Asher D as he asks why some racially offensive language is part of modern life. The show was produced and directed by Paul Blake, edited ...
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BBC post moves
BBC Post Production has granted greater autonomy to its Bristol and Birmingham sites with the appointment of facilities managers at the two operations. Stephen Reilly will join staff at the Mailbox in Birmingham, having performed a similar role at a large post house in New Zealand for the past five ...
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Big Bang begins
Big Bang Post Production has been opened in Bristol by Mastertracks owner Neil Hipkiss and online editor Tim Bolt. Dubbing mixer Hipkiss and Bolt have based the new company in the same building as Mastertracks. Bolt, who left Pinkhouse Post in July, will offer an online post-production capability with a ...