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Five hands dinnage scheduling duties
Five strategic planning director Susanna Dinnage has been promoted to schedules and planning director. She will take over the scheduling duties of Ashley Hill, who currently has the title of director of broadcasting which is to be dropped when he retires in the new year after six years at the ...
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Abramsky: radio must go digital
The BBC's director of radio and music, Jenny Abramsky, has warned that the future of radio is at stake unless it goes digital, even if it means a drop in audience share for the BBC, writes Michael Rosser.
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BBC news comes bottom of poll on Iraq
Viewers regarded the BBC's coverage of the war in Iraq as less objective than its commercial rivals, according to new research from the Independent Television Commission (ITC), writes Paul Revoir.
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BBC boosts docs with young director strand
The BBC is to launch a new documentary strand for young film-makers, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ITN to axe 40 news posts
ITN is to look across its operation for up to 40 jobs cuts, following confirmation that it is to take over London's ITV regional news from the Carlton and Granada-owned London News Network (LNN), writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Initial to produce Mandela's aids awareness concert
Initial, the music entertainment and live event arm of Endemol, is to produce a major Aids and HIV awareness pop concert, supported by Nelson Mandela, to be broadcast globally by MTV. The concert, featuring artists such as Beyonce, Ms Dynamite, Bono and the Eurythmics, is being recorded by Initial in ...
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Teddington puts£2m into studios
Teddington Studios is benefiting from more than£2m of investment on equipment and refurbishment in the next stage of its expansion, writes Sam Espensen.
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BBC Broadcast stands by Quantel decision
BBC Broadcast's head of technology, Chris Howe, has justified installing Quantel systems in its new broadcast centre despite technical hiccups, writes Sam Espensen.
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VMI Broadcast expands into HD kit hire
VMI Broadcast has announced that it is expanding into HD with an investment of£850,000 in equipment, a move which it claimed makes it the biggest HD hire specialist in the UK, writes Sam Espensen.
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Pepper posts drying-out drama
Comfortably Numb is a 75-minute docu-drama for Channel 4 about recovering alcoholics in a clinic. Produced by Kudos and written and directed by Leo Regan, the programme was posted at Pepper. The decision to shoot with DV was made to give it a realistic, documentary feel, so post supervisor Jethro ...
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Halloween toon show quizzes kids
Cartoon Network is running a live-animation interactive quiz over Halloween. Skatoony Spooky invites kids to ring up and speak to animated quizmasters who will respond live on air. Created and produced in-house by director/animator James Fox, the show is billed as a cross between Las Vegas glitz and a US ...
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Clear finishes football project
Clear has completed post work on its second drama for ITV. Gifted was made by Rollem Productions and written by the indie's boss, Kay Mellor. The two-hour drama is particularly topical as it features a rape scandal involving a footballer. Directed by Douglas Mackinnon, the VFX supervisor was Peter Bach, ...
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Clear Cut launch
Clear Cut Pictures has launched an out-hire department run by Matthew Hill, who formerly worked at McMillan Hires. Clear Cut founder Horacio Queiro told Broadcast: 'Producers can benefit from the savings of hiring-in from us and avoid technical headaches.' Queiro explained that Clear Cut can install and support Avid systems ...
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BBC should fill gap in docs, says Willis
BBC director of factual and learning John Willis has said the BBC should be prepared to make more regional-based documentaries if, as feared, the merged ITV pulls back on its programme-making activities outside London, writes Paul Revoir.
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Booth to head Cheff
Jeff Booth has been appointed as the chairman of Cheff - The Chief Engineers of Facilities Forum. Booth succeeds Chris Hillier as chairman and praised his contribution: 'Chris has established Cheff as an influential voice for the independent facilities sector.' Cheff now has 40 facilities listed as members and the ...
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Ascent in HD deal
Ascent Media has announced a deal with Carlton to provide transfer and restoration services on a catalogue of programmes being converted into HD for broadcast distribution purposes. The deal will use the new MTI correction system. Carlton's Fiona Maxwell said that the transfer to HD D5 'breathes new life into ...
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Evolutions MTV job
Evolutions Post Production has won the contract to do the majority of the post-production for this year's MTV Europe Music Awards. Before the awards, MTV is producing The Road to Edinburgh - four live music events in the five-week run-up to the awards, which Evolutions is also posting. Two suites ...
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Bazalgette unrepentant over Teen Big Brother sex
Endemol UK chairman Peter Bazalgette has hit back at claims that it was irresponsible in its handling of a teenage couple who had unprotected sex in the controversial Channel 4 Teen Big Brotherseries last week.
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Gaunt: reality TV is ruining trust
Award-winning documentary maker Marilyn Gaunt has claimed that reality TV shows like Big Brotherare damaging documentary-makers' ability to gain the trust of their subjects.
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Dale explains rationale for drama-docs
Channel 4 head of documentaries Peter Dale has claimed factual producers are increasingly making drama-documentaries because they were used to tighter budgets and could handle 'the search for the story'.