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NewsC4 Wannabe enters talent show battle
Channel 4 is planning a move into the TV talent show battleground with a format that replaces celebrity judges with votes from a studio audience.
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NewsGoogle: British broadcasters lead the world in online video
British broadcasters’ willingness to experiment puts them in the vanguard of the online video revolution, according to the managing director of Google UK, Matt Brittin.
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NewsITV2 searches for new faces after Price departure
ITV2 is on the hunt for new celebrity faces to front fresh formats after Katie Price defected to Living last week.
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News5 Live orders male response to Woman’s Hour
BBC Radio 5 Live has commissioned a male-oriented companion to Radio 4’s weekday institution Woman’s Hour - with Pineapple Dance Studios’ Louis Spence set to be a regular fixture.
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NewsBBC and C4 challenged over doc-buying policies
The BBC and Channel 4 are “short-changing” viewers by not airing enough acquired documentaries, according to newly formed pressure group the Documentary Distributors’ Association.
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NewsCanvas boxes set for Easter debut
Set-top boxes that provide Project Canvas services are due to go on sale next Easter for about £200 - but questions remain about access and the BBC’s role in the venture.
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NewsSky warns BT: don’t pin hopes on Sports
As BT Vision unveils its £16.99 pricing structure for Sky Sports 1 and 2, BSkyB has warned it against pinning its hopes on sport to drive take-up.
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NewsITVS’ May The Best House wins home and abroad
An ITV property-based game show pilot is to be made into a major series at home and adapted in Spain for Antena 3.
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NewsLeopard lands CBBC deal for kids’ business series
Leopard Films has won its first kids’ commission to produce a CBBC show in which former The Apprentice runner-up Saira Khan will hunt for the UK’s most entrepreneurial children.
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NewsBeeny returns to C4 with ambitious new project
Sarah Beeny is to take on one of her riskiest projects when she stops dishing out property advice and returns to her developing roots in a Channel 4 series from Renegade Pictures.
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NewsC4 orders ad-funded sports shows from Boomerang Plus
Boomerang Plus has won a raft of orders of C4 extreme sports AFP shows supported by brands including Sony Ericsson, Red Bull, Quiksilver and PlayStation.
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NewsFinancial ills see Five put digital Milkshake! on ice
Five’s long-awaited plans to launch a standalone preschool channel have been put on hold indefinitely while the broadcaster awaits a buyer.
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NewsRoad Wars sets course for Oz and Scandinavia
Sky 1 series Road Wars is steering towards broadcasters in Australia and Scandinavia following deals by DRG.
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NewsIMG Media sets up 24/7 Premier League studio
IMG Sports Media is building a £5m studio to produce and distribute 24-hours-a-day Premier League football content for international broadcasters.
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NewsFive web revamp to boost VoD
Five is to overhaul its video-on demand service Demand Five and integrate it more closely with its main Five.tv website.
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NewsCTMS picks up Barcud's Arc assets
Creative and Technical Media Services (CTMS), the owner of Manchester post house 422, has snapped up the assets of Barcud Derwen’s Arc Facilities in Scotland, potentially saving a host of jobs in the process
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Barb tests ‘meter’ to measure online viewing
Barb is kicking off a trial of measuring viewing of TV content on PCs and laptops.
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Prime Focus upgrades 43 Media Composers
Prime Focus is upgrading all 43 of its Media Composer editing systems to the latest software version, a move designed in part to capitalise on Avid’s stereoscopic 3D workflow capabilities.
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NewsKip Meek named South West Screen chair
Former Ofcom executive Kip Meek has been appointed chairman of South West Screen ahead of a £3m investement into new projects in the region.
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NewsLeopard makes fox attack film
Leopard Films has made a Panorama doc about the recent mauling of nine-month-old twins by a fox, featuring the father of the girls - who is head of finance at the indie.