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Viewers' rage at gay TV kiss
The BBC has been inundated nwith complaints after screening a gay kiss before the 9pm watershed. ...
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Helen: I'm quitting
It's too selfish to keep working. it's not fair on my children, their dad or my parents, says Cold Feet star. ...
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Jacko challenges 'betrayal'
Shamed star Michael Jackson is to hit back with a documentary of his own. ...
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NewsUKTV risks backlash with new channels
UKTV is set to risk a further backlash from its commercial rivals - already smarting over its growing portfolio - with plans to launch two new major pay-TV channels covering natural history and comedy, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsSky in challenge to BBC
BSkyB has thrown down the gauntlet to the BBC to convince it that it deserves to pay less for its satellite carriage - as the BBC prepares to renegotiate its carriage deal, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsC4 viewers to vote on 100 worst Britons
Channel 4 is hitting back at the BBC's Great Britons extravaganza with an irreverent two-hour special on the 100 worst Britons, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsTough times for ITV chiefs
This has been a tough week for Charles Allen and Michael Green as they await the inevitable news - due any day - that their bid to merge and create a single ITV has been referred to the Competition Commission, writes John Plunkett.
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TSI goes commercial
Broadcast facility group TSI has launched a commercials arm in the hope of attracting clients from the 'secondary l...
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Sony budgets camera
Manufacturers Sony and Pinnacle Systems have teamed up to offer a budget camera and editing package for small production companies. Customers purchasing Sony DSR-PD150P, DSR-PDX10P and DSR-250P DVCams or the Sony DSR-11 VTR will now receive Pinnacle edition 4.52 editing software as standard. Also included will be an i.Link PCI ...
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Sky phone shop opens
The UK's first 24-hour phone shopping channel launches this week on Sky Digital, with a speech recognition system in place that will provide an 'end-to-end' digital system for customer transactions. Phone World will feature round-the-clock promotions on a variety of mobile phones and accessory packages. Eckoh Technologies has provided the ...
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Beam wins Cannes deal
UK digital courier and archive service Beam TV has won an exclusive contract with the organisers of the Cannes Lions advertising awards to handle entries and manage data during the festival. MD Matt Cooper told Broadcast that agencies will be able to dispense with Beta ...
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Graphics recreate SAS pitch
The final episode of a six-part BBC series on volunteer SAS soldiers is to feature graphics created by Simon Hooley at London Post, which aim to put the viewer into the minds of the amateur elite combat soldiers. Made by General Factual, the show required graphics to give an overall ...
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Lorry decision wins Tyrell new business
London equipment reseller Tyrell has received a sudden surge in the number of support contracts it has won for Discreet products since competitor Red Lorry Yellow Lorry backed out of broadcast business, writes Sam Espensen.
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Backpack camera captures punters' views
Following hot on the heels of such technological wizardry as 'boulder-cam', 'ant-cam' and 'barnacle-cam', BBC Sport's first 'crowd-cam' debuts this weekend at the RBS Six Nations rugby tournament.
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Jones named new MD of One Post
Ascent Media (formerly Liberty Livewire) has revealed that Paul Jones is to be the managing director of One Post, the facility formed as a result of the merger of Soho 601 and SVC, writes Sam Espensen.
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Picardy battles to save post services
Glasgow-based Picardy Media Group is confident that its production, post-production and corporate arms will remain going concerns despite the company going into receivership at the end of January, writes Sam Espensen.
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Coogan to play Samuel Pepys in BBC2 film
The BBC's drama, arts and entertainment departments are set to come together for the first time in order to dramatise the life of diarist Samuel Pepys for a major new BBC film. Steve Coogan will star as Pepys in the landmark BBC2 film, working titled ...
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Flame brings extreme fisticuffs to screen
Flame TV is making a 6 x 30-minute series, Cage Combat, for Carlton TV about 10 men and two women taking part in an extreme sport - a mixture of boxing, kick-boxing, wrestling and martial arts. Two fighters confront each other over 3 x 5-minute ...
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Brian Waddell chasing time once again
National Geographic Channel has commissioned a second series of fast-moving travel-adventure show Chasing Timefrom Northern Ireland indie Brian Waddell Productions Limited. The 13 x 30-minute series follows contestants as they try to navigate various cities. Trey Farley will once again present the show. Two production ...